Airport

BMW at 20: Plant exceeds hopes, tax debate ongoing

By JEFFREY COLLINSAssociated Press GREER, S.C. (AP) - Two decades ago, then-South Carolina Gov. Carroll Campbell stood at the Greenville-Spartanburg airport and announced that a BMW plant being built just up the road would be a benchmark in the history of the state. By most measures, the German

Airports trade layover horror for 'terminal bliss'

By JASON KEYSERAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Getting stranded at an airport once meant enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. These days, it can seem more like passing through the gates of Shangri-la to find spas, yoga studios, luxury shopping

Syria jets kill tens as international envoy visits

By BEN HUBBARDAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - A government airstrike Sunday on a bakery in a rebel-held town in central Syria killed more than 60 people, activists said, casting a pall over a visit by the international envoy charged with negotiating an end to the country's civil war. The strike

Ho Ho Holy Discount: Vatican tax-free store busy

By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Anyone left on your Christmas list just aching for a 65-inch Samsung 3D flat-screen television? Just your luck. The Vatican's duty-free department store has one on sale for €2,899 ($3,840) - a nifty savings over the €3,799 ($5,032) it costs