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(American Chemical Society) With chitlins about to make their annual appearance on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day menus, scientists have good news for millions of people who love that delicacy of down-home southern cooking, but hate the smell.

They are reporting the first identification of an ingredient in cilantro that quashes the notoriously foul odor of chitlins.

Their report appears in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Several of the largest U.S. airlines have increased a surcharge for travel on the busiest travel days to $20 each way, up from $10.

The surcharges apply to a large number of flights within the U.S. on more than a dozen peak days around holidays including Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's.

Delta, American, United, US Airways and Northwest all ...