Vacation News Archive
03-Jan-2006
- 'Fate of probe awaits vacation (Belleville News-Democrat)
EAST ST. LOUIS - City police officials plan to wait until after Detective Mario Fennoy returns from Vacation this week to determine whether a probe should take place in connection with a bribery allegation against him. - 'Feds Give Space Tourists a Rule Book (RedNova)
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Thinking of spending that next Vacation on the moon or Mars or circling the Earth? Before liftoff, there's a list of things the would-be "space flight participant" should know. - 'Atiku Back from Vacation (This Day)
Vice President Atiku Abubakar said his priority this year will be to continue assisting President Olusegun Obasanjo to ensure the successful implementation of the reform agenda to its logical conclusion. - 'Romney Takes Vacation From Drug Co. Flap (RedNova)
By KIMBERLY ATKINS By being on vacation, Gov. Mitt Romney avoided signing legislation that could affect pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. in the wake of charges of possible ethics violations arising from his trip on a Pfizer-owned jet. Lt. Gov. - 'The death of the extended vacation (Kansas City Kansan)
Every year around this time I get the strangest phone calls. "Hey Lara, this is your sister's, friend's, brother's friend. I just called to see what you were up to." - 'Vacation homes must now pay state rental tax (Corvallis Gazette Times)
ASHLAND ? Vacation homes will join other temporary lodging in paying a 1 percent state rental tax beginning Jan. 1. There are exemptions, including for those who rent out their homes for less than 30 days a year. - 'Vacation Homes Must Now Pay Rental Tax (KOIN News 6)
ASHLAND, Ore. -- Starting Jan. 1, owners of vacation homes must pay a 1 percent state rental tax. - 'Obituary: Rona Jaffe, author of popular novels, is dead at 74 (International Herald Tribune)
Rona Jaffe, the preternaturally youthful writer whose 1958 novel "The Best of Everything" told the melodramatic story of four nubile, cashmere-sweatered career girls torn between storybook romance and cutthroat corporate Manhattan, died yesterday at University College Hospital in London, where she was on vacation. - 'Resolve to make travel dreams a reality (CNN.com)
Have you had enough of dieting resolutions and decided that 2006 is the year you'll finally treat yourself to the vacation you've been daydreaming about? - 'Iraq Oil Minister Resigns Under Pressure (AP via Yahoo! News)
Iraq's oil minister said Monday he resigned after the government last week gave him a forced Vacation and replaced him with Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi following criticism about fuel price increases.
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