Travel updates: Paralympics coming up in VancouverIf watching the Olympics has made you want to visit Vancouver, B. C., or Whistler, you can find much cheaper hotels and international sporting...Alaska EarAlaska politics and political hijinksPhoenix pays millions in vehicle-related claimsCity of Phoenix vehicles are involved in at least one accident a day on average, according to an Arizona Republic analysis of liability claims paid by the city in the past five years.Mercedes-Benz Premieres New Environmentally Themed Ad Campaign During the Academy AwardsMONTVALE, N.J., March 5 -- Nestled among the tributes to Hollywood's brightest stars during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be a new Mercedes-Benz luminary, the S400 HYBRID. Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) will debut a new ad called \"Tree of Innovation\" which stars the S400 HYBRID and showcases the company's expanding repertoire of environmentally oriented vehicles.Phoenix pays millions in vehicle-related claimsCity of Phoenix vehicles are involved in at least one accident a day on average, according to an Arizona Republic analysis of liability claims filed against the city in the past five years.Paradise worth the price - Sun, 07 Mar 2010 PSTNab a room in a four-star hotel in Waikiki for well under $200 a night for six nights and get the seventh night free. Book a five-night air/hotel package through Pleasant Holidays to the islands in May or next fall, and the travel company will throw in a rental car.24 train cars derail in Wilson CreekWILSON CREEK — A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed when entering Wilson Creek at roughly 9:20 a.m. Saturday. Twenty-four cars came off the track, piling up near the grain elevators, according to Grant County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Ken Jones.Tidjane tread carefully, Asia's full of bear trapsRahm Emmanuel, Barack Obama's chief of staff, uttered one of the great quotes of the 2008 financial collapse. \"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,\" he said in November of that year. \"And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.\"Getting There: I-5 express lanes are never open in my directionDoes it feel like the HOV lanes on I-5 are never open in the direction you're going? Getting There explains the express lane schedule and how WSDOT decides which way the HOV lanes should go.BC-MCT-NEWS-BJT _ wire editors (3250 words)Updated at 8 p.m. EST (0100 UTC).
