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Shorter Trips, More Efficient Cars
With gas prices going ever higher, travelers are nabbing what few hybrid rental cars are available. Interestingly, though, the number of SUV and van rental reservations for this summer hasn't dropped. "We were kind of surprised by that," says Lisa...Tags: Rentals, Tampa, Everglades, Office and Retail Spaces, Vehicles
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Newer travel Web sites go way beyond booking
Special to the Chicago TribuneThe Web has been inundated with new and improved travel offerings to streamline and simplify the travel-planning process, even if your summer travel plans extend no farther than the Lincoln Park Zoo. Check out one or all of these recently launched sites...Tags: Air Transportation, Weather Radar, Transportation, Natural Science, Tourism and Leisure
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South Florida gyms are thriving in spite of downturn
South Florida Sun-SentinelIn South Florida, working out at the gym isn't something many people are willing to forgo despite the slow economy. Several health clubs recently have opened and more are on the way, a sign that the area could be bucking a national trend of declining...Tags: Margate, Miramar, Coral Springs, Shaquille O'Neal, Florida Atlantic University
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South Florida Sun-SentinelIn South Florida, working out at the gym isn't something many people are willing to forgo despite the slow economy. Several health clubs recently have opened and more are on the way, a sign that the area could be bucking a national trend of declining...Tags: Margate, Miramar, Coral Springs, Shaquille O'Neal, Florida Atlantic University
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Suburbia's not dead yet
While millions of American families struggle with falling house prices, soaring gasoline costs and tightening credit, some environmentalists, urban planners and urban real estate speculators are welcoming the bad news as signaling what they have long...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Auto Trends, Federal Reserve, Vehicles, Energy
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Holiday Treat: Gas $4.10 a Gallon
KickingTiresIt???s one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, so it???s no surprise that gas hit almost $4.10 a gallon nationally today. Tomorrow and this weekend it could go even higher. On the whole, though, we should be encouraged......Tags: Ethanol, Vacations, Petroleum Industry
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Teen is going the extra metric mile
EUGENE, Ore. -- She ran smoothly and steadily, her waist-length blond hair fanning out behind her as the Hayward Field crowd cheered her on.
Jordan Hasay, 16, has the face of an angel and the slender body of a child, but on Friday she displayed the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Family, Miley Cyrus, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Athletics, Track and Field
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Travelers take rails for test drive
Sun reporterJune Jordan usually flies when she goes to visit family in South Carolina. But when she saw how high air fares have climbed, she decided - for the first time - to take the train from Baltimore's Penn Station to Columbia. True, her Amtrak train would take...Tags: Holiday Vacations, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Auto Trends, Vacations, Vehicles
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Let's use 'telework' to grease economy
One superhighway is jammed and expensive. The other is open and cheap. So, next time, take the route to work with no choking emissions, no raised middle fingers and no $4 gas. Sit at your computer and drive straight ahead. Now that Maryland has...Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, T. Rowe Price, Employees, Environmental Pollution, Lobbying
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State agency to step up gas station inspections
The state plans to step up gas station inspections over the Independence Day weekend to ensure proper service to holiday travelers. The Illinois Department of Agriculture is adding staff this weekend to make sure motorists are getting their money's...Tags: Fourth of July, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities
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