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'Cindy's House: If you are ?vacationing' at home, vacation at your favorite restaurants (The Kansas City Star)
All this talk about ?staycations? has me really looking forward to the beach. Lucky for me, I bought our airline tickets to Florida months ago, before the latest national travel neurosis crashed the summer Vacation party. For a country founded by extreme risk takers, we?re becoming alarmingly alarmist.

'How to Keep the Vacation Alive Long after You're Home (Richfield Reaper)
(ARA) - There's something about summer travel that makes you wish the Vacation could last forever.

'Blunt wants Missourians to vacation at home (KTVO TV 3 Kirksville)
Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 11:07 a.m. JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (AP) -- During a visit to Europe this week, Governor Blunt has taken time to encourage Missourians to vacation in their own state.

'Area churches set vacation Bible schools (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
BACKYARD FUN | Hobart Youngsters 3 through 11 are invited to God's Big Backyard, a vacation Bible school from 6 to 8:30 p.m. July 21 to 25 at Trinity United Methodist Church, just north of U.S. 6 on Ind. 51. Get ready for an adventure that starts in the backyard and gets bigger each day as kids take the love of Jesus into their neighborhoods and communities. There is no charge.

'If you fake a real vacation, is it still technically a staycation? (The Pantagraph)
NEW YORK -- Karen Ash is about to take a weeklong Japanese vacation. She?ll buy postcards and souvenirs at a traditional Japanese market. She?ll admire bonsai plants and view Japanese films. She?ll eat ramen, ordering in Japanese. And she?ll never leave the Bronx. | Local experts: Now is time to invest in market | Despite stimulus, restaurant profits look thin

'50 Cent gets OK to take son on vacation (UPI)
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y., July 18 (UPI) -- A Long Island, N.Y., judge has granted hip-hop artist 50 Cent permission to take his 11-year-old son, Marquise, on vacation.

'A new look for vacation Bible school (Savannah Morning News)
Vacation Bible school was somewhat simpler at White Bluff United Methodist Church when Lisa McGalliard was a child. "We sang. We did crafts. We had a snack," said McGalliard who grew up in Windsor Forest. "There was a little Bible story and that was it." In the Bible Belt South, summertime memories are mixed with the Protestant staple that is vacation Bible school. Shortened as "VBS," the ...

'A Money-saving Plan for the Summer Vacation Clan (Today's News-Herald)
(ARA) - Are you looking to embark on a summer family vacation that won't break the bank? Whether it's heading to an amusement park or road tripping across the country, there are simple ways to spend within your means by making informed, cost-conscious decisions while on the road.

'50 Cent allowed to take son on vacation (The Record)
Rapper 50 Cent is free to take a vacation with his son after passing a court-ordered drug test. The 33-year-old entertainer was in a Long Island courtroom Thursday to ask a judge for permission to take 11-year-old Marquise on a trip next month.

'Photos: St. Peters Vacation Bible School (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter)
Children take a moment at the end of the morning to pray during St. Peters week of Vacation Bible School in Mishicot. Children ages three through ten partook in the activities. Doug Sundin/HTR

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