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The Federal Aviation Administration is charging American Eagle $2.5 million for not ensuring that weight records were accurate on each plane on dozens of flights in the past two years. When the crew of an airplane has incorrect information about the amount of weight in the cargo area, it affects how the pilot will gauge its take-off and landing procedures. A certain weight calls for the appropriate speed, and without accurate information, ascension can be difficult, according to USA Today .

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FAA faults American Eagle $2.5 million for misinformation

One of the many sad and unexpected shutter stories of 2009 was the shut down of St. Mark’s staple Dessert Truck after a permit dispute. But devotees now have reason to rejoice: the team is back, this time with DT Works in a warm little storefront on Clinton Street; truckless

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Good News/Bad News: The Early Word on Dessert Truck Reincarnation, DT Works

When Andrew Evans crossed the border into Ecuador, he found religion on its many buses. For many people in the world, religion and travel go hand in hand. No matter what you believe in, when you’re on the road in a strange country you want to be safe and looked after by someone that speaks the language better than you

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Bus2Antarctica: The Virgins of Ecuador

A chain of family-friendly restaurants that specializes in breakfast may be returning to Braintree, and it might actually be moving into its old spot. According to an article in the Braintree Forum and Wicked Local , Bickford’s is looking to move into the space on Union Street where Capri Restaurant and Wine bar briefly existed last year before closing during the summer. Before Capri, a branch of Bickford’s was located in that spot

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Bickford’s May Be Moving Back Into Their Old Space in Braintree

The Village Voice’s Robert Sietsema pens an in depth piece for the Columbia Journalism Review about the history of restaurant reviewing in New York . An excellent cultural piece, it charts the waters from Craig Claiborne’s seminal reviews for the Times in the 60′s to the food bloggers and the free for all of today. He touches upon Gael Greene , who first brought hyperbolic language to the medium (“After Gael Greene, the restaurant review would never be the same”); Reichl, who turned the review into a “bona fide literary form;” vernacular food lovers Calvin Trillin and Jane and Michael Stern; the first well known and not anonymous food critic, Restaurant Girl ; and Bruni, who Sietsema argues, bucked the growing trend to review a restaurant before it was ready

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To Catch a Critic: Sietsema on the History of Restaurant Reviewing and Ethics

It seems like the whole TV-watching population is all amped up for tonight’s premiere of the final season of Lost , and East Village bar Professor Thom’s is no exception. For those who don’t know what those numbers mean (to be fair, no one really knows) get some background info here

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Lost Mania: Professor Thom’s Geared up for Lost Premiere

News on the people, airports, airlines, companies and aircraft that make up the day to day elements of the Irish aviation scene. Intending travellers at Dublin Airport should prepare themselves for confusion tomorrow when the departure gate numbering system is changed. As of first departures on

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Boarding gate number system at Dublin Airport to be changed from …

A critically-acclaimed seafood restaurant will soon be moving out of Winchester and will be replaced with a comfort food place run by the same owners. According to the Boston Globe and Grub Street Boston, Catch will serve its last meal on Church Street in the center of town on Valentine’s Day weekend, with Parson’s Table looking to open in the same spot sometime toward the end of February.

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Catch to Move Out of Winchester; Parson’s Table to Replace It

Today is Groundhog Day , when Punxsutawney Phil pops out of his hole to let us know whether there will be six more weeks of winter (turns out, alas, yes ). But for me, I’m pushing the groundhog aside and saying unabashedly that this is the Day of Lost . Yup, it’s the season premiere of the End of the Series, which means we’ll finally find out all the details about polar bears and hatches, time travel and moving islands, talking to dead people, huge four-footed statues, and mysterious donkey wheels

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LOST Fan? Find a Flight to the Island Online

The Sail Lofts, St Ives is a complex of 12 luxury five star self catering apartments in the hear of St Ives, and a stones throw away from Porthmeor beach. The apartments are all furnished to a very high standard and have been awarded the highest Gold Award by Enjoy England. With apartments ranging in size from 1 bedroom through to 4 bedrooms there is a choice for everyone

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The Sail Lofts

From the tipline: “I live right by East Side Company Bar and read about its future replacement Painkiller , but hadn’t noticed any signs of change until last Thursday night when they put a new sign on the door announcing ‘renovations.’” Indeed, a walk by yesterday afternoon revealed the above scene. Sasha Petraske’s sophomore effort East Side is closed, presumably to make way for the new project from his Dutch Kills partners. It’s a venture that’s already being hyped as the “best-ever tiki bar.”

Compulsory body scanning was introduced yesterday at Heathrow and Manchester Airports. Although not everyone will have to be scanned – only a small selection of passengers – anyone selected but refusing to be scanned will be prevented from travelling. Currently, the body scanners are only available at Heathrow Terminal 4 and Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport, however,

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Compulsory body scanning introduced at Heathrow and Manchester

National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable Destinations is hosting its annual summit at headquarters today, and the remarkable winners and finalists of this year’s Geotourism Challenge are taking the stage to give presentations about their innovative approach to tourism.

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Geotourism Summit Today at National Geographic HQ

A year after he pulled out of his hotel restaurant The Libertine and two months after announcing a partnership with the Plaza Hotel to build a food court, new details emerge about celeb chef Todd English’s latest hotel project. As he mentioned last month, English is teaming up with the new InterContinenal Hotel in Times Square to create a French brasserie

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Overbooked: More on Todd English’s Latest, but not Last, Hotel Project

Participating in New York’s bi-annual Restaurant Week is always a crapshoot. Some restaurants perform a total botch job, shuttling diners through three courses of chicken and salmon as quickly as humanly possible while others put in a real effort, offering their best service and menus to tempt new clientele to return. For those still considering hitting up a deal, these are the places to seek out and to avoid: Tried and True: The Restaurant : The Modern The Source : The Wandering Eater The Low Down : Click through for the play by play and food porn, but this is the major takeaway: “In all, The Modern Bar Room for Restaurant Week dinner (they don’t serve lunch for RW) is never a let down

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Good News/Bad News: The Winners and Losers of Restaurant Week 2010

Former Traveler researcher Emily Haile spent the past summer and fall in Taipei studying Mandarin, and she vividly described many of her Taiwan adventures in her blog, The Travel Telegraph . I came along vicariously on her excursions, and here are some of my favorites within an hour or so of the capital: 1. About 20 miles outside Taipei is Juifen , an old mining town with crooked streets, some of which are old mining tunnels, and it’s nicknamed the City of Steps for good reason.

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Taipei Day-Trip Tips

The Fenway neighborhood of Boston will see the opening of another Mexican restaurant this week. According to Grub Street Boston and several other sources, the Fenway Cantina will open its doors tomorrow on Boylston Street near Fenway Park, serving up Tex-Mex food and offering a variety of beers

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Fenway Cantina (A Tex-Mex Restaurant) Opening on Boylston Street

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal ran a fairly standard piece on how star chefs have been making the leap to the cocktail circuit lately and in the process, revolutionizing the mixed drink. However, the most intriguing parts of the article are the details of Grant Achatz’s new project: a bar .

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Game Changers: Grant Achatz Opening A Molecular Bar in Chicago

Village communities have been in existence in India for over centuries and Panchayats have been part of these communities since then.

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Rajasthan Panchayat Polls Held Successfully – I, II and III Phase

American Airlines Discount Air Fares to Marsh Harbour-Bahamas, Cali-Colombia, Madrid-Spain and more (posted on Feb 2, 2010) International Weekend Getaway Fares Travel Dates & Times for Weekend Getaway Fares Freeport, Bahamas (FPO) Miami, FL (MIA) $39^ Marsh Harbour, Bahamas (MHH) Miami, FL (MIA) $90^ Miami, FL (MIA) Marsh Harbour, Bahamas (MHH) $90^ Miami, FL (MIA) Houston Bush Intercont’l, TX (IAH) $118* Miami, FL (MIA) Cali, Colombia (CLO) $174^ Miami, FL (MIA) Bridgetown, Barbados (BGI) $179^ Miami, FL (MIA) San Salvador, El Salvador (SAL) $290^ Miami, FL (MIA) Madrid, Spain (MAD) $298^ Chicago O’Hare, IL (ORD) Philadelphia, PA (PHL) $92* Chicago O’Hare, IL (ORD) Manchester, United Kingdom (MAN) $259^ Prices above are each way, based on round-trip purchase. Taxes, fees and conditions apply. *U.S.

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American Airlines Discount Air Fares to Marsh Harbour-Bahamas, Cali-Colombia, Madrid-Spain and more