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  • Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland

    A flight from Melbourne to Qatar was diverted to India on Wednesday, in a desperate attempt to save an Irish man on board. The man, Raymond McMorrow, 68, is believed to have had a heart attack on board Qatar Airways flight QR 031 while in transit from Melbourne to Doha, the Qatar capital. The Qatar Airways plane landed without incident at Cochin Airport, in southern India, where an ...

  • Britain sends up fighters as Pakistani plane diverted

    Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday for escorting a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane after it was diverted from Manchester. The PIA plane was diverted from Manchester to Stansted airport, reported BBC, citing a Manchester airport spokesperson Friday. The plane, flight number PK709, carrying 297 passengers, had reportedly left Lahore at 09.35 a.m. and was due in at ...

  • Nova Scotia moves ahead with five-year tourism strategy

    HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia Tourism Agency has released a five-year strategy aimed at attracting more first-time visitors. Tourism Minister Graham Steele released the strategy Friday at a tourism conference near Liverpool. The strategy includes a new marketing campaign branding for the province. Agency chairman Tom Ruth says that since the agency was created in September, it has already ...

  • Breaking RAF fighter jet escorts Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted

    The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that an RAF Typhoon fighter jet has escorted a diverted Pakistan International Airlines flight from Manchester to Stansted ...

  • Consumer Reports readers not Frontier fans

    Readers of Consumer Reports like Virgin America a lot more than they like Denver's Frontier Airlines, USA Today reports. The July issue of the magazine rates customer satisfaction with the airlines, based on a survey of 16,663 subscribers who flew a combined 31,732 domestic flights. They were asked to critique such factors as baggage handling, in-flight entertainment and cabin ...


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Clarity of motivation has always been central to the pleasures of the action movie. The hero has a clear-cut goal to pursue, and the single-mindedness with which he (or sometimes she) pursues the achievement of that goal -- whether it be rescuing someone or just wiping out a lot of bad guys -- is ... ...

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  • More drivers fewer air travelers this Memorial Day weekend

    The Cape Flyer, the MBTA Commuter Rail's Boston-to-Hyannis train service, opens Friday for a Memorial Day weekend in which lighter travel is expected. About 200,000 fewer people will be heading to the airport this Memorial Day weekend, according to AAA's annual forecast for the holiday that marks the official start of the summer travel season. With gas relatively cheap, more of those who ...

  • Minnesota resorts expect stronger summer than 2012

    After a long winter, Minnesota's tourism businesses are betting that state residents are eager for summer. The Pioneer Press reports that 84 percent of Minnesota resorts and campgrounds expect the 2013 summer season to be as good or better than last year. Nearly half predict higher revenues, according to state tourism agency Explore Minnesota. One thing that could put a damper on ...

  • Snapshot High of 71 + Twins blow lead + Highway bridge collapses + Boy Scouts end ban on gay marriage Video

    Perryman, who took over as CEO of the company when it was near bankruptcy in 1987, is the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's Women in Business Career Achievement winner. Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, speaks at the 24th Annual Conference of the Professional Business Women of California (PBWC) in San Francisco on Thursday. Sandberg received $26.2 million in ...

  • Pee-wee Herman shoots down Louisville festival planned in his honor

    Pop culture icon Pee-wee Herman had one word for Will Russell: stop. As in, cease-and-desist. Russell, co-founder of the now-famous Lebowski-fest and current proprietor of the Why Louisville Store, had announced plans for Pee Wee Over Louisville to honor the entertainer who he believes is under-appreciated. The idea caught on like wildfire, garning 4,000 Facebook fans in short order. But as ...

  • S.D. tourism officials expect good summer season

    AAA says that mirrors an expected drop nationally. Officials point to high gas prices as the main reason. AAA South Dakota spokeswoman Marilyn Buskohl says the gas prices are cutting into ...

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