Labor Day News

Greensburg - The Decatur County Visitors and Recreation Commission awarded their spring 2013 grants Thursday.

Jeans have started uncomfortably sticking to legs and day drinking has become more socially acceptable, which means it is pretty much summertime.

MADISON Pine View Campground's summer season will start Friday and run through the Labor Day Weekend, ending on September 2. Fort McCoy's campground's office will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Prices vary. For example, a round-trip ticket from Paris to Avignon, usually $484 per person, is now about $339. Book by June 10; travel within 90 days of purchase.

Promoters of the all new Grand Junction Off-Road race taking place on Labor Day Weekend, August 31-September 1 in Grand Junction, Colorado, released a course flyover video.

HSBC reported that its preliminary Purchasing Managers Index fell to a seven-month low of 49.6 in May from April's 50.4. Numbers below 50 indicate that activity is contracting.

From the Grand Canyon to the world's highest summits, and from leisurely treks to technical climbs, there are adventures galore this summer as the Estes Valley Library hosts its seventh annual armchair-travel series spotlighting extraordinary destinations.

More than 2,000 museums across the nation are offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer, beginning on Memorial Day.

According to a company executive, work to build the U-Gas convenience store and gas station along Manchester Road on the former Rothman Furniture site should begin this week.

For the first time in 15 years, there will be no Marin City Blues, Jazz and Soul Party in the Park this Labor Day weekend.

The Blue Star Museum Initiative is back for the 2013 summer season. The initiative allows active duty military and their families to visit participating museums for free between Memorial Day and Labor Day .

Outside on a warm day, something buzzes past in a blur. A large bumblebee or sphinx moth, perhaps? How about a hummingbird? With about 340 hummingbird species in the Western Hemisphere, only one - the ruby-throated hummingbird - is found in the eastern United States.

Six Illinois historic sites are operating seven days a week for the convenience of tourists traveling in the spring and summer.

Now beginning its 38th year, the Paramount Summer Film Classics series brings some much needed comfort to the long hot Austin summer.

For local blues fans, Monday's news was definitely bad. It's off. No Blues by the Bay this coming Labor Day weekend.

Evanston's outdoor watering ban starts tomorrow and lasts until September 15 during daytime weekday hours between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., with some exceptions, according to a press release.

Hit City Digital Recording Artists will tour Southwest and Northwest beginning in Texas mid-June and extending into Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington through Labor Day.

The event will again fundraise for Sonoma County non-profits over Labor Day Weekend August 30 - September 1, 2013 .

With summer just around the corner, Electric Zoo: New York 's Electronic Music Festival is excited to add more headlining artists to the three-day festival taking place over Labor Day Weekend on August 30, August 31 and September 1. Featuring two Main Stages for the first time ever, Electric Zoo's fifth anniversary offers the ultimate summer ... (more)

Video: CNBC's Steve Liesman talks with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, about arriving at a bipartisan compromise on the budget.