Real Estate Live (Washington Post) Welcome to Real Estate Live, an online discussion of the Washington area housing market with Post Real Estate editor Maryann Haggerty. ...more...So Many Books, So Little Time (Metro Pulse) These are the laziest days of summer, the days when we're in a hurry to do nothing much at all. A wise man once said that these are the days when we spend all day in our bathing suits and all night looking for them....more... Brown remains in Utah, for now (Deseret Morning News) Dee Brown plans to return at least for summer league....more... What's On: Galleries (Toronto Star) Angell Gallery (890 Queen St. W. 416-530-0444): Renée Duval's first solo Toronto exhibit "(t)here" opens Sat. (reception 2 p.m.) and runs to Jul. 28. Art Square (334 Dundas St. W. 416-595-5222): Diane Secord's exhibit of paintings "Colour on Parade: Florals and Landscape" and John Bingham's photo exhibit "Quiet Days in Hong Kong" are both on display to Jul. 30....more... As ''Leaving on a Jet Plane'' Gets Harder, Business Travelers Trade Flight Delays for Online, On-Time Meetings (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) SANTA BARBARA, Calif.----This summer promises to be one of the busiest air travel periods ever. But many of the projected 200 million passengers may be cooling their heels in airports as flight delays worsen....more... lastminute.com Site gets in shape for Summer Travel Deal Seekers (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) NEW YORK----One of Europe's leading online travel brands, lastminute.com, has been re-launched in the U.S. just in time for last second summer travel. The revamped site features a new homepage design, updated tagline and improved navigation....more... AA Plans Business Class Upgrade (Business Travel News) SEPTEMBER 05, 2005 -- American Airlines last month laid out plans to upgrade business class cabins aboard widebody intercontinental aircraft starting next year....more... Post-election honeymoon for SNP as poll puts it seven up on Labour (The Scotsman) THE SNP entered the summer recess yesterday, celebrating a new opinion poll that showed the Nationalists had increased their lead over Labour in Scotland....more... 2 testify before grand jury about Newark former mayor (Asbury Park Press) A former Newark city official and the owner of a travel agency hired by City Hall appeared this week before a federal grand jury investigating Sharpe James, the former longtime mayor of Newark. The investigation is said to focus on a series of cut-rate city land deals and travel expenses racked up by James and other city employees. The U.S. Attorney's office has declined to discuss the case. ......more... |