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• Alpha female adventures ’08
In the past six years, Patty Gabris of Chicago has taken 10 trips with women-only Adventures in Good Company, including hut-to-hut hiking in British Columbia, climbing Kilimanjaro and hiking in Bulgaria.
• Warmer weather fighting its way back
It'll feel like summer again with afternoon temperatures climbing into the 80s to low 90s this weekend. But, yet another change is on its way for the Labor Day holiday weekend.
• Doorstep astronomy: Venus shines bright
And now, during the last days of August and into early September, Venus has finally begun climbing up out of the sunset glow in earnest and is now about to reclaim its role as the brilliant "evening star," a title it has not held since the end of ...
• Surprising GDP helps stocks close sharply up
Other bond insurers also rose, with Ambac Financial Group Inc. climbing $2.18, or 42 percent, to $7.42. Government-chartered mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rose for a fourth straight session after Fannie Mae announced a management shake ...
• Oil spikes to record above $117 a barrel
British oil company BP PLC said Thursday it has resumed ... In other Nymex trading, heating oil futures rose 2 cents to settle at $3.1191 a gallon, while gasoline prices slipped 5 ...