by Rebecca Treon BBC On a dusty stretch of northern Arizona, about an hour west of Flagstaff, the neon glow of Angel and Vilma Delgadillo’s Original Route 66 Gift Shop still flickers to life each morning. Inside, 98-year-old Angel Delgadillo greets the stream of visitors pouring in from tour buses with a handshake and …
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Baby On Board! Woman Gives Birth On Flight
by Kevin Burton Chances are you’ve heard this story by now, of a baby being born mid-air on a Portland, Oregon-bound flight April 24. Page 7 is hardly a breaking news outlet, so I’m guessing you’ve read about it somewhere. But here’s my question: Did Delta Airlines try to charge the mother …
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Floating An Idea For Next Year’s Anniversary
by Kevin Burton From out of the blue, (and from the Associated Press) I get a super idea for a fun adventure. And my wife is shooting it down. But wait. I say this is a developing story. We have almost a whole year to talk things over. Stay tuned dear readers, …
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Our Getaway In Beautiful Downtown Newton
by Kevin Burton “There are no boring towns, just boring people,” said my first editor. Not all his nuggets were golden. That one was, and is. My wife Jeannette and I are not boring people Thus we were in no danger of being bored, though we made the curious choice of Newton, Kansas …
US Tourism Industry Could Lose Billions
by Soo Kim Newsweek A significant downturn in international tourism threatens to erode billions in spending and deepen the nation’s travel trade deficit, according to a forecast by the U.S. Travel Association. The report, outlines a projected 6.3 percent drop in international inbound visits in 2026 year—the first decline since 2020, the year marking …
Pilot On Holly’s Plane Crash Was Not Qualified
by Kevin Burton The 21-year-old pilot of the plane that crashed on this day in 1959, taking the lives of three famous young musicians was not qualified for the flight, according to published accounts. The crash, which took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) has been …
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Look Both Ways And Beware Of Jay Drivers
by Kevin Burton What I see 20 feet away, you can see 200 feet away. By definition therefore, I am legally blind. So you would think, all other things being equal, my career as a jaywalker could/should be painfully short, or maybe even disastrously shortened. I was very nearly run over by …
Canadian Boycott Of US Travel Going Strong
by Madeline Halpert BBC Kristy Gammon used to travel to the US from Canada at least once every other year, taking ski trips at Lake Placid in New York and traveling to Baltimore, Maryland, for her husband’s favorite Orioles baseball games. But those trips are now over, she said. This year, the Nova …
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Challenge And Opportunity On Sweetest Day
by Kevin Burton Guys, Sweetest Day is Saturday. I am posting this on a Wednesday to give you time to react and prepare appropriately, as is my wont. Let me break it down for you in a way you can understand: According to social.com, 36 percent of sales in the $7.9 billion …
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This French Hubby Got Some ‘Splainin To Do
by Kevin Burton Ok baby bubba, let’s hear you talk your way out of this one! Under the headline “Mislaid Mrs.,” The Sun newspaper of London ran a painfully short story about a Frenchman who drove nearly 200 miles on a vacation trip before realizing he had left his lawfully-wedded wife at a …
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