Fighting boredom in the skies is big business.
Growing up, Juan Domingo Beckmann knew he was destined to enter the family business. His ancestors had been making tequila for more than 200 years, ever since Charles IV of Spain granted patriarch José Antonio de Cuervo the first commercial license to produce the liquor in 1795.
A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor who was known for portraying Santa Claus
Will Allen III, a management consultant from Raleigh, North Carolina, is a platinum member on a handful of airlines, but his loyalty is waning.
Gas prices surged nearly 7 cents over the past two weeks to reach an all-time inflation-adjusted high of $3.26 per gallon of self-serve regular, a national survey said Sunday.
Gas prices surged nearly 7 cents over the past two weeks to reach an all-time inflation-adjusted high of $3.26 per gallon of self-serve regular, a national survey said Sunday.
Both St. Benedict's (Newark, N.J.) and Academy of the New Church (Bryn Athyn, Pa.) ended their seasons with wins last week, but the rest of the Top 25 are still battling for section, county and state titles.
It didn't take long for St. Benedict's (Newark, N.J.) to establish itself as a national title contender. Last Thursday, the Gray Bees defeated Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 68-62 behind 29 points from junior guard Tamir Jackson. If Jackson and the backcourt can continue to contribute, the Bees will be able to take some of the load off of 6-foot-9 forwards Samardo Samuels (Louisville) and Gregory Echenique, a junior who has been offered by Duke. As for Oak Hill, the road only gets tougher as the Warriors travel to Texas Wednesday to play top-ranked Duncanville (Texas). The Panthers have won 53 straight games while still developing juniors Shawn Williams and Roger Franklin.
A deadly winter storm brought snow and sleet to the Northeast on Thursday, while crews in the Plains and Midwest worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands
Now that the New Jersey Devils are ensconced in their tony new digs in bucolic Newark, NJ -- never mind Barry Melrose's little crack about securing your valuables before venturing outside -- it's worth pondering just how long The Prudential Center will be with us. These days, stadiums and arenas vanish in the night, right along with your wallet.
Fighting boredom in the skies is big business.
Growing up, Juan Domingo Beckmann knew he was destined to enter the family business. His ancestors had been making tequila for more than 200 years, ever since Charles IV of Spain granted patriarch José Antonio de Cuervo the first commercial license to produce the liquor in 1795.
A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor who was known for portraying Santa Claus
Will Allen III, a management consultant from Raleigh, North Carolina, is a platinum member on a handful of airlines, but his loyalty is waning.
Gas prices surged nearly 7 cents over the past two weeks to reach an all-time inflation-adjusted high of $3.26 per gallon of self-serve regular, a national survey said Sunday.
Gas prices surged nearly 7 cents over the past two weeks to reach an all-time inflation-adjusted high of $3.26 per gallon of self-serve regular, a national survey said Sunday.
Both St. Benedict's (Newark, N.J.) and Academy of the New Church (Bryn Athyn, Pa.) ended their seasons with wins last week, but the rest of the Top 25 are still battling for section, county and state titles.
It didn't take long for St. Benedict's (Newark, N.J.) to establish itself as a national title contender. Last Thursday, the Gray Bees defeated Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 68-62 behind 29 points from junior guard Tamir Jackson. If Jackson and the backcourt can continue to contribute, the Bees will be able to take some of the load off of 6-foot-9 forwards Samardo Samuels (Louisville) and Gregory Echenique, a junior who has been offered by Duke. As for Oak Hill, the road only gets tougher as the Warriors travel to Texas Wednesday to play top-ranked Duncanville (Texas). The Panthers have won 53 straight games while still developing juniors Shawn Williams and Roger Franklin.
A deadly winter storm brought snow and sleet to the Northeast on Thursday, while crews in the Plains and Midwest worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands
Now that the New Jersey Devils are ensconced in their tony new digs in bucolic Newark, NJ -- never mind Barry Melrose's little crack about securing your valuables before venturing outside -- it's worth pondering just how long The Prudential Center will be with us. These days, stadiums and arenas vanish in the night, right along with your wallet.
Gas prices rose a nickel during the past two weeks, to an average of $2.80 per gallon of self-serve regular, a national survey said Sunday.
The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority on Monday will learn what companies are interested in buying the naming rights to the aging Continental Airlines Arena at the Meadowlands.
Gas prices rose 6.5 cents over the past two weeks to $2.81 per gallon of self-serve regular, the first increase at the pump since early July, a national survey said Sunday.
The FBI arrested 11 public officials, including a mayor and two state lawmakers, Thursday in a federal corruption probe that spread across the state
Suddenly, I need sanctuary -- from presidential candidates who exploit tragedy to breathe life into their campaigns.
New Jersey law enforcement was ordered Wednesday to notify federal immigration officials whenever someone arrested for an indictable offense or drunken driving is determined to be an illegal immigrant.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority said Tuesday it is hunting for a new firm to put its name on the Meadowlands arena after being informed by Continental Airlines that it has decided to opt out of its naming rights deal.
Now that six suspects are in custody for the execution-style slaying of three college students, residents hope to learn more about the motive behind the crime that has outraged the city.
An arrest warrant has been issued for a fourth suspect in last weekend's execution-style slayings of three college students, the Newark mayor's office said.
A third suspect was arrested in connection with the execution-style slayings of three college students in a schoolyard, Newark Mayor Cory Booker said Friday night.
Two people, including a 15-year-old boy, are in custody in connection with the execution-style slayings of three college students in a Newark, New Jersey, schoolyard, authorities said.
Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James pleaded not guilty Monday to federal corruption charges that he courted women using city money and engaged in property fraud.
A massive oval to hold the ice, 165 feet below the ceiling, has been formed.
Seton Hall Prep (West Orange, N.J.) remains in the top spot in this week's rankings after capturing its 10th Greater Newark Tournament title.
Preliminary information suggests an FBI agent killed Thursday during an attempted arrest of three bank-robbery suspects in New Jersey may have been accidentally shot by an another agent, the bureau said in a statement.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released passengers on board a flight from Hong Kong after determining that the flu-like symptoms in some of them were normal.
Airline delays increased sharply to record levels in 2006, according to a published report.
Budget airlines have revolutionized the airline industry in the past five years, and now specialist all business class airlines are hoping to transform the high-end of air travel in the same way.
Posted: October 20, 2006
Federal officials arrested more than 125 people Wednesday on charges of subscribing to a Web site that depicted children as young as infants engaged in sexual activities with adults.
Exactly 24 hours and four cities after we awoke, Dean Burri volunteered his assessment of my traveling skills. "I'd call you a travel enthusiast," he said, taking a puff of a Cuban cigar at a bar i...
British and American business travelers will soon have a new low-cost airline to choose from for flights between London and New York.
When Hong Kong's notorious Kai Tak airport closed in 1998, frequent fliers breathed a collective sigh of relief at the thought that they would no longer have to endure a perilous right-angled landing through mountains and residential tower blocks.
Prices jumped nearly 11 cents over the past two weeks to $2.35 for a gallon of regular-grade gasoline, even though the price of crude dropped, a national survey said Sunday.
First the bad news: Long airport layovers are here to stay. With fewer planes flying but just as many people traveling, passengers now spend twice as much time in transit limbo as they did prior to...
Flight departure delays are at their worst level since 2000, according to a published report.
Anyone who took an early flight for a Memorial Day getaway has already gotten a taste of what summer air travel will be like: full planes, crowded airports and weather delays.
The average price of a gallon of self-serve, regular gasoline shot up nearly 13 cents over the past two weeks, to a record $2.10, a national survey said Sunday.
It certainly is more convenient to take a drink on the go nowadays.
Time-poor corporate fliers fed up with the hassle of long lines at check-in desks and sluggish security checks are finding alternatives.
Net2Phone, based in Newark, N.J., is a voice-over-Internet pure-play that's on track to sell $85 million worth of Internet telephony services by year-end. When the industry bellwether releases four...
Depending on the creator, the "what if" game of alternative history can be enlightening or absurd, scintillating or silly.
Information seized from a suspected al Qaeda computer expert was largely responsible for the increased threat level for three East Coast financial districts, U.S. and Pakistani officials said Monday.
Under the U.S. government's Operation Safe Commerce initiative, scores of high-tech cargo containers from Asia, Europe, and Central America are now passing through the ports of Seattle, Long Beach,...
Police stopped Amtrak train 170 Thursday in Newark, New Jersey, for what Amtrak called "police activity" after a note was found in a bathroom, an Amtrak official said.
Singapore Airlines has completed the world's longest commercial passenger flight, touching down in Newark, New Jersey after a flight of more than 18.5 hours from Singapore.
Relatives of passengers and crew aboard the four airliners hijacked on September 11, 2001, heard tapes Friday of calls from the doomed planes and said later that they were moved by heroic efforts on all the flights.
Wondering what to read on your next flight? Nothing short, we'd suggest. That's because many travelers will be spending more time aboard airplanes this summer, thanks to a rebound in air traffic th...
Wondering what to read on your next flight? Nothing short, we'd suggest.
A British man accused of trying to smuggle shoulder-held missiles into the United States and offering to obtain a radioactive "dirty bomb" for terrorists will stand trial November 3.
Four people were arrested and charged with immigrant smuggling Sunday at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, according to a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.
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When you're grounded, what alternatives do you have to airport bars, newsstands and vending machines?
Quick. Name the earthy, exuberant, hard-drinking CEO who turned a Texas airline into one of the best in the country, famous for good service and happy employees. Herb who? Yeah, yeah. Herb Kelleher...
There's nothing like an inflight movie to make a cramped sojourn in coach class pass quickly. But what if you've already seen that sappy Julia Roberts film? Inmotion Pictures has an answer: In a gr...
Ali, the front-desk clerk at the Robert Treat Travelodge Hotel, is evasive when FORTUNE asks him which floor the flight attendants are staying on. "Oh," he says, "I can't give out that information....
The January special report, "MONEY Audits the IRS," aroused deep passions in most of you who sent mail. You praised us for criticizing the agency's "wasteful expenditures, inadequate service and at...
Crime may not be dead, but at least it's declining. According to the most recent Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics, the violent-crime rate fell 4% nationwide in '95, while many cities like...
Your workdays are longer, your stress is higher, and the demands at home don't get lighter. The need for an oasis is never so acute as it is in the airport, that never-never land that is neither ho...
Here's all you need to know about the operating logic of the airline industry: They use really big jets, capable of carrying hundreds of passengers. They use one door to board them. Why does this i...
The very model of a modern airline, superprofitable Southwest built its 23- year success with low daily fares on every flight -- few frills, no Saturday night stay, no three-week advance-purchase r...
Taxpayers have been tense and testy for months. The mood emerged not long after President Clinton announced his economic plan in February. Then, as the "deficit reduction" bills worked their way th...
After U.S. airlines lost $1.2 billion in the first half of '92, you'd think the last thing they would do is wage another fare war. But that's exactly what they did during the summer. In fact, they ...
After a horrendous four years, during which the amount of money raised shriveled some 70%, venture capitalists are finally seeing a strong pickup in funds (see chart). The $1.16 billion they've gat...
NEWARK, N.J. -- Libraries should not . . . exclude people based on personal appearance and hygiene, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge H. Lee Sarokin ruled that regulations adopted by a New Jer...
YOUR CLASSIC corporate timeserver he's not. During his career, Peter G. Diamandis, 57, has driven a cab, sold ads for Conde Nast, managed accounts at Grey Advertising, headed a small ad agency, and...
REJECTED AGAIN? asked the ad for Credit Rite, a firm that offered customers a ''guarantee'' to clean their smudged credit records. Three officers of Credit Rite recently began serving jail terms, b...
Business must take a bigger role in attacking the critical shortage of affordable housing in several regions of the U.S. In areas where home prices and rents are out of reach for many of their empl...
By grabbing the headlines, last October's stock market crash made people forget that another investment isn't doing so well either -- commercial real estate. The new tax law killed some of real est...
Despite the public's spreading fear of flying, more people than ever before are traveling that way, and the airlines are taking full advantage of the demand by raising prices about 15%, on average,...
IN THE MID-1970s, when Sam Newhouse, the sire of the media fortune, was still alive and hale, his family gathered in Connecticut to celebrate the 20th wedding anniversary of his younger brother, Te...
A BEARDED MAN with burly arms, Mo Murphy, 40, seems typecast as a heavy-press operator, a job in which he earns around $13.50 an hour at the Ford Motor Co. plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He speaks, ...
IT WAS really beautiful. Hourlies and supervisors, pencil pushers and clock punchers, all gathered around the corporate foundry to forge a new relationship based on the idea that workers could play...
Oh, how was your trip? Are you kidding? When I got to the terminal, the line for tickets stretched all the way out to the sidewalk. Every seat was taken, and a lot of people got left behind. The gu...
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