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Kingman Daily Miner - As I look out my window at the rain followed by blue skies and sunshine, I wonder why the weather is so confused. The conflict over the immigration issue has taken on a similar confused state. I was shaken by the streets full of illegal immigrants

Hotel Prices, Tax Included
E-Commerce Times - Guests shouldn't need "an abacus, notebook and prayer shawl" to book a night's stay in a hotel, online travel expert Bill McGee says. "If [the problem of displaying total prices] can be fixed for airlines and car rentals, why not hotels? And if they

Fire destroys B.C. Interior landmark
CBC News - One of B.C.'s oldest hotels has been gutted by fire. The Princeton Hotel went up in flames on Sunday, leaving as many as seven people homeless. The historic brick building, built in 1912, occupied about two thirds of a block in the Interior community

Africa's peace seekers: Lazaro Sumbeiywo
Christian Science Monitor - "I have an offer for you," he recalls the president saying, "and I order you not to refuse." General Sumbeiywo was fiercely loyal to then-President Daniel arap Moi. During a 1982 coup attempt, he'd raced to Mr. Moi's home to protect him. Off and on

Police: Man sexually assaulted, killed wife
Douglas County News-Press - Wrighty Velarde, 40, is suspected of sexually assaulting and killing his 47-year-old wife at a hotel near Parker last week. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office arrested Wrighty Wilkins Velarde, 40, on charges of first-degree murder and sexual assault

Travelers Making a Difference
MSNBC - April 10-17, 2006 issue - When Bill Frew checked into the H tel de la Paix in Cambodia in January, he planned to eat, drink and relax in five-star luxury, as well as see Angkor Wat. Frew, an American senior executive of a multinational corporation

Audit Of Tulsa County Treasurer s Office Finds Bundling Cost Were
KOTV - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An audit of Tulsa County Treasurer Dennis Semler's practice of bundling hotel expenses for himself and his employees earned him thousands of reward points from the Marriott Hotel. The audit came after it was revealed Semler used

Gas leak at hotel sends 22 to hospital
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