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Regular train service returned to Connecticut on Wednesday, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks. Commuter rail service from Connecticut to New York City, along with Amtrak service between Boston and New York, was back on schedule on one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways. Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for Metropolitan Transportation     

A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood. Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx "from a safe distance," issued a statement this week saying it would immediately cease all tours there. Three times a week, the $45     

The cruise industry said Wednesday that it's adopting a passenger bill of rights that guarantees the "safety, comfort and care" of guests. The bill of rights promises, among other things, full refunds for trips that are canceled due to mechanical failure, and a backup power source on every ship to keep emergency systems running in the event of a main generator failure. The announcement by the    

Cate Hatton, 31, wanted a fairytale wedding. So when she was considering wedding venues, the choice was clear: she needed to book a castle.She opted for Peckforton Castle in Cheshire, England, the only intact medieval castle in the U.K. She told NBC News, “I wanted to get married there and feel like a proper princess!” But the medieval structure offers something for the non-matrimonial as well: it    

The Hard Rock Hotel Chicago recently introduced the Nursing Mothers Amenity Program, providing guests with hospital-grade breast pumps, mini-refrigerators and bra pads.