Vacation News Archive

'Obamas end Hawaii vacation (KPUA AM 670 Hilo)
HONOLULU (AP) _ Barack Obama and his family have bid aloha to Hawaii. They ended their week-long Vacation yesterday morning, one week to the day of their arrival.

'There are ways to get more vacation time (San Francisco Chronicle)
When family rights advocate John De Graff started doing some historical research, he came across a shocking discovery - that medieval European peasants had more Vacation time than modern American office workers. De Graff, national coordinator of Take Back...

'Obama surfs, honors late mother as vacation ends (AP via Yahoo! News)
Body surfing in Pacific waves and walking on the beach are activities any tourist ? even Hawaii native Barack Obama ? might enjoy for his last full day of vacation on the islands. There were solemn moments, too, as Obama ended a weeklong break from campaigning for president.

'Obama vacation: Not so pricey as it seems (AP via Yahoo! News)
Take away the Secret Service, the 10-bedroom home rental, the staff and the $2,300-a-plate fundraiser, and Barack Obama's vacation in Hawaii included a lot of what anyone can do in paradise for surprisingly little money.

'Spend your vacation getting started with OpenStreetMap (NewsForge)
We have written about the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project many times, but we have yet to explain how to get started with it as a contributor. Since it is the vacation high season in the Northern Hemisphere and many more people will be hitting the maps, this is the perfect time. You can contribute a lot to the project even if you don't own a Global Positioning System (GPS) device -- or even a compass.

'Obama lost no ground on vacation (The Washington Times)
Sen. Barack Obama returned from his weeklong Hawaiian vacation, and little had changed: the candidates remain neck-and-neck in national polls and the battleground states are still battlegrounds.

'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.

'Vacation dispute appealed to attorney general (The Brockton Enterprise)
The issue is Health Agent Kathleen Moriarty?s request for 10 days vacation pay although she had been on the job a little over six months.Holbrook

'More families opt to vacation close to home (Dallas Morning News)
High gas prices crimped travel plans for Steven Zenczak and John Hutchens, but the longtime friends didn't want to skip vacation altogether.

'Obama surfs, honors late mother as vacation ends (USA Today)
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama enjoyed his last full day of Vacation in his native Hawaii Thursday body surfing in Pacific waves and walking on the beach.

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