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If you've waited until now to plan an escape for the last weekend of summer, there are still bargains out there, whether you're looking to stay close to home, or to jet to a faraway land. There are condominiums awaiting Labor Day revelers in Palm Springs for $43 a night. Rental cars parked on...

BP can compensate the family of a rig worker killed in the Deepwater Horizon explosion a mere $1,000, thanks to the outdated Death on the High Seas Act. Congress has vowed to change the law, but the cruise line industry won't make it easy.

Ask any of the T-shirt or restaurant vendors on Santa Catalina Island what they think of Mexico's swine flu scare. You might just get the high-five sign. Five of the world's largest cruise lines suspended all stops in Mexico last week due to fears of swine flu, according to various media reports....