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'The Vampire Diaries' Turns One Georgia Town into an Unlikely Attraction

Last night The Vampire Diaries returned to The CW after a brief winter hiatus, and tonight the cast is returning to Covington, GA, which has played Mystic Falls in the series since its first season.

The Vampire Diaries is expected to shoot scenes for an upcoming episode tonight from 4:30 p.m. clear to 4:30 a.m. along Clark Street, between Church and Monticello, on Hays Street from Clark Street to Usher Street, and on Hunter Street between Clark and Usher streets.

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150 New Restaurants Due to Arrive at ATL, Including Ludacris' 'Chicken n Beer'

There’s already plenty of awesome options for eats when you travel to—or through—Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, but now even more new restaurants on due to arrive. It’s all part of the latest and greatest addition to the airport, as ATL’s new international terminal is scheduled to debut later this year.

Airport officials haven’t specified where—or when—each new establishment will do its thing, but many of these will hold grand openings later this year, between the new terminal and other vacancies across the airport. In total the city council handed out like $3 billion in concession contracts; that should keep travelers satisfied and satiated for like the next ten years or so.

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10,000 Free Tickets from Megabus' Newest Hub in Atlanta

Big news for travelers in the south! Budget traveler favorite Megabus has just expanded their US route network to include a new hub in Atlanta, Georgia. From the ATL, Megabus will run to 11 cities, of course with all routes and all seats starting from their usual $1 (plus 50 cents reservation fee).

The 11 cities from Atlanta are: Birmingham, AL; Mobile, AL; Montgomery, AL; Charlotte, NC; Chattanooga, TN; Knoxville, TN; Memphis, TN; Nashville, TN; Gainesville, FL; Jacksonville, FL; and Orlando, FL.

That's a lot of Alabama and Florida! With the news comes a giveaway, naturally. Megabus has 10,000 free seats on the new routes, for travel from November 16 to December 16. Enter promo code ATL10K to knock the cheap fares down to FREE.

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Whitney Houston Refuses to Buckle Up on Delta

Whitney Houston may have fallen to the D-List, but she's still behaving like an A-List diva. TMZ is reporting that Whitney was nearly thrown off a Delta Airlines flight out of Atlanta yesterday when she refused to buckle up.

Apparently, she "got diva" on a crew member who asked her to fasten her seat belt and only gave in after another attendant warned her she would be kicked off the flight if she didn't. The flight was finally cleared for take off after a crew member grabbed the buckle and fastened it for her.

Whitney was headed to Detroit where she is set to star in the remake of the 1976 film Sparkle, and though her plane behavior seemed strange, a source close to the singer said, "she overreacted a little bit after missing an earlier flight but she's still 100% sober."

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Atlanta's Airport Will Install a 'New Front Door' in 2012

Everyone has an opinion on Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, but lovers and haters can probably agree that the place’s newest terminal should be good for travelers.

The airport already has like 20 terminals—there’s actually six concourses off the main terminal—but they’re planning to add on one more after Terminal E. We’re still several months away, but the billion dollar project should be finished up by next spring. Flying through, we’ve noticed that things on the outside look pretty close to being done, so once the inside is loaded up with a Starbucks or two it should be ready to go.

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A Layover History Lesson at Atlanta Airport

As the world’s busiest airport, ATL can be pretty stressful. And, on one of the tightest connections we’ve ever had, a couple of weeks ago, we were feeling that stress ourselves.

That was until we walked out onto concourse E and saw this small exhibit about Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s life, containing photographs and items including King’s radio, the robe he wore when accepting the Nobel Peace Prize and the suit he wore to meet Lyndon Johnson.

Sadly, because of our tight connection, we didn’t get to spend enough time looking at it, but from the airport’s website, it appears that it’s a long-term loan from the King Center, and part of ATL’s Airport Art Program. Other exhibits include an astronomy gallery and a 30ft dinosaur in the main terminal atrium. Because there’s nothing like getting your adrenalin pumping with thoughts of Jurassic Park before catching a flight, right?

Beat that, Amsterdam.

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Wrap Up a Rental Car Deal Thanks to Budget's New Ad-Mobiles

We love a nice rental car, but what we don’t love is the cost associated with one. After the airfare and the hotel the travel budget is usually running on empty, but now there’s one rental car company looking to help us out. However, there’s definitely a little bit of a catch.

Budget Rental Car is offering even better deals than with an online coupon, and that’s because they want to wrap your car with advertisements. As long as you don’t mind driving around a moving billboard, you might just be able to save a few additional bucks.

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Discovery Channel Livestreams from the Georgia Aquarium for Shark Week

Free live streaming by Ustream

OMG. Be prepared to drop productivity for the day and instead zone out to the cool blue hues and occasionally scary confrontations that comprise Shark Week's special "Ocean Voyager" Ustream of a shark tank at the Georgia Aquarium.

In the span of about 10 minutes, we were pointing and shouting at our computer screen: "Whale shark! Stingray! Shark with a long, saw-thing sticking out of its face! Bull shark! About 15 more sharks we can't name without Googling their characteristics!"

Consider this a warning. Shark Week begins on the Discovery Channel on July 31, and this is just a preview. We may just sit here watching it until the promised shark feedings happen.

To view it larger, head HERE.

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Get Your Geek On with 40,000 Others During Atlanta's 'Dragon-Con'

If you dropped the ball on making plans for this year's Comic-Con, Atlanta's got your back-up plan.

Dragon*Con, the annual fantasy and sci-fi convention which takes place on Labor Day Weekend, will feature dozens of panels, workshops and contests for the geek in all of us.

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Kids Traveling Solo Now Have Their Very Own Delta Lounge at Atlanta Airport

Traveling with children can sometimes be a pain, but Delta’s got a new idea that might make things a little better. For right now it’s only for unaccompanied minors traveling without Mom or Dad, but maybe eventually it’ll be open for all the little ones to swing by and blow off some steam.

The Delta Sky Zone is open in Atlanta on Concourses, B, C, and E, and it’s available to those little ones connecting all by themselves—or with a little help from Delta employees. Inside, kids have access to brand new furniture to bounce all over, XBOX 360s, and unfortunately some kind of educational materials. We’re thinking that there’s got to be some soda and chips thrown in their too, or at least a little tap water. Video games during a layover would definitely make us thirsty!

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There's More Than Just Rings at the Onion Museum

If you’re a tasty food item, chances are that there’s a food festival—or festivals—dedicated to you where it’s all about you, all the time. On the flip side, there aren’t too many foods that have their very own museums, and that’s why we were excited to hear about the Vidalia Onion Museum.

America’s sweet onion is apparently famous enough to get its own permanent space filled with exhibits, hands-on displays, and all kinds of other onion facts, figures, and history. Not only can you get bad breath, but you can also learn all about the Vidalia onion’s impact on culinary and cultural history while collecting a couple new recipes for your cookbook.

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How To See The Atlanta Zoo's New Baby Orangutan

Remy is a Sumatran orangutan who was born at the Fort Worth Zoo four months ago, and whose mom unfortunately became too ill to care for him. Looking for a solution, zookeepers fostered him out to the Atlanta Zoo, home of more orangutans than any other zoological exhibit in the United States.

There he was adopted by Madu, "one of the nation’s best surrogate mothers," and the two were removed from public viewing so they could bond. Now they've been moved back on exhibit, and visitors are lining up to get a glimpse of the pair.

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