Audio Slideshows

Starbucks vs. the Traveler

Starbucks vs. the Traveler Starbucks Italy by miss karen via Flickr, (Creative Commons).

Starbucks has 15,000 locations worldwide. Six new shops open every day. Are local cultures doomed? Jim Benning ventures to Tijuana, where Starbucks recently arrived, to find out.

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Reflections of Home

Reflections of Home Photo by Rolf Potts.

Rolf Potts returned to the Kansas prairie. Matt Gross landed in Brooklyn -- for now. The two travel writers reveal where they live, and how travel has influenced how they look at home.

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Stranded at the National Mall

The Coalition for an Airline Passengers Bill of Rights hosted a "Strand-In" this week in Washington D.C. to rally for federal legislation protecting fliers. What is it like to be "stranded"? Michael Yessis went to find out.

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Rug Burn in Istanbul

The men of the historic Turkish city pluck Jason Fields. And they pluck him but good. Did he mention that he wanted to buy a carpet?

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