This Week In Travel: New Fees,Twitter Wars and More

It’s been a busy week in the travel industry. While the Texas tornadoes that grounded flights and stranded thousands of travelers on Tuesday and Wednesday were top news, there was plenty more going on from new fees to new a new fare class. Delta introduces...

Audacity pays as Belgium's opera defies austerity

Defying hard times in Europe, the Brussels opera house is filling seats by offering bold and innovative shows despite a tight budget, shrinking subsidies and a smaller workforce.

Artifacts worth $3.2 million stolen from UK museum

British police say two Chinese artifacts with an estimated combined value of 2 million pounds ($3.2 million) have been stolen from Durham University's Oriental Museum.

Popular painter Thomas Kinkade dies in Calif.

Artist Thomas Kinkade once said that he had something in common with Walt Disney and Norman Rockwell: He wanted to make people happy.

Cable's Planet Green to change name, program focus

Planet Green is changing course.

Autopsy confirms Davy Jones died of heart attack

An autopsy report confirms Monkees star Davy Jones died of a heart attack.

Winfrey calls her new cable venture a tough climb

Oprah Winfrey says creating her new cable network has turned out to be a steep climb.

Google to nix e-book sales via independent stores

Google is ending a program that allowed independent booksellers to offer e-books from its online store.

Actor Bruce Willis offers to donate Idaho ski area

Bruce Willis says he's willing to give away his central Idaho ski resort to a nonprofit.

'Painter of Light' Thomas Kinkade dies in Calif.

Artist Thomas Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches have been big sellers for dealers across the United States, died Friday, a family spokesman said.