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Grims Grenka In-the-know travelers are forgoing Europe's tried-and-true tourist destinations and heading in droves to Oslo. The just-opened Grims Grenka is feeding the needs of discerning jet setters with guest rooms that boast mix-it-yourself cocktail bars and freestanding baths, while the hotel's rooftop lounge offers breathtaking views of the booming city. Rooms start at $345 per night...
...nation "continues to assign a higher priority to programs designed to confront conventional military threats, such as ballistic missiles," says terror expert Stephen Flynn, "than [to] unconventional threats, such as a weapon of mass destruction smuggled into the United States by a ship, train, truck or even private jet." The same logic led the country to spend 20 times more, last year, on protecting military bases than on safeguarding the infrastructure of U.S. cities. "We essentially are hardening military bases," Flynn told Congress recently, "and making civilian assets more attractive, softer targets for our adversaries...
...millennials are more interested than core boomers in owning or using all luxury products and services asked about. For example, 54% of millennials want to own a yacht, whereas only 31% of boomers are interested in that purchase. Millennials are twice as likely to want to own a private jet or luxury sports equipment than boomers, which illustrates the fact that the luxury lifestyle is more important to them...
...Clinton and her top staff already were aboard the campaign's jet when their Blackberry phones lit up. Fox News was calling Texas for Clinton. The aides cheered. Campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe poured cheap Yellow Tail wine into long-stemmed glasses, and they stood in a clump in the aisle and made a quick toast...
...Last weekend's ground assault into Gaza, which involved over 1,000 troops and 100 armored vehicles, backed by helicopter gunships, jet-fighters and drones, has encouraged some military planners to think that an even bigger offensive into the enclave of 1.5 million Palestinians could be mounted without causing unacceptable casualty levels. One senior officer told TIME that "Operation Warm Winter" succeeded in cordoning off more than 40,000 people inside Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp, without encountering heavy resistance from Hamas and other militant groups. The Israelis say they arrested more than 30 militants in Jabaliya, and found large...