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The Power-Traveler's Checklist, Part Two: Travel Day

Lifehacker's most popular recent story: "You should already have yourself set up for a relatively stress-free trip if you've followed part one of our checklist, but now that travel day is upon you, here's our suggested rundown of to-dos to make sure your travel day goes smoothly, you catch your flight on time and you get there in comfort and style."

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Global Guide To Tipping - Forbes.com

Check out Forbes.com for a guide to proper form when leaving gratuities in unfamiliar surroundings.

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Chris Elliott: Car rental agents have "small incentive" to note correct fuel levels

Chris has been looking at rental car scams for the last several months. Yesterday, MSN ran his article about rental car agency price scams. In today's blog entry on elliott.org, he shares that a major car rental agency has admitted offering a "small incentive" to rental return agents to reward them for noting less-than-full tanks.

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Another excuse for not buying an iPhone: "ATA Airlines detains passenger for using iPhone in 'airplane mode'"

Apparently putting your iPhone in airplane mode is not the digital equivalent of returning your seatback to the upright position. A flight attendant for ATA Airlines recently asked a flier watching a movie midflight on the way to Hawaii to shut off his iPhone ...

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Laptop With a Mission Widens Its Audience

A low-cost computer intended to aid children in poor countries will soon be on sale here, for two weeks only.

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