Chicago

Prepare to wait longer than three hours if airlines get their way, Chicago’s peculiar museums, United wins the Cranky Jackass Award

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The staff of Vimeo, the competitor to YouTube for user-generated videos, selected some of the best travel videos posted during this past year. I have collected three of those selected here. The lead video, above, features a trip across the USA in three minutes. The second, a similar journey across South America. The final video here is vision of Chicago by night.

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Clare Koebert was looking forward to seeing the sights in Chicago last summer. She’d rented a car with her husband and made the 12-hour drive from the Philadelphia suburbs. Instead, she got an unwanted lesson in Chicago’s infamous bureaucracy — and, she says, in its unfair judicial system.

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Passenger banned from Delta for life, best ice cream not in a shop, Chicago airports may get slot machines as Illinois House passes bill.

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Cinco de Mayo around Chicago, AA to test streaming in-flight video, Canadian Jazz to die

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JetBlue, ViaSat in highspeed broadband deal, Boeing blames suppliers for 787 delays,
Chicago gourmet festival kicks off

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The Elysian hotel in Chicago, a member of Leading Hotels of the World, eliminates all that. It is one of the few deluxe U.S. hotels with a no-tipping policy.

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O’Hare’s security considered lax, AA’s flight attendants plan strike vote after management walks out of talks, BA preparing for cabin staff strike by training managers to work flights

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Airlines using more regional jets, Las Vegas Strip sees wins, air cargo increase may signal more jobs

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JAL minimizes risk by sticking with American and oneworld alliance, US Airways and Delta must sell slots to receive okay for LGA-DCA slot swaps, O’Hare talks and expansion on hold

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