In addition, the PowerShot A1400 digital camera is powered by two AA batteries, allowing for easy replacement whether you are away on an overseas vacation or spending the weekend camping.

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The summer vacation season draws to a close this weekend.

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Forget about that summer vacation or even consider cancelling that Easter trip next weekend.

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This means that something else has to go: you might use vacation days, you might reserve specific evenings and weekend hours, and you might have to inform family and friends that you will not be around as much.

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The holiday weekend also marked the traditional start of the U.S. vacation season.

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Last weekend at a wedding in Baltimore I got into a conversation about vacation-reading, and the young woman I was chatting with said that she always brings Dickens when she takes a trip.

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She's already hit a bachelorette weekend in Nashville and plans on a beach getaway for another bride in Florida, but she ran out of vacation days and can't go on a cruise with another close friend and bride-to-be.

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