Several airlines waive fees to rebook flights due to bad weather in Northeast, Southeast

Several airlines waive change fees due to weather

ATLANTA – Several airlines are again offering to waive fees customers would ordinarily pay to rebook their flights on alternate itineraries due to bad weather in some parts of the country.
AirTran Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, and US Airways were among the carriers offering change-fee … Read more »».

Panama City Beach hopes to trade hard-partying image for family friendly theme

Panhandle’s spring break beach wants new image

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – The few beach walkers, surfers and sidewalk shoppers who ventured out on a recent chilly afternoon created a very different scene from the craziness that will soon crank up here as temperatures climb and students descend on this spring break paradise.
March and April on … Read : Panama City Beach hopes to trade hard-partying image for family friendly theme.

Ski designers add bling, flash to make helmets more fashionable

Ski helmets add bling for fashionable twist

DENVER – Dareece Saca, a statuesque former computer programmer with a long blond ponytail, grew up skiing without ever wearing a helmet. She joked to a friend, “I’ll never wear a helmet unless it’s crystallized like a Judith Leiber bag.”
When she started skiing in the Lake Tahoe area with … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Ski designers add bling, flash to make helmets more fashionable.

Discredited Dutch collector owned many fakes, but 1 genuine Van Gogh now authenticated

Van Gogh experts authenticate unusual VG painting

AMSTERDAM – Dirk Hannema was known as a brilliant art curator but a bit of a fool. He claimed he had seven Vermeers in his collection, several Van Goghs and a few Rembrandts, but no one believed him.
Now 25 years after his death it turned out he was right …. Original article  : Discredited Dutch collector owned many fakes, but 1 genuine Van Gogh now authenticated.

Newly authenticated Van Gogh unveiled, once owned by oft-hoodwinked and discredited collector

Van Gogh experts authenticate unusual painting

AMSTERDAM – A newly authenticated Van Gogh has gone on display 35 years after a discredited art collector bought it in Paris, convinced it was painted by the famed Dutch master but never able to prove it.
Louis van Tilborgh, curator of research at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, said …. Source  : Newly authenticated Van Gogh unveiled, once owned by oft-hoodwinked and discredited collector.