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An App that will show you hotel names of Priceline’s express deals is free today in the App Store

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Priceline Express Deals are a way to save up to 60% but it’s often difficult to make the decision because you don’t know which hotel it is that you’re booking. From Priceline.com website: What are Express Deals? Choose from a huge collection of top hotels at incredible prices with no bidding required. See the neighborhood,…

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Iceland rocked the soccer world with their victory and the announcer went wild

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Iceland is a small island with 350,000 inhabitants living there. It’s also a fantastically cool place that cranks out some great musical artists but also has some amazing geography like the Blue Lagoon, Geysers, and waterfalls. They’ve never been known as a powerhouse in soccer and, in fact, the Euro 2016 tournament is the first…

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Rhode Island tries to overcome obscurity by using Iceland pictures to make it cooler

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Iceland has many things going for it – beautiful landscape, amazing culture, and many famous musical artists – Björk, Sigur Rós, and Of Monsters and Men to name a few. I visited Iceland more than 15 years ago for a weekend getaway. I went on Icelandic horseback riding excursion, went to the stunning Blue Lagoon,…

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Vice President Joe Biden stays at better hotels than President Obama while visiting Salt Lake City

President Obama visited Salt Lake City last April and decided to stay at the Sheraton in downtown Salt Lake City. 16 UTA buses form a barricade outside the Sheraton along 500 South. Possible security for Pres. Obama. @abc4utah pic.twitter.com/1rfWL4yUtU — RickAaron (@G4URickAaron) April 2, 2015 It was an interesting choice especially considering the 5 star…

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Forget Viking Cruises – how about cruising like a Viking?

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Having Swedish ancestors has always made me interested in the history of the Vikings. Sigurd Aase, who is the owner of Viking Kings A/S is behind the project of the largest Viking Ship in modern times, the Draken Harald HÃ¥rfagre. The plan is to sail the ship from Haugesund, Norway to Newfoundland going to Iceland…

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Tom’s of Maine accused of False Advertising

Tom’s of Maine has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit accusing them of false advertising. The accusations are that Tom’s of Maine marketed their products as being all natural when they in fact (allegedly) contained chemical products. Tom’s of Maine hasn’t admitted wrongdoing, but agreed to settle. If you’ve purchased a Tom’s of Maine…

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