Weekend shopping mixed as shoppers seek lowest prices
Retailers report a strong weekend but not enough to meet goals as shoppers chase lowest prices in each category. At Valley West Mall in West Des Moines Connie Ferree and mother plan many gifts yet spend less amid a weak job market, while stores hope a last minute surge before Christmas boosts sales.
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Beemer
Valley West
West Des Moines
Iowa
Connie Ferree
Ferree
Ames
Tolley
National
International Council of Shopping Centers
Association
Tom Filandro
Susquehanna Financial Group
Time selects American GIs as 2003 Person of the Year
Time magazine names an artillery survey unit from the 1st Armored Division as its 2003 Person of the Year. The cover features Sgt. Marquette Whiteside, Sgt. Ronald Buxton, and Spc. Billie Grimes from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment in Germany. Two Time journalists were injured in a grenade attack this month. The piece critiques the Bush administration’s Iraq policy and notes rising guerrilla attacks after the declared end to major combat.
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Jim Kelly
U.S
Destiny
1St Armored Division
Marquette Whiteside
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ronald Buxton
Lake Ozark
Spc
Billie Grimes
Lebanon
Ind
1St Armored
3Rd Field Artillery Regiment
Giessen
Germany
Iraq
Bush
Saddam
U S raids target ex Iraqi general amid insurgent hunt
U S troops detained ex army Gen Mumtaz al Taji in Baquba as part of a raid to curb a cell recruiting former Iraqi soldiers to attack U S forces. More than 30 soldiers seized a rifle and ammunition. Saddam’s capture aids arrests of insurgents while CIA interrogates him in Baghdad. Atika mosque searched. one assault rifle found.
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U.S
Mumtaz al-Taji
Baqouba
Baghdad
Paul Owen
588Th Engineer
Associated Press Television News
Owen
Al-Taji
Bremer
Saddam
Tikrit
CIA
Iraq
Atika
APTN
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