Mount Rainier hike: Scraped knees, big smiles If Mount Rainier were in Austria instead of Washington State, I likely would have explored it long ago. All my life, I've watched it shimmering Fuji-like on Seattle's horizon, and have never driven the hour off the interstate to actually take a hike there.
Publ.Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:14:36 EDT Source: CNN.com
Pick up the phone, pay twice the price Joseph Dunlap runs into a snag when he tries to buy an airline ticket online for his mother. So he calls the online agency, Expedia, and is sold a ticket that costs twice the online rate. Do rates really vary by that much? Well, yes -- and no.
Publ.Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:15:13 EDT Source: CNN.com
Washington's Union Station marks centennial Read full story for latest details.
Publ.Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:36:56 EDT Source: CNN.com
The world's scariest runways It's 10:45 a.m. on a cloudy day, and the crew of Druk Air flight KB205 is preparing to land at their home airport of Paro, Bhutan. Suddenly, ominous warnings start blaring, alerting them that their flight angle is all wrong and their rate of descent is far too fast. They fly a series of unconventional right-and-left banks through a narrow channel of hillsides before centering the swaying jet and putting it on the tarmac.
Publ.Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:58:30 EDT Source: CNN.com
Fanfare greets returning Intrepid Read full story for latest details.
Publ.Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:58:13 EDT Source: CNN.com
Zoos go all out for Halloween Read full story for latest details.
Publ.Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:52:35 EDT Source: CNN.com
