Around the world
ATV drivers invading roadless forests (AP)
AP - There once was a barrier at the entrance to this corner of the Mountaintown Roadless Area, a red-and-white metal fence that blocked all-terrain vehicles from accessing the rugged trail beyond. Read more…
Avoid air hassles: Be discreet (AP)
AP - In the past nine months, passengers have been kicked off airplanes or detained at airports for uncontrolled coughing, joking about hijacking, breast-feeding a baby, kissing and other amorous activities, cursing at flight attendants who denied them alcohol, failing to get a screaming child buckled in for takeoff, and carrying a sippy cup of water. Read more…
Computer glitch fixed at LAX (AP)
AP - A computer failure that left thousands of travelers trapped on planes and stuck for hours in the terminal at Los Angeles International Airport was fixed, and flights were back to normal Monday. Read more…
Wisconsin State Fair through Aug. 12 (AP)
AP - Rural Wisconsin has returned to the state's most urban area for the 156th Wisconsin State Fair, which features cows, goats, sheep, swine and other animals. Read more…
French pres on NH vacation mad at media (AP)
AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy lost his temper with two American news photographers covering his vacation Sunday, jumping onto their boat and scolding them loudly in French. Read more…
Passenger sues over Arabic T-shirt (AP)
AP - A discrimination lawsuit charges federal officials and JetBlue Airways with racial profiling for refusing to let a passenger board an August 2006 flight at Kennedy International Airport because he wore a T-shirt inscribed with an Arabic phrase. Read more…
Disney-MGM Studios will change its name (AP)
AP - Disney-MGM Studios is changing its name to Disney's Hollywood Studios, starting January 2008. Read more…
Amtrak tries out 1-stop NYC-DC service (AP)
AP - The morning train ride between New York and Washington just got 10 minutes shorter. Read more…
German transport strike planned (AP)
AP - Travelers in Germany faced the prospect of long delays at train stations and airports after unions authorized more walkouts Monday at state railway Deutsche Bahn AG and budget airline LTU. Read more…
Ark. airport fast lane will cost you (AP)
AP - A traveler's speed of passage through security at Little Rock National Airport could soon depend not on how many other people are in line, but on whether they paid an extra hundred bucks beforehand. Read more…