1.   Back from a weeklong vacation in Europe, Riordan immediately jumped into the controversy involving racist comments by retired Detective Mark Fuhrman in the Simpson trial.

2.   - Two California families kicked off their weeklong vacation at Lake Powell with a trip to the hospital after they awoke with carbon monoxide poisoning.

3.   After the interview, Okarma left for a weeklong vacation at his summer home near Lake Tahoe.

4.   But last month Joan Christensen, an employee of Winter Park, headed for the Florida Keys with her husband, Dan, for a weeklong vacation.

5.   Despite his conviction on federal fraud charges last summer, former Gov. Fife Symington wants to spend a weeklong Christmas vacation with his family in Honduras this year.

6.   Delawari plans to be in Washington, D.C., this week for a symposium on Afghanistan reconstruction, then will take a weeklong vacation before heading to Kabul.

7.   Executives close to Letterman said Monday that he returned from a weeklong vacation eager to resolve the issue without any further delay.

8.   Gore ended his weeklong vacation Friday and returned to the presidential campaign trail in Chicago.

9.   He was headed for Marco Island, Fla., to begin a weeklong vacation.

10.   It was Wednesday, the middle day of a weeklong August vacation in the Black Hills.