You know it's August when columnists return from vacation with views about the heartland.

Everything you need to know about today's financial news.

From USA Today: "The Westin Resort on Aruba is offering twosomes a $300 "conception credit" toward their next stay if they conceive a child while staying Sept.1-Dec. 19."

Don’t be too squeamish about strangers sleeping in your bed.

How Minnesotans Kirk and Kyia Horsted headed south for the winter with their two school-age children.

Living vicariously through a friend whose daughter goes away for seven weeks every summer.