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Just before 1 this afternoon President Barack Obama returned to the Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown for his third round of golf at the posh private club during his vacation, which concludes Sunday.Golf partners are New City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Vernon Jordan, a Washington power broker and close adviser to former President Bill Clinton, and White House trip director Marvin Nicholson, according to White House press pool reports.The president and his wife plan to travel Sunday to New Orleans, where the president will deliver a speech at Xavier University on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the White House said.

BANGOR, Maine — The first family will spend next weekend vacationing on Mount Desert Island, according to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree. President Barack Obama and his family are scheduled to arrive Friday, July 16, and stay through Sunday, July 18. Information about where the family would stay and the sights they might take in while visiting Maine was not available Friday night. The visit is a personal family vacation and no public appearances are scheduled, Pingree said. “What an honor that the Obama family has chosen Maine for vacation when they could have gone anywhere in the country,” she said....