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  1. Convoy rescued after GPS led them to Utah cliff AP - Tue Aug 5, 9:27 PM ET

    CANNONVILLE, Utah - A GPS device led a convoy of tourists astray, finally stranding them on the edge of a sheer cliff.

  2. Parisians relax on an artificial beach in downtown Paris, France, Monday, July 21, 2008, during the Paris Beaches event, the day of its opening. The city-sponsored initiative that turns the Seine's riverbanks into a tropical getaway is now in its seventh year, and the month long event will see tourists and  Parisians flocking to the artificial beaches. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
    Sad summer: Economic woes hit European vacations AP - Wed Aug 6, 1:33 PM ET

    PARIS - Marc des Bouillons lounged in a beach chair with a book, surrounded by women in bikinis, ice cream stands, a DJ spinning summer tunes and kids running amok.

  3. Greyhound scraps ads about worry-free bus travel AP - Wed Aug 6, 8:04 PM ET

    TORONTO - Greyhound has scrapped a billboard ad campaign that extols the relaxing upside of bus travel in the wake of a bus attack in Canada where a man beheaded and cannibalized another passenger.

  4. Carnival ship moves to Mobile for a few months AP - Thu Aug 7, 10:18 AM ET

    NEW ORLEANS - Carnival Corp.'s Fantasy cruise ship, which normally is based in New Orleans, will operate out of Mobile, Ala., through Sept. 1 because of an oil spill on the Mississippi River.

  5. How Airlines Deal with 'Customers of Size' Aviation.com - Wed Aug 6, 3:45 PM ET

    You're paying more to travel, and not just for your plane ticket. Every pound counts as the number of carriers charging for all pieces of checked luggage racks up. So it stands to reason that the public might wonder why airlines don't charge extra for passengers with significant overages of a more, uh, personal nature.

  6. The TWA terminal connects to Terminal 5, Jet Blue's new terminal at JFK airport Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008,  in New York. JetBlue Airways Corp. is in the final stretch of a four-year, $743 million construction project that it hopes will create a modern terminal ahead of its scheduled opening on Oct. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
    JetBlue readies new post-9/11 terminal at JFK AP - Wed Aug 6, 5:18 PM ET

    NEW YORK - As a symbol of the last century of flight sits in its shadow, a new JetBlue terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport is undergoing a series of tests ahead of its scheduled opening on Oct. 1.

  7. In this 19th century photo released by Krzysztof Mankowski, the mineral water spring house is seen in Dietl square in the spa town of Szczawnica Zdroj, in southern Poland. Now, under democratic Poland, the heirs of former owner Count Adam Stadnicki have regained from the state most of the resort's installations and, having pledged to invest some 10 million zlotys (US$4.5 million) by 2009, are pushing ahead with intensive construction work to restore Szczawnica back to its prewar look and high-society charm. (AP Photo/Krzysztof Mankowski)
    Prewar glamour returning to Polish health spa AP - Mon Aug 4, 12:26 PM ET

    SZCZAWNICA ZDROJ, Poland - For more than 100 years, aristocrats and artists came to the mountain health resort of Szczawnica Zdroj in search of cures. Jewish rabbis walked in the park, arguing theological points with their students and sipping water from the mineral springs. Visitors included Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz, one of the most celebrated Polish writers of all time.