Christmas in July for Santa? Tucked away in the fiscal 2011 appropriations bill for the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency is a $1 million earmark, inserted by Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), to be given to the "City of North Pole for industrial force sewer main." Shopping - Gifts - Personalized - Greeting Letters - Santa Claus


The weather has been hot and cooling off has been at the top of everyone's list lately, so the next time that you visit one of the local air-conditioned shopping centers that is home to a Kirlin's Hallmark store, stop in and donate to "The Night Before Christmas " project.


Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia's top tourist attraction and the state's second capital after Jamestown, is like entering a time portal to the colonial era.


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Leading multimedia retailer QVC observed its largest CHRISTMAS IN JULY® event in the company's 24-year history, with more than $46.5 million in orders â representing a 14 percent increase over prior year CHRISTMAS IN JULY results.


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Sherri Revette cuts through thick pines, guiding the four-wheeler down dirt and mud trails to her tranquil spot, a sandbar along the Chickasawhay River about a mile behind her home in the backwoods of Mississippi.


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By Jay Cridlin and Susan Thurston, Times Staff Writers Wednesday, July 28, 2010 If you were rethinking Tampa, left, and St. Pete, right, from scratch, what would you put where? Say you could put all of Tampa Bay's sports teams, entertainment venues, tourist attractions and leisure spots into one big pot. If you were building a new city from scratch, what would be the first thing you'd pick to ...