Vacation News Archive

'Katrina 'voluntourists' make labor a vacation (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
Scott Shattuck, a pharmacy manager from Vancouver, Wash., is in Mississippi on Vacation. But by day, he's more likely to be found "mucking out" a house damaged by Hurricane Katrina or painting a children's clinic than hitting the casinos or walking the beach.

'Family, Friends Mourn Teen Killed In Avalanche (WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
There were heavy hearts in Topsfield Tuesday, where family and friends mourned a teenage boy killed in an avalanche while on a ski Vacation in Utah.

'San Francisco man returns home from vacation, trips over corpse (The Fresno Bee)
A Haight-Ashbury man returning home from an extended vacation tripped and fell on a corpse in his bedroom after finding his apartment had been ransacked, police said.

'A fun vacation week ahead at the Nevins library (Eagle-Tribune Online)
There's plenty to do this week, school vacation week, at the Nevins Memorial Library. Registration is required for all events. Call (978) 686-4080, ext. 26 for more information.

'Katrina 'voluntourists' make labor a vacation (USA Today)
A massive wave of volunteers half a million, by one estimate from across the nation have visited Mississippi in the nearly 18 months since Katrina struck. For them, labor is their vacation.

'San Francisco man returns home from vacation, trips over corpse (Orange County Register)
Grisly discovery accompanied sight of ransacked apartment. SAN FRANCISCO -- A Haight-Ashbury man returning home from an extended vacation tripped and fell on a corpse in his bedroom after finding his apartment had been ransacked, police said.

'Rice Looks Back for a Way Forward on Mideast Peace (Washington Post)
BERLIN, Feb. 20 -- Over Christmas vacation, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took home a three-foot stack of reports written by the State Department historian on previous efforts by the United States to forge Middle East peace. Rice had read memoirs by her predecessors, but as she embarked on her own effort to help end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, she decided she needed to study a ...

'Web Companies Try To Dominate Business Of Renting Vacation Homes (KXAN 36 Austin)
Dallas -- When Elizabeth and Robin Wood decided to rent out their new vacation home in Florida, they hired a local real estate agent to hunt for renters.

'A Vacation Break (Camden VillageSoup)
WARREN (Feb 20): Silver Lane Bistro will be closed until Thursday, March 15. We are on a vacation to warm up a bit. We look forward to seeing you when we return. We will have the specials for the week we open on Village Soup on March 13.

'REILLY: Tips for enjoying/surviving February vacation (The Sun Chronicle)
Monday, February 19, 2007 11:47 PM EST Well, today is the second official day of the annual February school Vacation, and, if you're anything like me, you've discovered one thing: Your parents were right, too many cartoons on TV will rot your brain.

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