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• 'Storm Disrupts Travel Across Northeast (ABC News)
Major Storm Disrupts travel Across Northeast; Thousands of travelers Stuck at Airports
• 'Storm Disrupts Travel Across Northeast (Los Angeles Times)
NEW YORK -- Air travel was largely shut down across the East Coast by Sunday's fierce snowstorm, marooning thousands of travelers at airports, and road crews struggled to keep up with drifting snow.
• 'Comparison-shop before settling on travel insurance (Contra Costa Times)
Q: We're planning a skiing trip to Chile this year. We both have elderly parents and worry about canceling the trip if one of them falls ill. Can you offer good resources for travel insurance? -- Judy Barnes, Sunnyvale
• 'The 25 Most Influential Executives Of The Business Travel Industry, 2005 (Business Travel News)
JANUARY 23, 2006 -- The roster of the 25 decision makers who exerted the greatest sway over the corporate travel industry in the past year constitutes an awesome lineup.
• 'Let public pick up tab for all congressional travel (USA Today)
House Majority Leader John Boehner opposes efforts to bar members of Congress from accepting free travel from lobbyists. But if members of Congress limited their travel to trips paid for by taxpayers and those trips were fully and promptly publicized they would be more likely to go on genuine fact-finding missions and less likely to go to swank destinations.
• 'Travel Q & A (San Jose Mercury News)
Q We're planning a ski trip to Chile this year. We both have elderly parents and worry about canceling the trip if one of them falls ill. Can you offer good resources for travel insurance?
• 'Winter Storm Blocks Air Travel in Northeast US (Voice of America)
A winter storm in the northeastern United States has shut down airline travel and cut power to thousands of residents. U.S. weather forecasters say up to 35 centimeters of snow have fallen in some areas since Saturday, and more snow is expected through Sunday.
• 'Travel through time with Java (Java World)
Summary Time travel fascinates many people. You do not need a wormhole (or some other exotic device) to travel through time. This unusual installment of Java Fun and Games presents a simple computer-based technique for accomplishing time travel.
• 'Call on Iranians not to travel to Iraq illegally (IranMania.com)
LONDON, February 13 (IranMania) - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi called on Iranian nationals to travel to Iraq through legal channels, said IRNA.
• 'New Web sites for travel research (Chicago Tribune)
Now is as good a time as any to make good on your New Year's resolution to "travel more." As always, you'll be well-served by spending a few minutes perusing new offerings in the world of virtual travel, including these:

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