WASHINGTON (AFP) ― U.S. lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday allowing officials to waive baggage re-screening requirements for international passengers arriving in the United States.All passengers arriving at U.S. airports currently must have their checked baggage re-screened if they are flying on to another domestic destination, in a process that leads many travelers to miss their connecting flights.The “No-Hassle Flying Act” gives authority to the Transportation Security Administration to wa

MADRID (AFP) ― The number of tourists in the world this year will pass the one-billion mark despite the economic crisis, the head of the World Tourism Organisation said Wednesday.“The need to travel is defying economic difficulties,” the Madrid-based U.N. body’s Secretary General Taleb Rifai told AFP.The number of people making tourist trips in 2012 is set to record a rise of three percent compared to 2011 in recession-bound Europe, seven percent in Asia and four percent worldwide, he said.“When

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― U.S. ski star Bode Miller injured his wife Morgan while they were playing golf, smashing a line drive shot just above her left eye that produced a bloody gash and deep bruises and swelling.The incident took place Wednesday and was detailed on Thursday in Twitter postings by Miller and his wife, a beach volleyball player who married Miller in October. One showed her injured left eye at a San Diego hospital.“I’m not feeling so hot. Line drive to the face today with a golf ball f

Little Miss Muffet could have been separating her curds and whey 7,500 years ago, according to a new study that finds the earliest solid evidence of cheese-making.Scientists performed a chemical analysis on fragments from 34 pottery sieves discovered in Poland to determine their purpose. Until now, experts weren't sure whether such sieves were used to make cheese, beer or honey. Though there is no definitive test for cheese, Richard Evershed at the University of Bristol and colleagues found larg