Vacation News Archive
09-Jan-2006
- 'Vacation day saved Sago miner?s life (The Charleston Gazette)
PHILIPPI ? If not for the holiday weekend, 56-year-old Sago miner Tom Watson would have been in the Upshur County mine at the time of the explosion last Monday that claimed the lives of 12 of his colleagues. - 'Cash withdrawal pressure intense -Call rate touches 30pc, leather loan disbursement starts (News From Bangladesh)
On the penultimate working day before the Eid Vacation, commercial banks were under tremendous pressure to meet client demand for cash and loans for purchasing hides of sacrificial animals. - 'Mishael Abbott Sebring Winter National qualifing notes (Motorsport.com)
SEBRING, FL (January 7, 2006) -- Mishael Abbott of Coral Springs, FL was back at Sebring International Raceway for the SCCA Central Florida Region Winter Vacation National on Saturday. - 'Sheehan Urge Supporters to Take Action (AP via Yahoo! News)
Activist Cindy Sheehan told supporters at a peace forum Saturday that troops would get out of Iraq if millions of U.S. citizens took the simple step that she did outside President Bush's vacation home last summer. - 'Cybertrips: Web tips for touring California's edible events and food fairs (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
You've been there, seen this and done that, and now you're looking for a new idea for a vacation road trip. Try tasting your way across California at some of the state's many festivals dedicated to food, from garlic to strawberries and just about everything in between. - 'Six Kalisz aides getting $74,000 for unused vacation (South Coast Today)
NEW BEDFORD -- The city is set to pay $74,000 in vacation and sick time payouts to six members of former Mayor Frederick M. Kalisz Jr.'s staff. The staffers were laid off on Jan. 1, the last day of Mayor Kalisz's tenure as mayor, and were not hired by Mayor Scott W. Lang. - 'Man's 'no-fly' listing ruins vacation (UPI)
TORONTO, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A Canadian family's Mexican vacation ended before it began when the husband's name turned up on a U.S. no-fly list. Sami Kahil was detained Thursday when the family's charter flight landed in Acapulco, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported. - 'Appleby in front in windy Hawaii (San Jose Mercury News)
The scenery suggests a vacation in paradise. The golf was all work Friday in the Mercedes Championships, where defending champion Stuart Appleby endured 35 mph gusts for a 1-under-par 72 to take a one-shot lead into the weekend. - 'Variety spices up vacation photos (Portland Oregonian)
Vacation photographers frequently complain that when they look at photos from their travels, it's hard to distinguish one vacation spot from another. This is easy to change. - 'Clerk seeks to free frozen vacation pay (The Tribune Chronicle)
WARREN - The attorney for a woman accused of pilfering more than $17,000 from Warren Municipal Court has filed action with the Ohio Supreme Court, demanding release of her accumulated sick and Vacation pay that the city froze after charges were filed.
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