Travelocity Fined For Cuba Trips

American Voices

August 28, 2007 | ISSUE 43•35

Internet travel site Travelocity was fined $182,750 for booking trips to Cuba in violation of a 45-year-old embargo. What do you think?

Doesn't the Treasury Department know you can get much better fares to enemy nations on Priceline?

Mickey Garvey
Train Conductor
As long as we're on the subject, should we just go ahead and fine them for booking trips to Topeka? I have never visited a hotter, more boring city than Topeka, Kansas.

Molly Vicks
Optometrist
I was one of the people who booked a trip and even if I have to pay the whole fine, it's still cheaper than having my surgery done in the States.

Damien Prow
Farm Laborer

Migrating Whooping Cranes Stall In Alabama

02.07.12 | ISSUE 48•06

Nine whooping cranes that had been following an ultralight aircraft as it guided them on their migratory route stopped when they reached Alabama, 500 miles short of the intended destination.
Florida Millionaire Adopts 42-Year-Old Girlfriend

02.06.12 | ISSUE 48•06

A 48-year-old West Palm Beach millionaire and polo club founder has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend in an apparent bid to avoid paying out a wrongful death lawsuit.
Should Sugar Be Regulated?

02.03.12 | ISSUE 48•05

In a recent editorial in the journal Nature, researchers from the University of California–San Francisco suggested that as a toxic substance, sugar should be taxed and regulated like alcohol or tobacco.
Burmese Pythons Exterminating Everglades Mammals

02.02.12 | ISSUE 48•05

A study in the journal Proceedings Of The National Academy of Sciences links a drastic decline in raccoons and other mammals in the Florida everglades to the introduction of Burmese pythons.
Facebook To Launch IPO

02.01.12 | ISSUE 48•05

Social networking site Facebook is expected to go public this week and will likely become the largest tech IPO in history.