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More vacation-from-hell stories from readers

A sick world after all Judy Ostrom, Overland Park: Our bad vacation was last summer. We planned a week at Universal Studios with a side trip to Disney’s Magic Kingdom. We arrived on Sunday, and things were great. Then on Monday our 14-year-old daughter started feeling bad, with chills, cough and fever, and we figured we’d tag team our two kids. I’d stay with our daughter at the hotel; my husband ...

3-D surcharges heat up Hollywood's summer numbers

The movie industry had a record-setting season despite fewer actual paid admissions, thanks largely to extra costs for 3-D screenings. But it could be a one-time-only bump. Fewer paying customers showed up for this summer's movies than in any summer since 1997, but Hollywood still raked in record receipts of $4.35 billion. The answer to this seeming contradiction: 3-D.

U.S. Navy shipmates reunite after 54 years

Even though it had been 54 years since he'd last seen him, it didn't take Gus Gutman but a minute after he walked off a plane at Glacier Park International Airport a few weeks ago to recognize Ferndale's Phil Reed.

Attractions: Week of Sept. 2

Area attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows.

Juneau and Southeast Alaska Economic Indicators 2010

Editor's note: Every year, the Juneau Economic Development Council (JEDC) prepares an economic indicators report for Juneau and the entire Southeast Alaskan region. What follows is the executive summary of the report.