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| Latest holiday News |
The big chill for holiday parties?
In the tech industry, holiday parties aren't getting canceled left and right in the face of cost-cutting, but things are certainly being done differently this year.
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NYC holiday windows: traditional to abstract
Scenes ranging from the far-out and funky to those of Christmases past are taking shape in the windows of Manhattan's department stores as the holiday shopping season gets under way.
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Holiday craft shows
Looking for a handmade holiday gift or something to spruce up your home with Christmas cheer? Try one of these holiday-themed craft fairs: Art, Book and Gift Fair: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 2. Oakland Center at Oakland University, 118 Oakland Center, Rochester. 248-370-3245. Free.
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Thanksgiving holiday travel is likely to be down
The skies and roadways will be somewhat less crowded this Thanksgiving holiday season, as a tough economy takes its toll on travelers' pocketbooks and psyches.
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AAA: Fewer holiday travelers
PORTLAND, Maine and#8212; AAA forecasts a small decline in the number of Americans traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
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Holiday shopping deals
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - It's day 17 of our series 20 days, 20 ways to survive the economy. It's just one week until the official start of the holiday shopping season, known as Black Friday.
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Bowling Green mayor declares parking meter holiday
BOWLING GREEN — Beginning tomorrow, shoppers may park free in downtown Bowling Green. Mayor John Quinn declared the parking meter holiday, which runs through Dec. 31, for most city parking meters and encouraged business owners and downtown workers to share rides and park in long-term meter spaces to allow for turnover of the short-term parking spaces for shoppers. The parking meter holiday does ...
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PRESTON TOWN HALL CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY
Preston - The Town Hall will be closed next Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Offices will reopen on Dec. 2 at 9 a.m.
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| World News In Brief |
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Were the World Mine (2008)
Tanner Cohen, left, and Nathaniel David Becker in “Were the World Mine,” inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Model Karolina Kurkova world's sexiest woman: report
Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has been voted the world's sexiest woman by E! entertainment television, beating sultry actresses Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson for the honor.
NATO ready to help Africa, but is not world's policeman: chief
NATO is ready to strengthen its ties with Africa, but Africa should come up with solutions to its problems and not expect NATO to police the world, its secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.
World stocks down amid fears of deep recession
World stocks fell sharply Thursday as fears of a deep global recession gripped markets and sent oil prices below $50 a barrel to levels not seen in more than three years.
World Bank Arm Backs Small Palm Growers on Climate (Update1)
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The International Finance Corp. , the World Bank's investment arm, said it will help lenders in Indonesia to finance small-scale palm oil growers to encourage so-called sustainable practices and forestall climate change.
Google to shut down virtual world Lively at year-end
The Internet giant, which launched the site less than five months ago, says it wants to focus on its core search business. Not all Google Inc. endeavors turn into gold. Lively, a virtual world the Internet giant launched less than five months ago, will be shut down at the end of the year so Google can focus on its bread-and-butter search business.
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