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• 'Theron's Travel Companion (Teen Hollywood)
Charlize Theron sleeps in a pashmina everywhere she travels, because she's terrified of bedding down in dirty sheets. The actress insists she loves to travel and experience the real world away from five star hotels, but she refuses to sleep anywhere grubby.
• 'Fourth of July travel expected to be down in Okla. (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The number of people traveling for next week's Fourth of July holiday is expected to be down slightly from last year. AAA spokesman Chuck Mai said gas prices are cutting into travel with a nationwide average of $4.07 per gallon as of Thursday.
• 'AAA says Fourth of July travel will fall (BizJournals)
Fourth of July travelers are expected to scale back travel over the holiday for the first time this decade, AAA Mid-Atlantic said Thursday.
• 'July 4 travel seen down 1.3 percent: AAA (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
For the first time in 10 years, fewer Americans will be hitting the road for the Independence Day holiday weekend as they feel the pinch of gasoline prices over $4 per gallon, auto and travel group AAA said on Thursday.
• 'Howard takes travel by a case (Central Midlands & Costal Advocate)
Kevin Rudd may have trounced John Howard, but the two combatants were less than the price of a carton of beer apart as they cost taxpayers' $600,000 in travel between them over the business end of the election year.
• 'AAA Expects July 4th Travel To Drop For First Time (CBS 13 Baltimore)
For the first time in more than a decade, Triple A expects travel numbers to go down for the 4th of July holiday.
• 'EDITORIAL: Consider rail travel for Madison County (The Herald Bulletin)
We believe: Despite the cost, light rail travel is necessary in the era of escalating oil prices. State Rep. Terri Austin, D-Anderson, is a believer in rail travel. In 2007, Austin was touting the idea of light-rail commuter travel that would connect Muncie to Indianapolis and run through Anderson.
• 'AAA sees dip in holiday travel (East Valley Tribune)
For the first time in seven years, AAA is predicting that fewer residents in the Western states, including Arizona, will travel over the upcoming Fourth of July weekend.
• 'AAA expects less July 4th travel (The Capital Times)
Fewer Americans will be traveling this Fourth of July than a year ago, the American Automobile Association says, marking the second holiday weekend of 2008 that a reduction in travelers was predicted. The AAA estimates the number of people who travel 50 miles or more from their home for the holiday -- the standard measurement used by auto club -- will be down 1.3 percent from last year's July ...
• 'Travel spree documents turned over to DA (The News & Observer)
County manager David Cooke said today he has turned over documentation about a travel and spending spree by a former employee to Wake district attorney Colon Willoughby, raising the possibility of criminal prosecution.

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