Outdoor Furniture

Priceless Hawaiian vacation at home (Contra Costa Times)For many Americans, vacationing on a budget is a necessary reality. And there's something to be said for stretching the recreational dollar as far as possible.

Local retailers ignore groundhog, stock stores with warm-weather goodies (Belleville News-Democrat)Do you smell spring in the air? Well, retailers do. They've chosen to ignore the groundhog's prediction of about five more weeks of winter and started stocking shelves in earnest with warm-weather goods.

Tails of Marin: Cats find luck and luxury at Hemingway House (Marin Independent Journal)WHILE VACATIONING recently in Key West, I decided to visit the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, a colonial style mansion with lush grounds that's home to dozens of

City makes last call on Brazos Belle before removing it (Waco Tribune-Herald)The saga of the sinking Brazos Belle riverboat continues.

Winds batter Basin (Hi-Desert Star)JOSHUA TREE ? High winds caused property damage and knocked out power to thousands of homes here Super Bowl Sunday. Hundreds of homes received varying amounts of damage to roofs, fences, storage sheds and other structures.

Kristin Hannah (Book Reporter)Kristin Hannah is the bestselling author of ON MYSTIC LAKE, ANGEL FALLS, SUMMER ISLAND, DISTANT SHORES, AND BETWEEN SISTERS. She lives with her husband and son in the Pacific Northwest.

Friend says Cutts told him he was going to kill Davis (Times-Reporter)CANTON ? Richard Mitchell sighed, then apologized to the jury for what he was about to say. The words Bobby L. Cutts Jr. told him a month before Jessie M. Davis disappeared.

News of record (Chillicothe Gazette)Arrest - Amber Earles, 27, of 2213 Harris Station Rd., was arrested for probation violation; 2:43 a.m. Friday

Volunteer focus (Northwest Indiana Times)An appreciation awards dinner is from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Harvey Community Center, 15320 Center Ave. Unsung heroes will be honored. The First Class Band will perform. Tickets cost $15.

On Dolphins, Cubs, perfection (Chicago Tribune)That noise you heard was the 1972 Miami Dolphins falling over patio furniture as they literally break up their weeklong party celebrating Super Bowl XLII, in which the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots .