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- Wealthy people are increasingly paying for friends to accompany them on vacation
  Posted by lisa from New York Times
  What a clever idea!
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- From Death Ship to Cruise Ship
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  Among its oceangoing sisters, the S.S. Stockholm has always been infamous as the ill-fated vessel that struck and sank the Italian liner Andrea Doria in dense fog off Nantucket 50 years ago. The collision — on July 25, 1956 — resulted not only in 51 deaths and the daring rescue of hundreds from the swells of the Atlantic; it also assured a name for the Stockholm as “the death ship” of the high seas.
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- Tofino water shortage brings hotel closure order in Canadian resort town
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  Hotels, resorts and other businesses in this burgeoning rainforest tourist mecca on Vancouver Island have been told to shut down because of a water shortage. Because of high demand and very little rain since July, the town's main reservoir is so depleted that there might not be enough water to fight a fire, Mayor John Fraser said Tuesday.
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- Alaska cruise ship arrives with dead whale on bow
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  It was tentatively identified as a humpback, an endangered species, and towed by a tugboat Saturday afternoon to a nearby beach. A necropsy has been sched
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- Smoke forces Alaska jet evacuation on landing
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  Shouldn't the FAA ground the Alaskan MD-80 fleet for now? There have been so many reported problem flights this year.
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- U.S. to roll out electronic passports
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  I trust the concept of electronic passports. I mean even Amazon.com is patenting the ability to track everything they know about me - the info is out there. I just don't trust Chertoff & Bush & co.
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  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will travel to Panama on June 22 to broaden energy ties between the two Latin American countries.
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Jeff comments on:
Wealthy people are increasingly paying for friends to accompany them on vacation

I think I’ll go to Kenya! Anyone want to go? Oh, sorry – no more room.

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