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Tourism promoters urge locals to vacation right here

Last updated Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 11:13pm

FARMINGTON -- With prices at the gas pump continuing to rise along the Wasatch Front, Weber and Davis county destination tourism promoters are redirecting some of the focus to the locals.

Utah's average gas price is the second-lowest in the country, even though the price is on the rise, according to the April 10 report from AAA Insurance, which tracks fuel costs as a service to consumers.

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Aaron Hirschhorn and Karine Nissim started Dog Vacay in their Culver City, California, home after they had trouble finding a place for their dogs Rocky, left, and Rambo, while they were out of town. (Katie Falkenberg/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

'Dog Vacay' gives Fido temporary digs while you are out of town

Andrea Chang Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, March 12, 2012 - 11:04am

The next time you're going out of town, you don't have to leave Fido with your slacker brother or at a kennel where the dog might be cooped up in a cage all day.

With Internet start-up Dog Vacay, you can drop off your pooch at the home of a fellow dog lover. Hosts watch your pet while you're away and set their own rates (usually $15 to $80 a day).

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CALL IT A DOOMCATION: Celebrities relate where they want to be at world's end

William Hageman Chicago Tribune

Last updated Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 8:26am

The Mayan calendar ends a 5,126-year cycle on Dec. 21, 2012. That might not mean a thing. Or it could signal the end of the world. There's a lot of leeway here.

For the sake of this story, let's assume that this is it. Those know-it-all Mayans had it figured out, and humanity will reach its expiration date this coming Dec. 21.

What is a person to do?

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