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Monsoon rains kill 650 in northern India
>LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Floods caused by heavy rains have swamped hundreds of villages in northern ...(more)
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New DVD releases: `What Happens in Vegas'
>Selected home-video releases: "What Happens In Vegas" Cameron Diaz is a jilted Wall Streeter, Ashton ...(more)
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NEW YORK - The average cost to fly one mile in the U.S. on a commercial airliner rose 7.5 percent in July compared to the same month last year. The Air Transport Association of America , which represents most passenger and cargo carriers in the U.S., said late Wednesday that passenger yield ...(more)
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US Airways seeks Philadelphia-Tel Aviv route
PHILADELPHIA - US Airways wants to offer year-round service between Philadelphia and Tel Aviv, Israel . The Tempe, Ariz.-based airline announced Tuesday it is applying to start service in July 2009, subject to approval by the U.S. and Israeli officials. The airline will offer one daily ...(more)
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Carnival putting bigger ship in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS - Carnival Cruise Lines will move the Carnival Triumph to New Orleans when the smaller Carnival Fantasy moves to Mobile, Ala., in 2009, officials announced Tuesday. The Triumph, which carries 2,758 passengers — about one-third more than the Fantasy — also will add ...(more)
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Round-the-World Pilots Break Record
Scott Kasprowicz and Steve Sheik are taking over the record books in 2008. First the pair broke the world record for a rotorcraft flight from New York to Los Angeles . Then, earlier this month, they set the mark for a flight from New York to London . On Monday, Kasprowicz and Sheik landed in ...(more)
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Tropical Storm Fay hugs Florida's Atlantic coast
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Tropical Storm Fay will likely not become a hurricane, forecasters said Wednesday, relieving fears the zig-zagging storm would return from the Atlantic with punishing force later this week. However, the storm continued to plod up the peninsula with the possibility of dumping ...(more)
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BA's NY-LON flight to hold US checks in Ireland
LONDON - British Airways PLC said its planned business-class only flight from London 's close-in City Airport to New York will allow passengers to save time by completing U.S. arrival checks in Ireland . The airline said that the route's refueling stop at Shannon airport , in western Ireland, ...(more)
