Ship owners float a vacation home idea
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Four years after buying the Nantucket Lightship on eBay , Bill and Kristen Golden want to sell vacationers an interest in a onetime rust bucket that has been transformed into a floating pleasure palace.
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By David Nivens, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Feb.
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Foreign cruise ships sailing from California to Hawaii would have to spend at least two days in Mexico under a proposed federal rule meant to help U.S.-flagged ships better compete with them.
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Entrepreneurs said they could gain an edge by offering generous perks to staffers ranging from pet sitting to spa visits and luxury cruises.
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The cruise-ship spa company is sailing to success.
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By Deirdre Fernandes, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 22--Is Virginia Beach hip enough for loft living?   The developers of Town Center are betting on it.
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For beach lovers, hotels.com earlier this week had rooms at the Catamaran Resort in San Diego for $149 a night over New Year&#39;s weekend.
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The vessel of choice for today's mega-earner? A mega-yacht, of course.
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By KRISTIN DAVIS  By Kristin Davis  The Virginian-Pilot  SOUTHERN SHORES  Six property owners have agreed to lease land to Southern Shores for a canal dredging project.
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A growing number of people are taking âvirtuous vacationsâ where they spend time working for nonprofit groups.
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The Coast Guard is planning its first operating base in the Arctic as a way of dealing with ships that are already beginning to ply the Arcticâs increasingly ice-free waters.
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Seaboard, a small agribusiness and transportation company, looks promising.
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By Bob Cuddy, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 18--The rolling hills that help entice tourists to the North Coast may or may not end up with "starter castles" or other structures on their ridgelines.
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Digital models of an historic ship are created as part of its restoration to test if it will survive the process.
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By Benjamin N. Gedan, The Providence Journal, R.I.  Jun. 20--A Florida developer has received preliminary approval to  construct a $150-million shipbuilding and repair yard on 43 acres at Quonset  Point.
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Robert T. Bigelow, owner of the Budget Suites hotel chain, is trying to build his very own space station -- namely, a massive bouncy castle meant to expand when it gets into orbit. It will be the first privately owned destination in space, and Bigelow proposes to rent it out as an orbital research lab.
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A cottage industry is growing in parts   of the U.S. Gulf Coast to help residents displaced by Hurricane   Katrina construct cheaper, easy-to-build homes.