Top 10 North American cities for hotel deals

With the economy still in flux, hotels are continuing to reduce their rates—in some cities by as much as 30 percent. Hotwire publishes a monthly report on the markets with the biggest hotel discounts. At press time, the top 10 North American cities for deals were: 1. Las Vegas 2. Phoenix 3. New York 4. [...]

Less poetry, music but big Miami book fair goes on

Poetry and music have been cut and there will be no parade to kick off the Miami Book Fair International as in years past. But one of the nation’s leading literary festivals isn’t giving up on readers in a bad economy. The fair that began in 1984 just won’t quit: Hundreds of thousands of people [...]

Turbulence injures 26, flight diverted to Miami

A Continental Airlines jet carrying 179 people from Brazil to Texas hit severe turbulence over the Atlantic early Monday, injuring at least 26 — including four seriously — and forcing an emergency landing in Miami, officials said. One passenger said he felt Continental Flight 128 drop without warning while flight attendants were in the aisles, [...]

Threatened Kennedy Airport murals saved in Miami

In almost 30 years as a baggage porter at Kennedy International Airport in New York, Darren Hoggard spent slow days gazing at the scenes on the walls of the American Airlines terminal. On one wall, pioneers with sharp, angled faces and hats rode their horses into the western sunlight, covered wagons in tow, on a [...]