Around the world
On-demand airline to use very light jets (AP)
AP - Business consultant Rich Paul-Hus travels throughout Florida, sometimes needing to reach mid-sized cities such as Tallahassee to see an important client. Read more…
Louisiana: Cowboy Mounted Shooting fest (AP)
AP - His trusty six-shooters loaded, the cowboy gallops off, reins in one hand, pistol in the other. As his horse twists and slews, he shoots. Pow! Pow! Pow!Pow!Pow! Now it's a straight run: PowPowPowPowPow! Nine of the 10 balloons are dead, dead, really dead. Read more…
Jay Peak head against passport rule (AP)
AP - The president of the Jay Peak ski resort says that requiring passports to enter the United States by land from Canada is an "impending disaster" for American businesses that rely on Canadian tourists. Read more…
Temporary gay street opens in Rome (AP)
AP - Rome marked the opening of its first "Gay Street" Friday with flags, banners and protests amid a row over a homosexual couple who claimed they were detained by police for kissing in front of the nearby Colosseum. Read more…
French president to visit N.H. lake (AP)
AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is coming to New Hampshire on vacation. Read more…
American Airlines to test Wi-Fi onboard (AP)
AP - American Airlines says it will be the first U.S. carrier to test high-speed Internet service in flight. Read more…
NYC diner moves to Wyoming (AP)
AP - Like the pioneers of old, the city's landmark Moondance Diner is about to pull up stakes and head west to Wyoming. Not to Sundance — that would be too poetic — but to LaBarge, a wide place in the road with only one other restaurant and not even a local grocery store. Read more…
Hawaii Go! fills 80 percent of planes (AP)
AP - Jonathan Ornstein, chairman and chief executive of Mesa Air Group Inc., said that subsidiary go! airlines "continues to move toward profitability." Read more…
House of AA founder draws visitors (AP)
AP - At least once a year, Bill T. gathers up a few of his fellow Alcoholics Anonymous members and makes a pilgrimage from Florida to honor those who saved him from a life of drunkenness. Read more…
Olympics visitors: Try bohemian Beijing (AP)
AP - If you're planning a trip to Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympics, but you fear you may tire of Olympic fever and flag-waving throngs, don't despair. Consider checking out bohemian Beijing, from art, music and groovy boutiques to quiet temples. Read more…