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| Latest holiday News |
Holiday park owners face probe over 'illegal doormen'
TWO holiday park owners in the Burnham area are to be quizzed by police after allegedly employing bouncers without a proper licence.
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Holiday girl collapses and dies by hotel pool
A girl of 12 collapsed and died while on holiday with her grandad in Corfu. Jordan Olivia Jones keeled over after getting out of a swimming pool. Despite the efforts of a nurse holidaying at the resort, she could not be revived.
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Holiday pay rules on Eid’l Fitre
The Department of Labor and Employment has released the holiday pay rules that would cover the country’s observance of Eid’l Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan).
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Holiday is new start for Jewish faithful
The Jewish High Holiday period starts at sundown Wednesday with Rosh Hashanah -- the Jewish New Year -- and concludes on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, at sundown Sept. 17.
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Holiday traffic problems along I-35
Holiday travel turned into bumper to bumper traffic at times today on I-35. Some fender benders this afternoon backed up northbound lanes for miles near Lorena in McLennan County.
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Holiday fun at Lake Meredith
With this past weekend being the Labor Day holiday, Lake Meredith was a hot spot for some serious holiday fun. Above, visitors to the lake enjoy a leisurely sail on their boat.
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Holiday Weekend Traffic Fatalities
The Georgia State Patrol reports 360 traffic crashes over the Labor Day holiday weekend. Over the 78-hour time period, there were 13 traffic deaths reported, at least four of those were alcohol or drug related.
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Holiday weekend deaths drop
Deaths on Alabama highways during the Labor Day holiday weekend dropped significantly from recent years, officials announced Tuesday.
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| World News In Brief |
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World Stocks Fall On Debt Fear, Yen Surge
World stocks down on Europe debt fear, yen surge
World stocks down on Europe debt fear, yen surge
World stock markets mostly slipped Wednesday amid new concerns about European banks' exposure to risky debt and as the yen's rise to a fresh 15-year high against the dollar weighed on Asian exporters.
World Stocks Fall; EU Debt Crisis Flares
World stock markets slid Wednesday amid new concerns about European banks' exposure to risky debt and as the yen's rise to a fresh 15-year high against the dollar weighed on Asian exporters.
World Stocks Fall Amid Europe Bank Worries
World stocks fall amid renewed Europe bank worries
World stocks fall amid renewed Europe bank worries
World stocks fell Tuesday, particularly in Europe, where concerns about the health of banks resurfaced and EU finance ministers created new financial oversight bodies but failed to agree on a bank or trading tax.
World figure skating champ Asada hires new coach
Two-time world figure skating champion Mao Asada of Japan says her new coach will be Nobuo Sato. The 19-year-old Asada has been looking for a coach since parting ways with Russian coach Tatiana Tarasova after the world championships in March. The 68-year-old Sato, who represented Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics, has coached Miki Ando, Fumie Suguri and his daughter Yuka Sato in the past.
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