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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

JetBlue redux

Posted on 9:33 PM by jackline
Another week, another weather-related service disruption for JetBlue at its New York City hub. Monday's snowstorm required JetBlue to cancel almost 70 flights, but that was nothing compared to the havoc caused by the "Valentine's Day Massacre" of a couple of weeks ago, which was a public relations nightmare for the popular airline. Newsweek financial columnist Allan Sloan suggests that JetBlue's
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

A sad discovery

Posted on 1:42 PM by jackline
My aunt found her daughter dead in her College Station apartment Saturday morning.I cannot say I was particularly close to Evelyn. She was the product of my aunt's first marriage, before she met my mother's brother, and I only met her on a few occasions over the course of my life. Ironically, the last time I saw her was rather recently, at Thanksgiving. This was right after she moved from Kansas
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JetBlue's reputation takes a hit

Posted on 12:17 PM by jackline
Last week, popular low-fare airline JetBlue suffered a huge setback after extreme weather conditions at JetBlue's hub at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City all but shut down the airline. Several planes were grounded on the JFK tarmac, with passengers inside them, for as long as ten or eleven hours. Tempers flared as passengers trapped inside the airplanes became restless, toilets overflowed
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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Why the new dollar coin won't work

Posted on 9:05 AM by jackline
Today, the United States Mint is unveiling a new dollar coin. The new coin, featuring the likeness of George Washington, will be the first in a series of dollar coins bearing images of the Presidents of the United States. Later this year coins for John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison will be released into circulation. This program, which follows in the footsteps of the current 50-state
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Thursday, February 8, 2007

IAH - DXB nonstops begin December 3rd

Posted on 1:51 AM by jackline
Looks like the 8,181-mile journey is about to get a bit shorter, according to the Chronicle:Emirates will kick off nonstop service between Houston and Dubai beginning in early December.The new flight will be among the world's longest, but it will shorten travel times between Houston and Dubai, said Nigel Page, senior vice president for Emirates."We believe we will have the fastest service from
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Friday, February 2, 2007

If college football writers covered world news...

Posted on 7:25 PM by jackline
...this is what the front page would look like: May 8, 1945Berlin -- In the end, its capitol lay in ruins. In the end, the "master race" wasn't. In the end, it wasn't even close.A conflict that started with the hope of world domination for the once top-ranked army on the planet ended in a rout as the Allies defeated Germany yesterday, ending World War II on the European continent. The loss
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