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US Airways sells tickets for $1.86

WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- US Airways apparently lost thousands of dollars when it accidentally sold about 1,000 round-trip tickets for an advertised price of $1.86.

The bankrupt carrier said the Saturday bargains, which covered flights in and out of eight airports, were the result of a computer glitch, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.

However, the airline says it will honor the super-cheap tickets.

Many of the travelers who bought the $1.86 tickets did so, reportedly, because they only wanted to wrack up frequent flier miles.

British eatery voted world's best

LONDON, April 19 (UPI) -- "The Fat Duck" restaurant in England has topped the list of this year's World's 50 Best Restaurants.

The designation was announced Tuesday by the British-based "Restaurant" magazine based on voting by more than 500 chefs, critics and restaurateurs.

The restaurant in Bray offers three menus that include such items as fig puree with red wine, crab with roast foie gras, snail porridge, sardine on toast sorbet and smoked bacon and egg ice-cream.

A total of 14 British restaurants, including 11 from London, made the short list to compete with gastronomic eateries from France, Spain, Japan and the United States.

Owned by Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal, the restaurant also won the Best Restaurant in Europe category, Sky News reported.

Fruitflies take over Michigan home

ST. LOUIS, Mich., April 19 (UPI) -- Tons of rotting sugar beets piled in a field in Michigan has attracted thousands of fruit flies and driven Rich Shaull and his family from their home.

The problem began in January when crews piled 10 acres of an adjacent farm with spoiled sugar beets 12 feet high, the Saginaw (Mich.) News reported Tuesday. Now, the flies are so thick in Shaull's home he said he can't open a loaf of bread.

"We have to eat everyday," Shaull said. "You can't make a sandwich in here."

The problem has only become worse with the recent arrival of warm weather, the paper said.

The rotting beets come from the Michigan Sugar Co. of Saginaw Township, which contracted with Michigan farmers to take 250,000 tons of spoiled sugar beets off its hands at $5 a ton.

Michigan Sugar officials said the problem lay with the farmers, who deviated from accepted disposal methods and are waiting for the sugar beets to compost.

Based on complaints from Shaull and others, however, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will review the farm's compost plan.