Filed under: Arts and Culture, Stories, United States, NewsA year ago, Justin revealed his fear of heights and told us about Kent Couch who has a thing for tying helium balloons to a lawn chair so he can float across the sky. Last year, he made it 193 miles before landing in sagebrush in eastern Oregon. Couch will be at it again tomorrow. This time he wants to fly from Oregon to Boise, Idaho. That'...

When Alaska Airlines begins to accept only credit and debit cards for in-flight purchases early next month, it will become the latest U.S. carrier to go cash-free. Midwest, JetBlue, Virgin American, AirTran and Frontier have all stopped accepting cash for things like headphones, food and drinks. Instead, they require you to swipe plastic if you want something on board. The reason? Airline officials...

Filed under: Arts and Culture, Festivals and Events, StoriesToday is my 15th anniversary, but we had the fireworks last night. Wow! A bit racy. Actually, Columbus's big fireworks display "Red, White and Boom" is on July 3, although there are other fireworks happenings tonight in other locations. Last night we went down to Goodale Park where we would be able to see the display, but not be overwhelme...

Filed under: Postcard of the Week Instead of spotlighting an image from the Gadling Flickr pool on Fridays, we're going to highlight one from the pool of contributors' submissions (including you!) from Everywhere's Photos. Today's image is from contributor Anne Beach. She writes, "We met them about four hours North of Addis. They had made their hats and were selling them. I felt terrible to only bu...

Filed under: Asia, India, Italy, Video, Transportation, NewsLooks like the "Pope-mobile" is changing from a Mercedes Benz to an Indian rickshaw! An auto-rickshaw, a black and yellow 3-wheeler that can seat no more than 3 people, is India's most used form of private transport. The Pope has just received a personalized, completely white one with special insignia, that he will be using for public appe...