Senator Seeks Bigger Tax Bite on Use (Bahamas vacation) of Corporate Jets

Senator Seeks Bigger Tax Bite on Use of Corporate Jets
Los Angeles Times - When executives use a corporate jet on vacation, taxpayers often help pay for the ride. But that would change under a proposal now before Congress. Personal use of a corporate jet is considered income by the Internal Revenue Service, and the lucky

Couples plan on suing Carnival Cruise Lines
Fort Pierce Tribune - Workers repair a covered area on the Carnival Sensation during its Bahamas cruise last week, in this photograph provided by passenger Charles Reyner Sr. of Palm Bay. He said he was on the same cruise as the six passengers put off the Sensation in

Clarke Gets Away From It All, Then Back in It
Los Angeles Times - AUGUSTA, Ga. For Darren Clarke , there was nothing like taking a vacation to get ready for the Masters, where his second-round 70 moved him to two under after 36 holes and into a tie for fifth. Clarke and his wife, Heather , who is battling

Spring-break family travel fattens area agencies' coffers
Toledo Blade - Riviera Maya in Mexico. Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Negril in Jamaica. The big island of Hawaii. Royal Caribbean cruises anywhere. These places, plus such usual stops as Disney World in Florida, are popular destinations this month during

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Families get to vacation close to home through Make-A-Wish
Southern Illinoisan - CARBONDALE - Sharon Hutcheson of Eldorado wasn't sure how she got roped into wearing it, but she had the biggest balloon headdress in the whole arena Saturday. Hutcheson and her son, 13-year-old Clifford Hockensmith, were part of the Carnival of

The show must go on
Houston Voice Online - WHILE SOME CELEBRITIES start with a burning popularity and end with a slow extinguishing of fame, others have an ebb and flow, repeatedly dropping out of the public eye and returning with much excitement. Both gay icon Liza Minnelli and lesbian

They're worth it
Newsday - Newsday's in-depth study of Long Island's volunteer fire departments makes me wonder what the current response time would be to a possible fire at 235 Pinelawn Road [Newsday's headquarters]. Hmmmm. Betty Tiska, Syosset Let me see if I have this right

Liggett to host movie screening
Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise - Danna White, of Dewey, who became the first Oklahoma recipient of an Extreme Makeover: Home edition reality show house, said she would invite everyone inside if she could. They can look all they want, I have a circle drive, said White. I don

Passengers on cruise ship that caught fire recall the incident
Katu.com - MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica - Some of the passengers were stirred from sleep by the smell of smoke. Others were jolted awake by a fire alarm, then startled to see sparks drifting past the ship's windows in the Caribbean moonlight. Some passengers, like Beth