Motels accused of price gouging
AUSTIN - Lawyers are filing motions in lawsuits filed in Cameron and Hidalgo counties by the Texas Attorney General's Office against motels accused of price gouging during and after Hurricane Dolly, an Attorney General's Office spokesman said Thursday.

BUSINESS LICENSES HENRICO
The following are recently issued business licenses in Henrico County. Candlewood Suites-Richmond Airport (hotels/motels); licensee Audubon Hospitality LLC, 5400 Audubon Drive, Henrico 23231. One Brother Taxi (taxi); licensee Olaolu W. Adetunji. Amanda Paull & Associates PLLC (optometrist); licensee same, 1404 N. Parham Road, Henrico 23229.

Ashland Prepares for Inauguration Overflow
Hotels and motels in Ashland are almost always full during the two NASCAR Race Weekends. But many are booked to capacity for the upcoming Presidential Inauguration.

Marion Heights named chamber's business of the year
From an old strip mine to financial gold mine, The Hill sprouts beside Interstate-57 with business, motels and a ballpark. Earlier this week, Marion Heights, LLC developers Doug Bradley, Lynn Holmes and the late G.A. White received the Marion Area Chamer of Commerce 2008 Business of the Year award.

Man's best friend lends his nose to bedbug battle
Walter Penny dreams of the day when hotels and motels everywhere will proudly display stickers on their front doors ensuring their beds, furniture and drapes are bedbug-free. Until then, Penny, and his bedbug-sniffing dog, Macaroni, have a lot of work to do.

Agua Fria district, relief group aid homeless students
The Agua Fria Union High School District is partnering with an international relief organization to distribute almost 2,000 backpacks filled with school supplies, books and emergency food packages to homeless students throughout the Valley.

Hotel bill for Ike tops $350 million
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said more than $397 million had been paid thus far to house storm victims.

El Monte may shutter hotels due to crime
The city of El Monte wants to clean up crime at local motels.

Two women charged with armed robbery
City police Tuesday arrested two Asheville women charged with robbing a string of motels and convenience stores at gunpoint since September.

Search on for missing woman, daughter
Police in Washington County are on the lookout for a woman who disappeared with her young daughter following an argument with her parents. According to police, Maureen Regan was intoxicated and made statements of self harm before leaving on foot.

Disgraced pastor Haggard says better Christian
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ted Haggard, the powerful U.S. evangelist who fell from grace in 2006 amid a gay sex scandal, returned to the spotlight on Friday saying his faith was stronger but he wished people had been more forgiving.

When the hotel cost's too high, try the home rental or swap
Exchanging houses can mean affordable travel with a personal touch. Just be sure you're a homeowner who can handle it. If you want your sheets changed daily, your breakfast delivered to your room or even the reassurance of knowing the toilet has been sanitized, you may be a candidate for an overnight stay in one of the 48,000 properties that populate the U.S. lodgings landscape ...

Get your kicks at new exhibit
ARCADIA - Everybody knows the Bobby Troup song "Route 66," which mentions two California stops, Barstow and San Bernadino.

Fishing prospects for 2009
Darrell Taylor column for 1/10

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-10 01:24 Disgraced US pastor Haggard says better Christian
By Jill Serjeant

Holidaymakers hit in hip pocket
THE cost of travelling, sleeping, eating and even stopping for a cup of coffee is far higher in quiet coastal towns than in the supposedly expensive city.

Missing Beaverton woman, daughter return home
A 40-year-old Beaverton woman who stormed out of her parents? home into the cold early Friday morning with her 6-year-old daughter in tow returned home several hours later. Washington County sheriff?s deputies said that Maureen Regan and her daughter Zoe left a house on Southwest ...

Sales promos are by nature temporary
House Speaker Prospero Nograles? threat of a congressional inquiry into the telecommunications firms? ?suspension? of call-and-text promo packages at the peak of the holiday season betrays an appalling ignorance of the nature and purpose of sales promotions.

Missing mom & daughter found safe
BEAVERTON, Ore. -- A mother and her young daughter who disappeared after an argument with family members Thursday have been found safe.

For richer or poorer?
I never thought money mattered in my relationship. But when my husband lost his job, I considered leaving him.