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Exchange rate plunge has many Brits staying home (New York Daily News) Legions of British shoppers used to delight in popping across the Atlantic Ocean for bargain iPods, Levis and Abercrombie and Fitch gear when the pound was worth $2 but they're cutting back now that it has plunged to $1.50.
All aboard: Riding the rails from Los Angeles to San Antonio (The Fresno Bee) I'm heading east on one of the most storied trains in America. The Sunset Limited, a name more than a century old. Out of Los Angeles and into the desert, toward Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Read comments
The Gift of Thrift (Metro Santa Cruz) Let's face it: this will not be the Christmas/Chanukah/Solstice/Kwanza of Wii or iPhones or $300 handbags or trips to Aruba. This will be the holiday season of tchotchkes, little things that smell good and quirky luxuries that won't break the bank.
The drive of our lives: 50 Years of Britain's motorways (Belfast Telegraph) They promised to speed us towards a modern age and rev up the post-war economy. So what happened? Fifty years after Britain's first motorways opened, Simon Usborne finds out how much we owe to our superhighways ? and why the wheels had to come off
All aboard: Riding the rails from Los Angeles to San Antonio (Merced Sun-Star) I'm heading east on one of the most storied trains in America. The Sunset Limited, a name more than a century old. Out of Los Angeles and into the desert, toward Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
The drive of our lives: 50 Years of Britain's motorways (Independent) From the air, there is something odd about Birmingham. Look it up on Google Earth and you'll see that, unlike most of Britain's major metropolises encircled by major roads, the M6 appears to have been pulled into the centre of Birmingham as if by a massive magnetic force. At the city's heart is Gravelly Hill Interchange, where 18 ribbons of asphalt converge in a multilayered mass of coiled ...
Spokane FBI agent retires; led terror task force (Seattle Times) FBI Special Agent Norm Brown traveled a long, exciting and sometimes dangerous series of assignments before returning to his hometown of Spokane, where he graduated from Ferris High School in 1975.
10: Make lists (All About Jazz) ?lots of them. Include: projected incomes and expenses, a tour itinerary, budget, contacts, travel days with trip durations, addresses and travel documents. Make sure to carry hard copies with you and also email them to yourself.
Will Holder's Role in Lewinsky Probe Get Scrutiny? (Time.com via Yahoo! News) Obama's reputed nominee for Attorney General was a key figure during the investigation that led to Clinton's impeachment
Names in the news (Southeast Missourian) USA Drug to sponsor Grief SupportPARK HILLS, Mo. ? The New Beginnings Grief Support Group has a new sponsor.
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