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Airline Passenger Forced to Sit Next to a Corpse, Has Trouble Getting a Refund – Is It Fair?

Mike Adams — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:23:23 +0000

The next time someone dies sitting next to you on a commercial flight, you might receive a partial refund. Key word, “might.”

According to a report in a Swedish newspaper, a woman was forced to sit next to a dead man aboard a Kenya Airways flight after the he allegedly died shortly after take off.

What Hotels to Stay at This Summer — and What Hotels to Avoid

Mike Adams — Wed, 30 May 2012 00:41:17 +0000

Now that summer is officially here, the time has come to start getting serious about where you plan to take that family vacation. However, just as important as determining your ultimate destination comes the decision about which hotel you should consider booking? A recent survey conducted by Consumer Reports asked more than 22,000 people to [...]

Carl's Jr.'s Ice Cream Cheeseburger Is So Wrong It's Right

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:22:50 +0000

Carl’s Jr is the latest fast food chain to embrace dairy-based Franken-foods with an ice cream cheeseburger offering. But it’s not quite as bizarre as it seems. It’s really just an ice cream sandwich — two sugar cookies and chocolate ice cream in the middle — made to look like a burger with cheese and [...]