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| Irish bookie taking bets on the next bankrupt airline |
| Filed under: Europe, United Kingdom, Airlines
Irish bookie Paddy Power has a long history of funny and quirky wagers One of their latest is right up our alley pick the next airline to go bankrupt Before you pull out your wallet to bet on the dem (more) |
| The best ski resorts in the Alps |
| Filed under: Skiing, Europe, Austria, France, Italy, SwitzerlandThere are few places on Earth that offer better skiing than the Alps The mountains, which stretch across France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and beyond, offer a mix of culture, histo (more) |
| Lack of 'big' snow has few holiday effects for I-70 resorts |
| SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo What area ski resorts lack in holiday snowfall, they make up for with their reputations, according to ski industry insiders Most ski areas in Summit and Eagle Counties were pushing to get even 50 percent of their skiable (more) |
| John McFall urges Scots to help reform banks |
| SCOTLAND should stop 'beating itself up' about the demise of HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland and use the new decade as an opportunity to mastermind a different and mor (more) |
| DAVE RAMSEY: Insurance important, but what kind to get? |
| SAN ANGELO, Texas 'Dear Dave: I've got auto insurance, but can you tell me what other kinds of insurance are good to have?' ChrisDear Chris: The purpose of insurance is to transfer risk Specifically, I'm talking about risk that you can't afford to t (more) |
| Current events |
| FestivalIt's just one day a bit short for a festival but the Wild and Scenic Film Festival packs seven short movies into that one evening The traveling event, coming to Aspen for the second year and hosted by the Independence Pass Foundation, (more) |
| What are the odds of a terrorist attack on your flight? |
| Filed under: Airlines, TransportationWell, that's a rather unsettling question to start your day, isn't it?
Fortunately, blogger Jesus Diaz is here to reassure you: You are twenty times more likely to be killed by lightning than a terrorist attack (more) |
| BREAKING NEWS: New security regulations updated - go into effect midnight t |
| Filed under: North AmericaAfter over a week of uncertainty, subpoenas to bloggers and false positives, the governement has settled on a comprehensive package of new security measures following the failed terror attempt on Christmas day
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| 25-50-100 years ago... |
| December 1909Locals came to the rescue of a horse and may well have prevented a train crash as well, according to the Dec 27, 1909 Aspen Times Democrat The newspaper reported:Last evening just before 7 o'clock, two men driving in a cutter mis (more) |
| happy new year. i miss my car. |
| Car Insurance Filter: I've searched but can't find an answer My car was most likely totaled today by someone rear ending me However, I still owe $11K on it How does this work? How can I get another car? I feel so screwed My compact car was rea (more) |
| Kelly J. Hayes: WineInk |
| At the beginning of this decade, or the turn of the century as we like to call it, Google was in the seminal stages of its development Larry Page and Sergey Brin had secured financing and soon the most powerful research tool in the history of (more) |
| Around Aspen: Aspen firefighters |
| Members of the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department held their annual Awards Dinner recently at the T Lazy 7 Resort and firemen received either sterling silver Hayes pins or belt buckles depending on their years of service with the department The g (more) |
| Living on Nothing but Food Stamps |
| The number of Americans reporting food stamps as their only income soared 50 percent over the past two years (more) |
| Ethiopian tribe hopes museum and tourism will save its culture |
| Filed under: Activism, Arts and Culture, History, Learning, Africa, EthiopiaThe Konso people of southern Ethiopia live in a remote region, but that hasn't saved them from grave robbers These little known farmers, who number only about a quarter of a (more) |
| Medicinal pot in Colorado: How 'medical' is it? |
| ASPEN I recently became a legal pot smoker in the state of Colorado, and all it took was an hour of my time, $240 and a good excuse I visited a dispensary in the Roaring Fork Valley and told the proprietors I suffered from back and knee pain (more) |
| Lindsey Vonn misses gate and loses overall lead |
| ZAGREB, Croatia With her arm in a brace and her hand aching, Lindsey Vonn missed a slalom gate and lost her overall lead in the World Cup standings Her mistake came at the 15th gate during the second run Sunday, and she did not finish a race (more) |
| Spar for beginners |
| Skiing down Spar Gulch at the end of a crowded holiday afternoon, as speedy experts and slow beginners cross paths exiting the mountain, can be a harrowing experience It does not compare, however, to the nightmare tentative skiers faced in 194 (more) |
| Lloyds' business team set to win clients |
| LLOYDS Banking Group has a team in place to focus on business development for the first time and said it is now ready to hit the ground running as it bids to win clients from (more) |
| Best concerts of 2009 in Aspen, Snowmass |
| ASPEN Assembling my list of the finest musical moments of each year is always a pleasure Here in the music rich upper end of the Roaring Fork Valley, it is an annual exercise in abundance, trying to whittle the festival sets, the Wheeler sho (more) |
| What Dying Patients Need |
| To the Editor: (more) |
| Body scanners wouldn't have caught Northwest bomber |
| Filed under: Airlines, Transportation, Airports, NewsHere's another hit for airline security Not only have we discovered pat downs aren't effective, now it turns out that full body scanners wouldn't have detected the Christmas bomber on Northwest Fl (more) |
| Best insurance? Carry full range |
| Dear Dave, I've got auto insurance, but can you tell me what other kinds of insurance are good to have? ChrisDear Chris,The purpose of insurance is to transfer risk Specifically, I'm talking about risk that you can't afford to take Most people can' (more) |
| RBS, HBOS and B&B banks probe reveals risks 'went unchecked' |
| A probe by the City watchdog into three failed UK banks has revealed internal breakdowns which allowed risks to go unchecked, it was reported today (more) |
| Security at its best: plane returns to destination (for nothing) after 'do |
| Filed under: North America, United States, Airlines, AirportsPlane takes off, then ground crew notices plane passenger is on 'do not fly list', plane turns back to airport, passenger not really on 'do not fly list'
That dear readers, is the short v (more) |
| Dearth of deer felt across industries |
| From body shops to butchers, auto insurance companies to a tannery, farmers and taxidermists to loggers, businesses across Wisconsin say they are feeling the impact of a smaller deer herd (more) |
| Kitty Benzar: Squeezing the geezers on our public lands |
| Maybe the U S Forest Service needs a dope slap Any politician can tell you that there are two constituencies you don't want to mess with: senior citizens and the permanently disabled Yet the Forest Service has riled both groups by proposing (more) |
| American Airlines is being watched by the FAA |
| Filed under: Business, North America, United States, AirlinesThree strikes have led to increased federal attention for American Airlines The last month hasn't been kind to the airline In two instances, planes bumped wingtips with during landings in (more) |
| Photo of the Day (1.3.2010) |
| Filed under: North America, United StatesDon't be fooled this image is a mirage! Well at least it looks like one, right? It's actually a fantastic snap by Flickr user ohad*, who caught this visually striking scene on a pool of water in Florida The (more) |
| Interior head Salazar ends first year with vows of reforms |
| DENVER Interior Secretary Ken Salazar started on the job a year ago pledging to clean up an agency hit by scandals and assailed by critics as under the sway of the oil and gas industry Starting his second year as head of the nation's biggest lan (more) |
| Daily gear deals - $10 power inverter, $69 TomTom GPS unit and more |
| Filed under: Gadling's Daily Deal
Here are the hottest gear deals for today, Sunday January 3rd 2010 Remember, these deals are often valid for just one day, so act fast before they are gone
Today's first deal is for an 80 watt power inverter Th (more) |
| The next victim in the war on terrorism -- the duty free store? |
| Filed under: Europe, Germany, Airlines, AirportsNot content with merely harassing passengers at the security checkpoint, German police and pilot unions are calling for a ban on the sale of all flammable products at airport stores
The ban would incl (more) |
| Tallinn is more than a winter wonderland |
| Filed under: Europe, EstoniaYeah, on first glance, Tallinn looks like it was lifted out of EPCOT The walls around the capital of Estonia, the look and feel of the architecture the 'old city' seems almost staged But, that changes quickly when yo (more) |
| John Colson: Hit and Run |
| As I write this, I am staring at the end of the 'Decade From Hell,' as the first decade of the 21st century has been dubbed by certain wags Interestingly enough, as you read this, that decade will be a thing of the past by a three day margin, a (more) |
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