Vacation News Archive

'House GOP calls for offshore drilling vote, end to vacation (USA Today)
Rep. Roy Blunt asked House Democrats on Thursday to join Republicans in urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to reconvene the House and hold votes on proposals aimed at increasing domestic oil production.

'F1 takes unsettling vacation for some (Canada.com)
Vacation time is generally a time to kick back, recharge the batteries, bask in a job well done and look forward to challenges ahead.

'Political Play of the Day: It's pancakes to go as Obama prepares for vacation in Hawaii (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Pancakes to go? Barack Obama shook hands, chatted and posed for pictures as he greeted breakfast diners at The Copper Dome restaurant in St. Paul before returning home to Chicago for a day of strategy sessions and to prepare for a weeklong vacation in Hawaii.

'Before You Go on That Vacation.... (Washington Post)
I thought I was paranoid about protecting my home from disasters and thieves before leaving on vacation. But it's nice to know there are some people out there who may be significantly more schizophrenic on this topic. A colleague sent me this primer (PDF) from the Institute for Security and Open Methodologies, which sports a checklist of at least 70 precautions to consider before you pack up the ...

'Obama vacation may be private (Honolulu Advertiser)
Barack Obama is expected to arrive in Hawai'i tomorrow with his family to begin a weeklong vacation before preparations for the Democratic National Convention in Denver later this month.

'Document shows county attorney took vacation timei to file papers (Sampson Independent)
Photo by Katie Holland Sampson County manager Scott Sauer and county attorney Rick Moorefield at Monday night?s Board of Commissioners meeting in Harrells. Sauer produced a time sheet Wednesday showing that Moorefield took vacation time to file documents for the county manager.

'Will Fifi Go on Vacation Too? (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - Summertime is a great time for a vacation. Everyone looks forward to the annual family outing when you pack up the family and head for the car, airplane, train or bus and take that getaway you have been waiting for all year long.

'Hawthorn Suites Online Sweepstakes Features Vacation and Instant Prizes (Hospitality Net)
An online sweepstakes offered this month by the all-suites, extended-stay Hawthorn Suites hotel brand features a grand-prize vacation for four to Orlando and instant win prizes to be awarded daily including Southwest Airlines discounts, $50 gas cards and handheld global positioning systems. To participate in the promotion, which continues until the end of August, Web surfers are invited to visit ...

'Liberia: Over 650 Students Get Vacation Jobs (AllAfrica.com)
An Inter-Ministerial and Agency Committee comprising the Ministries of Labor, Youth and Sports, National Investment Commission (NIC) and Civil Service Agency has announced the selection of 651 students out of 1,500 applicants for vacation job at various government ministries, agencies and in the private sector.

'Route 15 crash kills Oklahoma City woman bound for vacation (The Evening Sun)
An Oklahoma woman heading to New York on Vacation with family and friends died Thursday morning after the van she was in crashed into a Route 15 guardrail near the Pennsylvania state line.

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