Following the Buddha around Bombay (Amazing Photos)
The Indian state of Maharashtra has a rich Buddhist tradition, and is an excellent — though still barely known — destination for travellers seeking spiritual enlightenment.
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Kim Kardashian takes her own luxury pillow on first class flight
She tweeted on Friday: ‘I knew all of this traveling & no sleep would make me sick 
gonna be a loooong flight home!’
US no-fly list doubles after Christmas plot
Names have risen from 10,000 to 21,000 after the US lowered criteria to get on the list, following the “underpants bomber” plot of December 2009.
The Weirdest Tourist Destinations
The Weirdest Tourist Destinations: Island of the Dolls (Mexico), Catacombs of Paris (France), Bubblegum Alley (California), Pripyat (Ukraine) [PHOTOS]
10 most dangerous vacation spots in USA
Advanced hospital trauma care isn’t usually on the list of things most families think about when planning their summer travel. But it might interest them to know just how remote some popular U.S. vacation spots are, at least when it comes to access to the kind of care that saves lives in cases of severe injury.
On Monday, the American Trauma Society released an interactive map that allows users to gauge availability of care across the entire U.S. You can pick a location — searchable by state, congressional district or ZIP code — and figure out whether it falls within a “safety” zone: an area in which you’re within 45 minutes to an hour from advanced trauma care, either by ambulance or helicopter, in case of a health emergency.
Woman claims uncle was 1970s US skyjacker: ABC
A woman has claimed her uncle was the legendary “D.B. Cooper”, the man behind an unsolved 1970s skyjacking, and she is cooperating with investigators to prove it, ABC News reported Wednesday.
Can Nepal be a gay-wedding destination?
With the country opening up to new ideas and myriad minorities gaining acceptance under the banner of inclusiveness, Nepal made large strides forward on gay-rights issues.
Kennedy Airport Invaded By Turtles, Delaying Flights
Aviation authorities say dozens of flights were delayed at New York’s Kennedy airport after about 150 turtles crawled onto the tarmac in search of beaches to lay their eggs.
Death toll in Russian plane crash reaches 45
Russia’s Emergencies Ministry says a 9-year-old boy has become the 45th victim of the crash of a passenger plane in the country’s northwest.
The RusAir Tu-134 crashed in heavy fog late Monday just moments from landing at the Petrozavodsk airport in Russia’s northwest.
Alaska Airlines’ iPad Rollout: not impressive
According to various headlines, Alaska is the first airline to get approval from the FAA to replace its required on-board 25-pound flight manual with an iPad. 400 MB worth of documents will be stored as a PDF on the iPads that pilots will access via a $4.99 app called GoodReader. All of Alaska’s 1,400 pilots will be using the iPads by the middle of June.
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