News and notes from around the interweb: 22 Buddhist monks arrested at airport after record drug bust Twenty-two Sri Lankan monks returning from Thailand were arrested on Sunday at the main international airport with a record 242 pounds of powerful cannabis, officials said. A Sri Lanka Customs spokesman said the group, returning home after a four-day vacation in the Thai capital, had Kush — a potent strain of cannabis — hidden in their luggage. “Each carried about five kilos of the narcotic concealed within false walls in their luggage,” the spokesman said, adding that the monks had been handed over to police. This flight was launched in conjunction with adopting AAdvantage as their frequent flyer program. High fuel costs make the flight tough for sure, I’m not certain they’ve really leveraged the American Airlines deal, but long-term I have to think this is something they should be betting on. Fiji Airways to cancel Nadi (NAN) to Dallas (DFW) route. Last flight is on September 5.…