Travel

We haven't seen a deal like this before. Usually, buying frequent flyer miles isn't a smart move, since the miles can be costly. But what if your airline gives you a 100% bonus? Full Story »

HONOLULU - Union workers at the largest resort in Hawaii are striking over a contract dispute. Full Story »

ATHENS, Greece - The Acropolis reopened Friday after a labor dispute kept out thousands of visitors for three days from debt-ridden Greece's most famous monument — seen as an enduring symbol of ancient democracy. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Acropolis Protest

Marriott International Inc. reported its third-quarter results Wednesday, saying its improved bottom line was due in part to higher room rates. Here's a look at changes in its average daily rates at company-operated properties compared with the same period last year across its regions. Full Story »

CINCINNATI - Ohio's Democratic governor and U.S. House members from both parties joined a rally Thursday at GE Aviation on Thursday to support a jet fighter engine project. Full Story »

DALLAS - Southwest Airlines is giving its "bag cops" a break. Full Story »

BOSTON - Fort Point Channel was once nothing but swampland and tidal marsh. In the 19th century, it became an industrial center, warehousing wool from around New England. Full Story »

BROEDERSTROOM, South Africa - Lions raised in captivity in South Africa are set loose in enclosed areas where hunters, many from the United States, gun them down. The toll: about 1,000 lions each year. Full Story »

"Jet Age: The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World" (Avery, $27), by Sam Howe Verhovek: The years immediately following Britain's victory in World War II were unkind to the island nation. Rationing seemed as if it would never end; Britons suffered through the coldest winter in memory; and the empire on which the sun would never set was dissolving ever so quickly. Full Story »