“The Transportation Security Administration has installed the new “backscatter” screening machines in many airports, but a good number of them aren’t actually used yet. One helpful site is compiling reports on which airports are still using X-ray/metal detector combinations,” reports Lifetracker. “Ari Ofsevit went through an “enhanced pat-down,” and reported on it, but came...
I have loved trains ever since I was a child, but as I get older and hopefully wiser, I am learning that in America at least passenger rail service may not make any sense financially or for the environment. And as Conn Gov. M. Jodi Rell passed making a decision on the purchase of millions...
Chase has gotten rid of the fees on its co-branded cards with British Airways, Hyatt and Intercontinental Hotels. Two new Citi cards, Thank you Preferred and Prestige, will not have the fee. AmEx will soon get rid of the fees for Platinum and Centurion (aka Black) card cardholders, both on consumer cards and the...
Connecticut officials say they have been unable to find any assets belonging to Joseph Ventura, who secretly took over Positive Energy Electric after being fined $100,000 for bank fraud. The state Banking Department and state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed a lawsuit in September to collect the fine after CtWatchdog reported that Ventura was...
