Bed-and-breakfasts can be cozy and inviting, from the antique furnishings to the homemade muffins to the porch swing overlooking a lovely garden.
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There it was in plain view. A montage of skull-and-crossbones pictures and plaques covered much the living room's walls. It kept me from focusing on the super-sized deck with the sweeping water views.
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Jaret Ames, acting chief of the vessel sanitation program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sheds light on norovirus facts -- and fictions -- and ways that cruise passengers can avoid getting sick.
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Since March 2003, the collection of duties -- the taxes or "customs" levied against imported goods -- has fallen to the newly minted Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a Department of Homeland Security agency that encompasses four previously independent offices and enforces the border-sensitive laws and regulations of more than 40 other government divisions, from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to the Department of Agriculture.
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