Merchants enjoy solid start to holiday shopping season
The Thanksgiving weekend boosted retailers with strong discounter sales led by Wal-Mart and others on TVs, DVDs, and toys. Online sales rose 38 percent, Visa reported a 12 percent jump in Friday and Saturday spending, while shoppers sought bargains though economy signs improve and job security influenced spending.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Walter Loeb
Best Buy
Dunwoody
Atlanta
Charles
Susan Lynch
Charles Lynch
Vanessa Gonzalez
Wal-Mart
Miami
ShopperTrak
comScore Networks Inc
Visa USA
U.S
Visa
Karen MacDonald
Bloomfield Hills
Taubman Centers
Retired driver helps seniors as Holcomb transport aide
Rojas, a 72 year old former sailor now working as a part time crossing guard and mini bus driver, learns new skills in a dispatch room union with Bonnie Burgardt. He ferries elderly and disabled riders, from Dollar General to Dillons, meeting diverse riders including 81 year old Eva Krug and her son Bob a Holcomb High School teacher, while reflecting on hardship and simple living.
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Rebecca
Holcomb
Rojas
Jennie Wilson
Bonnie
Bonnie Burgardt
Navy
Dollar General
Main Street
Eva Krug
Dillons
Buffalo Jones Ave
Bob
Holcomb High School
United Methodist
Sniper mastermind refuses to testify at Malvo trial
In Chesapeake Virginia on Monday John Allen Muhammad refused to testify at Lee Boyd Malvo capital murder trial and the judge denied a silent appearance. Malvo’s attorney Craig Cooley said Muhammad’s lawyers would oppose a subpoena and would keep him from testifying. The judge declined to compel a silent appearance.
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Chesapeake
John Allen Muhammad
Lee Boyd Malvo
Malvo
Muhammad
Craig Cooley
Cooley
Jane Marum Roush
Bell ringing drive begins as Salvation Army workers ring on
Ramirez notes this is his third year of bell ringing and praises wrist technique while Ivy Romo 16 says the effort draws generous shoppers. At Dillons Dominic Quinonez 13 learns the art, meeting many people and waving the bell. This year no huts are used, yet ringers stay cheerful as coins flow into the red kettle.
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Ramirez
Romo
Dillons
Kansas Ave
Dominic Quinonez
Quinonez
Civilians Killed as Samarra Battle Unfolds Amid Claims of Random Fire
Civilians say Saddam loyalists attacked Ameri cans and U S forces fired at random, drawing civilians into the clash. Residents report destroyed vehicles near a hospital and a damaged kindergarten as US tanks shelled targets. Official Iraqi casualty tallies differ, with 54 dead cited by a Pentagon update but locals contesting the figure.
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U.S
Athir Abdul Salam
Ali Hassan
Baghdad
Bush
Samarra
Iraq
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Michael P. Niemira
Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi Ltd
Ellen Tolley
National Retail Federation
Niemira
Department
Snow Village
Dickens
North Pole
the City
Campbell’s
Salvation Army
Ivy Romo
Ibrahim Jassim
Department of Defense
Western Statute E Bank
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