washingtonpost.com - OregonOregonSwap Homes for Vacation- May 7, 2005 You can go to the far reaches of the world -- or just the other coast -- without delving too far into your wallet by trying home swapping. The practice, also known as vacation home exchange, lets two virtual strangers trade spaces for a week or two, or even longer. Popular in Europe since the 1950s, the custom has crossed to this side of the pond, with Intervac, one of the largest home exchange networks, reporting a 40-percent increase in U.S.-based members in the past year. So if you want.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24426-2005Apr29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Blockbuster Settles 'No Late Fees' Case- May 7, 2005 Blockbuster Inc. said yesterday that it would change how it promotes its "No Late Fees" policy to make sure customers know they may incur some charges if they keep videotapes, DVDs or games seven days beyond their due dates.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11433-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Bill Would Require 'Kid-Friendly' Cable- May 7, 2005 Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden plans to introduce legislation today that would require cable television companies to create a "kid-friendly" tier of channels that parents could buy to protect children from offensive programming.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21729-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Relatives of U.S. Judge Slain in Chicago Home- May 7, 2005 On Monday night, Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow -- who had received a death threat from a white supremicist last year -- returned from work to discover the bodies of her husband and her elderly mother in the basement of her home on Chicago's North Side. Both had been shot.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61850-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/o... Panel Questions Patriot Act Uses- May 7, 2005 Members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence pushed the nation's top law enforcement and intelligence officials yesterday to share more information on the use and effectiveness of the most controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21669-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... First and Mayne- May 7, 2005 Thom Mayne, whose architectural firm's work celebrates modernity and complexity in about equal measure, is the winner of the 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize, often thought of as the profession's highest honor.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52620-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Casting Off Cookies- May 7, 2005 There is a panic in the land, and it started on "Sesame Street." The rumors, they are rampant. Taken together, in dark tones, and one could fear that the beloved boulevard is rapidly transforming into the Avenue of the Politically Correct Puppetariat.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10762-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... As Stewart Leaves Town, So Does All the Attention- May 7, 2005 Annette Kellison already had given 10 radio interviews by noon Friday, squeezing them in between the breakfast and early lunch trade at the Dinner Bell restaurant.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8576-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or Obituaries- May 7, 2005 John Francis Lally House Subcommittee Counsel John Francis Lally, 80, who served as counsel to the U.S. House Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on investigations from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, died April 5 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He had congestive heart failure.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35786-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_nation/states/o... Anti-Sprawl Laws, Property Rights Collide- May 7, 2005 In a nationwide paradox in public opinion, voters who favor protection of farmland and open space are defeating these protections if they perceive them as restrictions on personal rights.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58185-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |