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Take to the Water With Snorkeling

Snorkeling usually lives in the shadow of its better-known cousin, scuba diving. Yet, snorkeling is actually easier and less expensive than scuba diving, and can be done in many bodies of water just about anywhere. Snorkeling has a long and varied history. Read More

Dont Facebook friends your on vacation

A Facebook user in Bucks County, Pa., posted that he was going on vacation. So one of his Facebook friends, Steve Piecznyski, 36, allegedly used the tip-off to break into the vacationer’s house and steal jewelry, coins and 120 DVDs. Police arrested Piecznyski after a neighbor of the victim wrote down the license plate of a suspicious car in the vicinity, which was traced to Piecznyski. Read More

Harry Reid really needs a vacation

Sigh. It's tough work being a Senator . . . spending long hours during the last two weeks in the heat of August,passing bills you should have dealt with months ago. . . Harry Reid really needs a vacation . . . Isn't it time for recess.yet?Watch below: Read More

Plenty to enjoy in San Francisco, but get out of town when vacation comes

School’s out. No matter how old you are, those words still have the power to evoke some powerful feelings and memories, don’t they? Summer stretched ahead — an endless blank canvas and you were going to create a masterpiece of fun for the next three months. It was like recess, but it lasted a lot longer. Read More

In vacationing, Obama is just your average president

Reading descriptions of President Obama's sojourn to his native (shh) Hawaii for the holidays, you'd think that his decision to have some "me-time" after a brutal session was unprecedented. Just look at this paragraph that makes it seem as though Obama really is different: Read More

Life's a Beach

Obamas announce fifth vacation since July

Here’s a report from U.S. News, discussing the announcement of a new 10 day trip to Martha’s Vineyard starting August 19. For those of you keeping track, that’s the fifth vacation since the start of last month: -Three days in July in Maine, primarily tony Bar Harbor. Read More

Is Obama skipping Memorial Day to vacation in Chicago?

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Some topics take off through social media and spread like wildfire. Is President Obama skipping Memorial Day to vacation in Chicago? The answer requires more than 140 characters. Read More
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