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...shook off the dust, stirred to life and puttered off to do more work. So far, Spirit and Opportunity have beamed home a quarter of a million images and 36 gigabytes of data and revealed more about Martian history than any other spacecraft in a half-century of space travel. And by all indications, they could be keeping it up for a long time to come...
...Washington is where cigar-lovers looking to enjoy a smooth Cohiba or Romeo y Julieta - without skirting the law - can look for hope. President-elect Barack Obama has indicated a willingness to discuss with Raul Castro the repeal of bans on Cuban-American travel and remittances-gestures that could ultimately lead to scrapping the trade embargo. For aficionados, that would be a welcome tonic for the grim times ahead. As Evelyn Waugh said, "The most futile and disastrous day seems well spent when it is reviewed through the blue, fragrant smoke of a Havana cigar...
Fare Sale. Southwest has fares as low as $49 one way between Denver and Salt Lake City, and $69 between Nashville and Philadelphia. Buy tickets 14 days in advance for travel Thursday through Monday, through April 30. The sale ends...
Rough Ride. FlightStats.com just released its travel report card for the holidays, showing that nearly 8,800 flights were canceled from Dec. 18-28, 2008. With bad weather and capacity cuts, some passengers had to wait two to three days to get on the next available flight. For those who did manage to take off, less than half their flights arrived on time. Good thing Santa wasn't relying on frequent-flyer miles to deliver his goodies...
...Snow! Unable to travel to sunnier climes? Boston's stylish boutique Colonnade Hotel gives you a reason to embrace winter's deep freeze with the "Frosty Fridays" package. For a two-night weekend stay, you'll pay the standard rate of $295 for Saturday, but your Friday room rate will be whatever the temperature was that night at 5 p.m. The package also includes two tickets and skate rentals to Frog Pond on Boston Common, or a tour on the Old Town Trolley. Warm up with complimentary hot chocolate for two at the hotel's brasserie. Through March; includes parking...