Vacation News Archive
23-Jan-2006
- 'Top vacation picks 2006 (San Antonio Express News)
While travel to perennial favorites such as Los Angeles, Orlando, New York and Las Vegas is always strong, some unexpected destinations ? from Colorado and Arizona to Croatia and China ? are showing up as hot spots for travel as the 2006 season begins. Here's a breakdown: - 'Fla. parents fight to take back summer (UPI)
MIAMI, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The pressure to prepare for federally mandated exams might push public schools in Florida to drop August from Vacation calendars. - 'Organize (and tweak) vacation memories in a digital format (Los Angeles Times)
GETTING images out of your camera and into your computer is the first step in organizing your vacation record. - 'Home sweet homes (The Christian Science Monitor)
Baby boomers looking for an escape - or a status symbol - are buying vacation homes. - 'Early school start dates stir criticism nationwide (The Charlotte Observer)
The pressures of federally mandated exams have pushed public schools across the country to begin classes weeks earlier to squeeze in more days of instruction before the critical tests, sometimes striking August entirely from vacation calendars. - 'Summer vacation plans (CNN Money)
During the winter doldrums, we all tend to hibernate a little bit. But now is the ideal time to start thinking about your summer vacation. - 'Parents Campaign to Take Back Kids' Summers (Washington Post)
MIAMI -- The pressures of federally mandated exams have pushed public schools here and in several other states to begin classes weeks earlier than usual to squeeze in more days of instruction before the critical tests, sometimes striking August entirely from vacation calendars and devoting the... - 'Neighbor Helps Fight Fire (WISH-TV Indianapolis)
In a separate morning fire, a homeowner's neighbor came to the rescue. Loren Brown said he was keeping an eye on his neighbor's house in the 100 block of South Emerson while they were on vacation and - 'Soldier gets first family vacation in 10 years (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
Operation Vacation is a program that brings military personnel who have fought overseas to the Roaring Fork Valley. - 'Vacation? For parents, returning to work is chance to relax (Deseret Morning News)
After a Vacation on some sun-kissed sands or snow-capped peaks, many of us would rather be on the losing end of a red-hot poker than return to work. But there is one subset of employees for whom returning to work can provide the blissful respite they hoped their Vacations would offer. They are called parents.
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