Jump to the full entry & travel map Beijing, China At first I didn't care for you, Beijing.  I thought you were cold and kind of alien.  I mean, you are so full of gigantic, 20 story buildings, as far as the eye can see, but there didn't seem to be enough people around to fill up all those buildings!  I didn't see any small businesses, shops, dry cleaners, shoe stores, schools, drink stands, playgrounds, restaurants, convenience stores... none of that stuff that stuff that

Anne Eisert's tipping point came the week it cost her $75 to fill the tank of her Chevrolet Trailblazer. "Like everyone else, I want to save fuel," said the 44-year-old. "Getting different transportation to work and back seemed an obvious solution."

Motorists continue to grumble about record high gas prices, but a new study suggests there is at least one benefit: Fewer traffic fatalities.

They carry their wives, sit on ants, throw milking stools, boots and mobile phones -- here in the home of weird world championships, participants will do just about anything to win their offbeat crowns.

People worried about the high cost of keeping warm this winter will draw little comfort from the Farmers' Almanac, which predicts below-average temperatures for most of the U.S.