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If you're at your wits end on how to rid your yard of evasive underground pests, there's a cheap, easy-to-find way to keep them from uprooting even more grass: olive oil. Stuffing rags doused in the popular home cooking substance is sure to rid your yard of moles, who can't stand the smell,...

Three kids spend $700 in babysitting money to board a Southwest Airlines flight from Jacksonville, Fla. to Nashville, Tenn. alone with nary a soul asking them for identification, where they're headed, or why they're by themselves. A 9-year-old Canadian boy is stranded for eight hours at Chicago's...

As the publicity over JetBlue steward Steven Slater's expletive-laden altercation with a traveler earlier this week continues to reach new heights, flight attendants are getting a rare chance to air their stories about abuse at the hands of passengers. Slater, who told a traveler off over the...

If you've waited until now to plan an escape for the last weekend of summer, there are still bargains out there, whether you're looking to stay close to home, or to jet to a faraway land. There are condominiums awaiting Labor Day revelers in Palm Springs for $43 a night. Rental cars parked on...

Vacationers this summer report that they are opting to travel to nude resorts rather than pay extra to stash their clothes in an aircraft's cargo hold. Destinations where clothing is optional are riding such a wave of new-found popularity that online travel sites are openly embracing a term once...

With the recession dragging on, prices are plunging for cruises on high-end ships this fall and winter to popular ports of call, including the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and the South Pacific. Some sailings are available at record-low prices. Luxury ship operators, including Regent Seven Seas,...

If you're traveling to Italy this summer, beware that laws in this boot-shaped country are city-specific and include restrictions on building sandcastles, feeding pigeons and kissing in a moving car. And these are only several examples of 150 "public security" laws enacted throughout Italy since...

Zoos and aquariums are knee deep in visitors this summer, forcing some facilities to accept early reservations and others to close their doors to additional patrons after selling out of tickets. Several aquariums, including Chicago's John G. Shedd Aquarium and the Georgia Aquarium, have been so...

Advertisements for the first airline jobs available in months are real eye catchers. "Though it comes with plenty of baggage, this job can be quite uplifting," reads a job description on Delta's web site for a baggage handler and ramp operator. The carrier expects to receive upward of 65,000...

If there's something on which most parents can agree, it's that there is an over-abundance of goods and services available today for infants and kids that just aren't necessary. With a lot of more affluent, older parents around, the market for luxury clothing for infants, toddlers and...