NEW YORK -- What could possibly go wrong? An Australian billionaire is getting ready to build a new version of the Titanic that could set sail in late 2016. Clive Palmer unveiled blueprints for the famously doomed ship's namesake Tuesday at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York. He said construction is scheduled to start soon in China. Palmer said 40,000 people have expressed interest in tickets for the maiden voyage, taking the original course from Southampton,...

View of the 72-story JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, the world's tallest hotel. (Photo: JW Marriott Marquis Dubai) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Superlative-hungry Dubai is adding another to its list: A 72-story hotel billed as the world's tallest. The JW Marriott's Marquis Dubai formally opened Tuesday after gaining the title of tallest hotel from Guinness World Records. At 355 meters (1,099 feet), the hotel would tower over skylines in most cities. But in Dubai, it sits in the shadow of...

Colorado College students and passengers aboard a Frontier Airlines flight do the Harlem Shake. (YouTube) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The latest craze to sweep the Internet is bringing college students the wrong kind of attention — from the Federal Aviation Administration. During a flight from Colorado Springs to San Diego, , a dance to a song of the same name. In the suddenly popular YouTube videos, one person starts dancing, then the video cuts to a large group of people...

A official shows the seizure of dried caterpillars at Gatwick airport, England. (AP Photo/UK Border Agency) LONDON – British customs agents made a creepy discovery when an airline passenger was found with 207 pounds of caterpillars in his luggage. The man claimed they were intended as food for personal consumption. The U.K. Border Force said Friday that inspectors at found the dried caterpillars shrink-wrapped in cellophane and packed into hessian bags carried by a passenger travelling from Burkina Faso via...

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be turned into the latest, and by far the biggest, backdrop for New York artist Leo Villareal, who has individually programmed 25,000 white lights on 300 of the span’s vertical cables to create what is being billed as the world’s largest illuminated sculpture. (AP Photo) SAN FRANCISCO — After more than 75 years in the shadow of its glamorous cousin, San Francisco's "other" bridge is getting a chance to shine. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay...

Knives, scissors and other banned items recovered at airport security checkpoints by the TSA are shown as part of an exhibit on the 9/11 attacks at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in DC on Sept. 1, 2011. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) For the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will and previously banned sports equipment on planes, according to Bloomberg News. At an aviation security conference in Brooklyn, New York, TSA Administrator...

People look at the new McLaren P1 during the 83rd Geneva International Motor Show, Switzerland, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) Jaguar, Corvette, Alfa Romeo, and Spyker all debuted sleek sports cars and futuristic convertibles at the 2013 Geneva International Motor Show, which opened to the press Tuesday. Hybrid supercars and new models from automakers are also roaring in Geneva, one of the most important stops on the global auto show circuit. One of the highlights of the show is...

The windswept mountains of northern Norway have a special majesty all their own. They also have an ability to drive at least one photographer to the brink of madness, at least according to this video. Toby Lockerbie decided to make a getaway to Norway to refresh, relax, and maybe shoot some video of the Northern Lights. As the above video shows, he definitely accomplished that last part, but we're not so sure about the first two. Of course, the stunning...

(Thinkstock) HARARE, Zimbabwe — Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe put the northern resort town of Kariba on full alert Wednesday after rogue lions mauled to death two people near a suburb there. The National Parks and Wildlife Authority said fliers were being handed out in the town and volunteers were using a loudspeaker to caution townspeople on the dangers of lion attacks on the shores of Lake Kariba, a man-made hydroelectric dam popular for fishing and tourism. It said one man...

Hotels are seen on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. (Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images) CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — Officials say a giant wave struck a pair of U.S. tourists strolling on the beach near the famous stone arch in the Pacific resort of Cabo San Lucas, killing a 65-year-old woman and leaving a 70-year-old man in serious condition. State police say the two were walking back to their hotel when they were hit by the wave and dragged out...

Take a ride through the Australian Outback in this scenic and artistic music video. The Ghan is a venerable train line that bisects Australia from the city of Darwin on the northern coast to Adelaide in the south. One of the recent passengers on this 1,851-mile trip through the Australian wilderness was music video maker and producer , also known as Pogo. Bertke put his remix skills to good use, turning three-day tour into a mesmerizing two minute musical tour...

Jackson Hole Airport as seen from the aerial tram at Jackson Hole ski resort. (NHRHS2010/Creative Commons) CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The mother of three Minnesota boys who died with their father in a 2010 plane wreck in western Wyoming is suing a company that provides air traffic control services at the Jackson Hole Airport. Michelle Bucklin sued Virginia-based Serco Inc. in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne this week, claiming an air traffic controller's negligence caused the crash. She brought the...

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel work at the Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2013. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Flight attendants, pilots, federal air marshals and even insurance companies are part of a growing backlash to the Transportation Security Administration's new policy allowing passengers to carry small knives and sports equipment like souvenir baseball bats and golf clubs onto planes. The Flight Attendants Union Coalition, which representing nearly 90,000 flight attendants, said it is coordinating...