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...CHINA Plain Talk Negotiations between American and Chinese officials ended without agreement on the return of a U.S. spy plane or responsibility for its midair collision with a Chinese fighter jet. China showed video footage of what it called "very convincing" proof that the U.S. plane was to blame for the incident and continued to demand an end to U.S. surveillance flights off China's coast. The U.S. said dangerous flying by the Chinese pilot caused the accident, in which the pilot died. Tension was increased further with a display of military prowess by Taiwan, ahead of a looming...
...contrast, Gene Orza, attorney for the Major League Baseball Association, says, "It's something that we expect to look at seriously someday if we can solve travel problems." The Chicago Cubs played their first two official games of the 2000 season in Tokyo, then returned home and, jet-lagged, lost their next 10 games. No one on the team is eager to repeat the experience...
...triggering an international diplomatic incident--or to convince Russia that the investment tycoon was unqualified for space flight. NASA tried the latter, but it was tough given Tito's background. He may not be a cosmonaut, but he is an actual rocket scientist who worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory before becoming a successful businessman. (He founded the investment firm Wilshire Associates.) He also completed some 900 hours of training in Star City, the cosmonauts' boot camp, and was deemed flightworthy by Russia's space commission. So on Thursday NASA had Tito sign a paper swearing that he wouldn...
Florida investment banker who lent his private jet to Bush family members for campaign hops...
DOWN TO EARTH Travelers may overlook annoyances like American's new $10 paper-ticket surcharge if they can skip around the country for less than $200 and jet off to Europe for less than $360. With losses piling up--$825 million in the first quarter--airlines need to fill seats and are trying the best way they know how. "They'll offer the kitchen sink," says Tom Parsons of Bestfares.com Biz flyers, too, are sitting pretty, with some European fares down...