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...bonus: breakfast for two, a room upgrade or a second room at half-price for children under 18. There is also a Cherry Blossom tea served each afternoon, with cherry pastries, for $39. Room rates start at $349. The package is available March 13 to April 12 - note that peak blooms are predicted April 3 to 9. 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue...
...realizing these potential savings is easier said than done. New York State is thought to have the fastest-shrinking prison population in the country - from a peak in 1999 of 71,600 to fewer than 60,000 this year - but so far only some prison wards have been closed, not entire facilities, which would net larger savings. That's at least partially because upstate Republicans regard prisons as economic engines. For that reason, closures have to be linked with upstate development plans for the same communities, insists Glenn Martin, the aforementioned former Attica inmate, who is now a Fortune Society...
...closest she comes to acknowledging a mistake. Orman owns five homes, although she's not sure she'll make a profit on the last one she bought--a luxury apartment in New York City's Plaza Hotel, which she purchased for $3.6 million in December 2007, at the peak of the market. (At least she paid for it in cash.) (See pictures of modernist houses...
...Total revenues at the resorts will decline more steeply than lift-ticket sales, as skiers are spending less on private lessons and at retail shops. Aspen is offering free nights and restaurant discounts during traditional peak periods like spring break. "That's something we haven't done in the past," says Aspen Skiing Company spokesman Jeff Hanle...
...selecting a house t-shirt...few activities can so effectively divide a House while trying to bring it together. It's nearly the peak of shirt season, so we would like to share our picks of the winners and losers...