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The Airlines' Efforts to Make You Spend More, Continue Until the Very Moment You Board the Plane—That, and Several Other Observations

In today’s America, the airport check-in counter  confronts you with all sorts of unexpected money offers. (There are commercial appeals all around, like in the billboards…

Inside China: 5 Sprawling Mega Cities

In the United States we talk about the megalopolis that stretches from Washington, D.C. through New York City to Boston as either some kind of marvel or a dangerous warning of too…

Wild on Australia: Get Up Close with Native Animals

One of the Australia's biggest attractions is its unique fauna -- from its iconic kangaroo to the more bizarre platypus and the potentially dangerous Cassowary. Although you are…