BLOOMINGTON -- Memo to Easter Bunny: You'd be smarter than the average hare if you hopped on over to the Bloomington Sale Barn Saturday for some last-minute additions to your basket inventory.

The last of Norway's many "extra" spring holidays (The Norway Post)

However, May 17th this year falls on a Saturday, and will therefore not mean an extra day off!! It all started early this year, in March, with Easter Week, when Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday was a public holiday, as well as Good Friday, or Long Friday as it is named in Norway.

News: Holiday World’s 16th Annual “Play Day” (Thrill Network.com)

May. 9th, 2008 -- SANTA CLAUS, IN - More than $20,000 will be donated to the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center of Evansville this morning, during Holiday World’s 16th Annual “Play Day” for the Tri-State’s children with mental and physical disabilities.

Word from the Weiss: Great decisions and high drama (Lake County Journals)

Easter 2008 is one holiday Debbi Maximoff won’t soon forget. As the story goes, Deb started the day surrounded by family and friends and ended it surrounded by doctors and nurses.

Douglas Second-Quarter Loss Narrows on Earlier Easter (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Douglas Holding AG , Europe's largest cosmetics retailer, said its second-quarter loss narrowed after an earlier Easter holiday increased sales growth at perfume outlets and Hussel confectionery stores.