Want to hear what previously-taken-for-granted basics airlines are charging for now? Ready to speculate about what they'll start charging for next? And should we all start saving quarters to get into the onboard bathrooms?

In case you've been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, let me get you up to speed on some big airline news: Delta and Northwest have agreed to merge. In honor of the day's news, I think it's worth listing the greatest mergers of all time.

No longer do I have to Google for hotels like a commoner, I can fabsearch them. Fabsearch bills itself as the "ultimate travel and going out going out guide."

ATA is the second carrier to fold this week.

On March 26, 2008, surgeons at UC-San Diego Medical Center removed an inflamed appendix through a patient's vagina, a first in the United States. The patient reported only minor discomfort. Key to these surgical clinical trials is collaboration with medic

The makers of Corpus, a new attraction in the Netherlands, are hoping that a combination amusement park and health education museum will encourage kids to take better care of their own bodies.

Q: Hey Steve Have you ever heard of seatguru.com? I do a lot of travel for business and have found this to be an indispensable resource. Just passing along a tip.

The New York Times used words like "cult object," "majestic," and "titillating"; the Economist called it "ingenious" and "sleek." The subject of these encomiums is, incongruously, an $11,000 device that brews regular coffee (not espresso).