Deval Patrick. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick is taking some time off.
A spokesman for the governor says he plans to leave Saturday for a week of vacation in the Virgin Islands with his wife Diane and other family and friends.
Patrick is expected to return to the Bay State next Sunday.
By law, Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray is acting governor.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.


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