Aaron Smith, CNNMoney.com
They were once hot vacations spots that are now global hotpsots. But don’t let the headlines fool you – you can still visit them and be safe.
Florida
The situation: A gigantic oil plume is leaking from BP’s underwater well in the Gulf of Mexico and fouling everything in its path, including the beaches along [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John, barefoot and wearing ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next to another unidentified young boy.
Art historians believe it’s an extremely rare Civil War-era photograph of children who were either slaves at the time or recently [...]

Updated and adapted from the book “1,001 Things They Won’t Tell You: An Insider’s Guide to Spending, Saving, and Living Wisely,” by Jonathan Dahl and the editors of SmartMoney
1. “Welcome to our crowded plane.”
Just because you show up at the airport with a ticket reservation doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll end up on your intended flight. [...]

In Sweden and Denmark the bridge is most often referred to as Öresundsbron and Øresundsbroen, respectively. The bridge company itself insists on Øresundsbron, a compromise between the two languages. This symbolises a common cultural identity for the region, the people becoming “Öresund citizens” once the bridge is established. Since the crossing actually comprises a bridge, [...]

After winning the The Best Movie and The Best Director awrds for the OSCARS, James Cameron Congratulates Kathryn Bigelow – PIC

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Tight streets, a famous university and glimpses of parks, commons and courtyards dominate Cambridge, England. North of London, the city is accentuated by the River Cam and buildings both new and old, such as historic King’s College Chapel and Cambridge University’s modern Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
Larger cities are often just as beautiful. Tokyo, home to [...]

NEW YORK – J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose “The Catcher in the Rye” shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.
Salinger died of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, the author’s son said in a statement from Salinger’s literary representative. He [...]

The pictures and video from on-the-ground reports in Haiti following the magnitude 7 earthquake Tuesday are truly heartbreaking. But it is difficult to imagine the full extent of the damage to that country and its capital, Port-au-Prince, in particular. These new satellite images released Wednesday by Google and GeoEye show the devastation from above, giving [...]

Travel in 2010 is going to be all about value and how much holiday experience bang you can get for your buck. The recession may be crawling towards an end, but holidaymakers have received a big wakeup call over the past year. And they don’t just want great value. Travellers are increasingly looking for once-in-a-lifetime [...]