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customs and border protection

Congress after years of lobbying by the travel and tourism community across the country, has finally begun to realize the positive impact of tourism dollars on our economy. Every visitor brings, literally, hundreds of dollars a day into the economic stream through entrance fees, sales taxes, meals, hotels, rental cars, gasoline purchases, souvenir sales and [...]

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Even if you’re not a terrorist or anything akin to one, you too can spend extra time getting through customs. Ask as many times as you want, you’ll never be told what you might have done. You’re guilty until proven innocent.

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A Canadian man was pepper sprayed because he wouldn’t turn his car off at the border when order to by a border guard. He wanted the guard to say please. The guard spayed him. Finnland has talking trashcans…what will they think of next. Finally, a Hawaiian hotel used trash to measure spending.

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Comcast’s new Internet use limit may seem generous, but for many business travelers — especially home-office based — and even leisure travelers, it will severely hamper them once the limit goes into effect Oct. 1.

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