Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2754 Most Recommended Travel en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:11:25 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2754 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_trip_bangkok_on_a_budget ap_travel/20080721/travel_trip_bangkok_on_a_budget AP Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:39:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_trip_bangkok_on_a_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080721/capt.b25f3f1b9d2c43599eb43b9cf37618d0.travel_trip_bangkok_on_a_budget_ny448.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7PrHmuW50182z8dJiZa75g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this March 8, 2006 file photo, a food vendor moves through heavy tourist traffic on Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - From 15-cent train rides to excellent, one-dollar meals, Thailand's tropical capital is teeming with budget options for the penny-pinching traveler. Where else in the world can you get a free vasectomy?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_trip_bangkok_on_a_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080721/capt.b25f3f1b9d2c43599eb43b9cf37618d0.travel_trip_bangkok_on_a_budget_ny448.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7PrHmuW50182z8dJiZa75g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this March 8, 2006 file photo, a food vendor moves through heavy tourist traffic on Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/aviation/shipheavybaggageinsteadofcheckingit aviation/20080717/shipheavybaggageinsteadofcheckingit Aviation.com Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:15:09 GMT Aviation.com - After Northwest's announcement this week that it will be jumping on the bandwagon to charge people for their first checked bags, it seems as if increased luggage fees are here to stay. So finally, after all these years of reading about shipping your luggage in advance (and shrugging it off as too involved and possibly too expensive), you may be ready to play. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_brief_downeaster_more_riders ap_travel/20080721/travel_brief_downeaster_more_riders AP Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:50:24 GMT AP - Rail officials say high gas prices has played a role in a 28 percent gain in ridership for Amtrak's Downeaster during the last fiscal year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/aviation/highcrimestreatingaviationprosasfelons aviation/20080711/highcrimestreatingaviationprosasfelons Aviation.com Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:30:53 GMT Aviation.com - Pilot associations, air traffic controller unions and other industry groups are concerned about what they perceive to be an increasing trend toward criminalizing the actions of aviation professionals following major accidents. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_trend_campgrounds_green_restrooms ap_travel/20080724/travel_trend_campgrounds_green_restrooms AP Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:57:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_trend_campgrounds_green_restrooms"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap_travel/20080721/capt.72c2d513d01947c1ba0af190875f6c62.travel_trend_campgrounds_green_restrooms_ny447.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=MYMQmOCIwy81dHThLctrQg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Designers Ryan Brouwer and Randy Pease pose in front of the building they designed for Integrated Architecture in Michigan at Grand Haven State Park on Monday, June 23, 2008. The new 'green' environmentally friendly toilet-shower building is the first of its kind in the state park system. (AP Photo/Adam Bird)" border="0" /></a>AP - When nature calls, campers at Michigan's Grand Haven State Park can now go "green" at a new, environmentally friendly toilet-shower building that is the first of its kind in the state park system.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_trend_campgrounds_green_restrooms"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap_travel/20080721/capt.72c2d513d01947c1ba0af190875f6c62.travel_trend_campgrounds_green_restrooms_ny447.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=MYMQmOCIwy81dHThLctrQg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="Designers Ryan Brouwer and Randy Pease pose in front of the building they designed for Integrated Architecture in Michigan at Grand Haven State Park on Monday, June 23, 2008. The new 'green' environmentally friendly toilet-shower building is the first of its kind in the state park system. (AP Photo/Adam Bird)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_brief_spikes_in_lake ap_travel/20080718/travel_brief_spikes_in_lake AP Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:26:39 GMT AP - Nearly 50 metal spikes were mysteriously planted in the shallows of an urban lake popular with swimmers, alarming Seattle residents and leading to a police investigation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/fighting_over_yellowstone ap_travel/20080724/fighting_over_yellowstone AP Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:11:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/fighting_over_yellowstone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080724/capt.a1110c86e8a346ba8dfdb806958ae6bc.fighting_over_yellowstone_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=6sCGx1F9ifM1JPNoYs6JvQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="In this May 26, 2001 file photo, Vice President Dick Cheney, accompanied by then-Interior Secretary Gale Norton, participates in a ceremony at the JY Ranch in Moose, Wy. The National Park Service wanted to close a section of Yellowstone Park in the wintertime because of the risk of avalanche. No way, protested Cody, Wyo., businesses that wanted to promote more winter tourism. The local spat didn't stay local for long. It ended up in Washington, where the Bush White House intervened late last year to side with the businesses, according to officials familiar with the fight. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The National Park Service wanted to close a section of Yellowstone Park in the wintertime because of the risk of avalanche. No way, protested businesses in Cody, Wyo., that wanted to promote more tourism.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/fighting_over_yellowstone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080724/capt.a1110c86e8a346ba8dfdb806958ae6bc.fighting_over_yellowstone_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=6sCGx1F9ifM1JPNoYs6JvQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this May 26, 2001 file photo, Vice President Dick Cheney, accompanied by then-Interior Secretary Gale Norton, participates in a ceremony at the JY Ranch in Moose, Wy. The National Park Service wanted to close a section of Yellowstone Park in the wintertime because of the risk of avalanche. No way, protested Cody, Wyo., businesses that wanted to promote more winter tourism. The local spat didn't stay local for long. It ended up in Washington, where the Bush White House intervened late last year to side with the businesses, according to officials familiar with the fight. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_brief_murray_jump ap_travel/20080721/travel_brief_murray_jump AP Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:14:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_brief_murray_jump"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080721/capt.f76509a0643f463fa2ef6bb9e10aefb5.people_bill_murray_nyet556.jpg?x=125&y=130&q=85&sig=EzXeFQH6dDXFskg0fldlBg--" align="left" height="130" width="125" alt="In this July 28, 2007 file photo, Crossroads Guitar Festival master of ceremonies actor Bill Murray appears onstage as a 70's rocker in Chicago. Former 'Saturday Night Live' cast member Murray has agreed to parachute from a plane as part of a special appearance at the Chicago Air and Water Show next month. A spokeswoman for the Mayor's Office of Special Events says the 57-year-old actor is jumping on behalf of USO of Illinois. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - City officials say actor Bill Murray has agreed to parachute from a plane as part of a special appearance at the Chicago Air and Water Show next month.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_brief_murray_jump"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080721/capt.f76509a0643f463fa2ef6bb9e10aefb5.people_bill_murray_nyet556.jpg?x=125&y=130&q=85&sig=EzXeFQH6dDXFskg0fldlBg--" align="left" height="130" width="125" alt="photo" title="In this July 28, 2007 file photo, Crossroads Guitar Festival master of ceremonies actor Bill Murray appears onstage as a 70's rocker in Chicago. Former 'Saturday Night Live' cast member Murray has agreed to parachute from a plane as part of a special appearance at the Chicago Air and Water Show next month. A spokeswoman for the Mayor's Office of Special Events says the 57-year-old actor is jumping on behalf of USO of Illinois. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/aviation/boeingbuildingbiggesthelicopterever aviation/20080709/boeingbuildingbiggesthelicopterever Aviation.com Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:32:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/aviation/boeingbuildingbiggesthelicopterever"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080709/capt.6e1e6d72f09548a88ebc7185cc278c1c.boeing_skyhook_cpt111.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=.2e3b3X85xoi.tfqqKrn5w--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Boeing, Tuesday, July 8, 2008, an artist's rendidtion of the new Skyhook aircraft is illustrated. Aircraft maker Boeing Co. is teaming up with private Calgary firm SkyHook International Inc. to build a new commercial heavy-lift rotorcraft which combines elements of a helicopter and a blimp. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Beoing Co.)" border="0" /></a>Aviation.com - Boeing is partnering with Calgary, Alberta-based SkyHook International Inc. to develop a new kind of vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) rotorcraft able to carry loads twice as heavy as those that can be carried by the world's largest in-service helicopter.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/aviation/boeingbuildingbiggesthelicopterever"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080709/capt.6e1e6d72f09548a88ebc7185cc278c1c.boeing_skyhook_cpt111.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=.2e3b3X85xoi.tfqqKrn5w--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by Boeing, Tuesday, July 8, 2008, an artist's rendidtion of the new Skyhook aircraft is illustrated. Aircraft maker Boeing Co. is teaming up with private Calgary firm SkyHook International Inc. to build a new commercial heavy-lift rotorcraft which combines elements of a helicopter and a blimp. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Beoing Co.)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Aviation.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_brief_tourism_tattler ap_travel/20080718/travel_brief_tourism_tattler AP Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:30:00 GMT AP - To the Staten Island Girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_brief_flooded_tourism ap_travel/20080721/travel_brief_flooded_tourism AP Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:10:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_brief_flooded_tourism"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080720/capt.f5c7fb9e16fd4cd79156d7f322dd3961.flooded_tourism_wimg204.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=H2ISs.gqGMz8ZpGKiM0XkA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="Tourists look out over the empty Lake Delton Tuesday, July 15, 2008, in Lake Delton, Wis. In a bizarre disaster-in-reverse, torrential rains in June blew a giant hole in Lake Delton's shoreline. The lake drained away, taking vacation homes with it and leaving behind a muddy moonscape of stumps and puddles. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)" border="0" /></a>AP - Not a cloud in the sky and the temperature is flirting with 90 degrees. Usually, it doesn't get any better than this for the Tommy Bartlett water ski show.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/travel_brief_flooded_tourism"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080720/capt.f5c7fb9e16fd4cd79156d7f322dd3961.flooded_tourism_wimg204.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=H2ISs.gqGMz8ZpGKiM0XkA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="Tourists look out over the empty Lake Delton Tuesday, July 15, 2008, in Lake Delton, Wis. In a bizarre disaster-in-reverse, torrential rains in June blew a giant hole in Lake Delton's shoreline. The lake drained away, taking vacation homes with it and leaving behind a muddy moonscape of stumps and puddles. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)