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London Calling. London's Stansted Airport, a low-fare airline hub, has been approved for expansion, which will increase its yearly flight capacity by nearly 10%, from 241,000 flights to 264,000 flights. The airport, located 45 minutes from London by express train, currently has one runway; plans to build a second one may get off the ground as early as 2009. (Also, in a few months, the U.K. government will determine whether Heathrow gets a third runway...
...into Buell, you'll never go back," says 27-year-old Brian Cessna of York, Pa. Erik Buell's enthusiasm trickles down. "It's not just the bike but what the company stands for that can make people enjoy the ride too," he says. Heading to the airport on the back of a Buell, I'm beginning to understand. The smooth, hour-long journey along the highway--tunes blaring, my leathers flapping in the wind--was exhilarating but strangely relaxing. I stepped onto the plane feeling just a little bit cooler...
...boom. How could it, when a quarter of the population evaporated when the jobs did? Pittsburgh's finances were so awful that it became a virtual ward of the state in 2003. Is your burg afraid of losing airline service? USAir's business crashed here in 2002. The spacious airport is half empty on a Sunday...
...have been temporarily shelved in the past three weeks, according to the consultancy Municipal Market Advisors. Broward County, Fla., pushed back plans to borrow $170 million for new sewer and water lines. Maine held off on a $50 million bond sale meant to finance 10 highway construction projects. The airport authority in Washington, D.C., delayed a $175 million issue intended to finance the expansion of terminals...
...that they were assured their visas and passports were in order. Corsi said he had been upfront about his intentions when he arrived. According to Corsi and Bueler, the author was told that the government had misplaced their immigration cards, which visitors fill out upon arrival at the Nairobi airport. "Dr. Corsi can return to Kenya anytime," said Bueler. "They said our passports were O.K. and our visas were O.K., but they had lost our immigration cards...