Low budget all the way (Business Standard India)

Some sobering Seacoast housing facts: The median house costs $300,000, requiring a yearly household income of $90,000. However, the Seacoast's median income is $70,000, making home ownership just a dream for many.

Up from the rubble (Boston Globe)

DANVERS -- Six months after a fiery explosion ripped apart Danversport, a new neighborhood is rising. Homes have been knocked flat. Modular houses have been dropped into place from cranes. Buzzing saws and banging hammers echo across two narrow side streets, joined like a horseshoe.

Auto insurer's repair program crashes straight into criticism (San Diego Union-Tribune)

May 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE): The advertising for Progressive Insurance Co.'s Concierge program makes the prospect of a fender bender seem almost like a vacation.
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Average prom costs (Berkshire Eagle)

"There's not a huge change between now and 15 years ago," said Deidre Torr, owner of Deidre's Great Clothes, Etc. on North Street in Pittsfield. "There will always be those people who don't want to spend a lot and those people who do want to. But there's a range and options for everyone," she said.

Low budget all the way (Business Standard India)

Air Deccan can help book low frills hotels to maximise your savings. What is it? Looking for budget hotels? You can book them along with your low fare tickets. How? Well, log on to Air Deccan’s website or dial up their call centres, select your destination city and make your hotel bookings.

High prices impact travel (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

A new crop of low-cost airlines is taking "no-frills" to new heights by charging for everything from snacks and drinks to checked bags
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Making a trip? Low budget airline be the guide (rediff.com)

Low fare air tickets and Air Deccan were synonymous for a while before the low cost bug bit the other airlines in India. Then the low cost carrier decided to not just offer low fares, but also went on to add destinations to the aviation map.

Get Ready to Pay for Peanuts (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)

For years, airlines have sought to emulate the low-fare, low-cost business model of Southwest Airlines, the much-studied pioneer in the cutthroat aviation game. Terror attacks? Exorbitant jet fuel costs? Little matter, the profits still flowed at Southwest , as its ultrafrugal ways kept pace with expenses.

Paul Forrester: Offseason overview for second-round losers (Sports Illustrated)

So close and yet maybe not so far. Such is the lot in life of the NBA's second-round losers. But the task facing the Nets, Warriors, Bulls and Suns is a delicate one. On one hand, you need to keep the general structure of a club that reached the second round; on the other, you need to tweak -- perhaps in a significant way -- the roster enough to win an extra two or three games.

High prices impact travel (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

The cost of traveling - for hotels, rental cars, airline tickets, gasoline - is up. So how crowded will the roads and skies be this summer?
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