Restored hotel penthouse is room with a view to San Francisco's storied pastSeptember 21st, 2009 Suite life: SF hotel penthouse gets a faceliftSAN FRANCISCO — JFK slept here. So did Prince Charles.
Snapper convinced he photographed UFO over St Paul's CathedralSeptember 18th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit amateur photographer, who was taking photographs for a competition, is convinced that he has snapped a UFO flying over St Paul's Cathedral. Tim Letten, 43, from Essex, was taking a picture of the famous London landmark, when the mysterious orb was captured along in the photo.
Holiday Inn hotel made of key cards is world's firstSeptember 18th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A Holiday Inn hotel made entirely of key cards has been unveiled in New York. The 37-square-metre hotel, built by world record-holding Cardstacker Bryan Berg, is made from more than 200,000 key cards and weighs 1814 kilograms.
The Brit couple who've frequented the same holiday hotel for 50 years!September 7th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit woman and her husband, who fell in love with a holiday hotel 50 years back, have been returning for visits ever since. Mary Hirst, 76, and her husband Michael, 79, first visited Hotel Phoenicia in Valleta, Malta, in 1959, and ever since they have been visiting the place with their family.
British Defence Ministry's 'disastrous' 500mln pound Chinook chopper deal revealedAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - If reports are to be believed, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has made a 'disastrous' decision over tandem rotor helicopters Chinook Mk3's, which are meant for complex operations. In 1995, the ministry had agreed to buy eight Chinook Mk3s from Boeing for 259 million pounds, and wanted to fit its own software in place of the avionics software, which would have cost another 40 million pounds.
Blow-up sheep, false leg enlisted among items mislaid by guests in hotel roomsAugust 24th, 2009 LONDON - A study conducted by Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotels has found a blow-up sheep and a false leg to be among thousands of items left in hotel rooms.he survey further revealed that a printer, crutches, and dentures were also mislaid by absent-minded guests. The surveyors say that 2,000 pounds in cash, a Gucci watch, and a monk fancy dress outfit were also among the recovered items.
UK primary school creates extra classroom in decommissioned aircraftJuly 16th, 2009 LONDON - An England-based primary school, which asked its pupils to come up with ideas for a new outdoor classroom, now has one in the form of a decommissioned commercial aeroplane. The winged classroom, a refurbished Short S-360, is believed to be the first of its kind in the world, and students at Kingsland Primary School in Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent, checked in for class in the aircraft for the first time on July 15.
Solar plane to soon fly around the worldJune 26th, 2009 LONDON - Bertrand Picard, a Swiss adventurer is all set to unveil a prototype of a solar-powered plane he hopes eventually to fly around the world. According to a report by BBC News, the initial version of the solar plane, spanning 61m but weighing just 1,500kg, will undergo trials to prove it can fly at night.
Pilot dies at controls of US-bound passenger jetJune 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Continental airlines pilot died at the controls of a plane en route from Brussels to Newark, New Jersey, Thursday, according to media reports. CNN quoted a statement from Continental that the 61-year-old captain of the flight died of natural causes while piloting the plane carrying 247 passengers.
Zardari stayed in a 4.1 lakh per night room in WashingtonMay 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Asif Ali Zardari was put up in a 5,000 dollar per night (approximately Rs 410,000) presidential suite at sixth floor of the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington and did not share the floor with other highly protected Pakistani VVIPs. Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Intelligence Bureau (IB) Director General Dr Shoaib Suddle and Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who all needed top security in Washington, were not given a room on the ultra-protected sixth floor of the hotel during Zardari's stay.
Britney wants strippers' pole to workoutMay 1st, 2009 LONDON - Pop star Britney Spears, who is on her Circus tour, has asked for a stripper's pole to be installed in her hotel suite in London so she can workout between shows. 'Britney loves pole dancing, it is her new favourite workout.
Secret to Britney Spears' fit body - pole dancing!May 1st, 2009 LONDON - The secret behind Britney Spears' fit body has been revealed - pole dancing. The 27-year-old star has installed an eight-foot metal pole in her 1,100 pound-a-night penthouse suite at London's posh Dorchester hotel, when her Circus world tour begins its UK leg.
Paris Hilton plans bowling party in her penthouse suiteMarch 18th, 2009 LONDON - American socialite Paris Hilton has been continuing with her celebrations, and is now planning to have a bowling party in her penthouse suite. Hilton, 28, is in Las Vegas filming TV show Paris Hilton's My New BFF, and the suite at the Hard Rock Hotel where she is staying comes complete with a single bowling lane.
Jolie nearly lost her 1.1 million pound earringsFebruary 9th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie followed suit to the ruckus created by her kids at a London hotel after she left her 1.1 million pound Asprey earrings in her suite before leaving for the US. 'The staff got a frantic call from Angelina at the airport, urging them to take her room apart.
Pitt and Jolie's kids create ruckus in hotelFebruary 9th, 2009 LONDON - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's kids created a ruckus in a hotel here while the superstar couple were attending the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) event. Pitt and Jolie booked almost the entire third-floor of the Dorchester Hotel and the kids were playing outside their suite supervised by their nanny.
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