Christmas season shifts as politics and commerce dominate
The piece compares evolving Christmas traditions with rising retail sales and a heated 2024-25 Republican presidential race. It notes Black Friday expansion to Cyber Monday and Green Monday, while pondering how political ads, caucuses, and primary timing pressure Christmas plans in Phoenix. It reflects on Berlin inspired songs and the mixed US history of Christmas observance.
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Phoenix
Mayo Hospital
Jeanette
Irving Berlin
Arizona Biltmore
Ecole Alley
Berlin
America
United States
East Coast
Republicans Push Oil Jobs Plan Amid Medicare Reimbursements Debate
Editorial argues Republicans should frame the Keystone XL pipeline and payroll tax cuts as a job-creating move while highlighting Democrats opposition to saving Medicare and Tricare reimbursements. It asserts the GOP proposal would boost private-sector employment and oil independence, while Democrats block the bill to appease environmentalists.
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Barack Obama
Obama
Senate
Harry Reid
Reid
Canada
Texas
Democrats
Congress
Super Committee
Tax argument urges Roswell voters on municipal gross receipts plan
A Roswell citizen argues taxes can grow aviation and local industry but must be used to benefit the community. He contends residents should decide the Municipal Infrastructure Gross Receipts Tax and directs that revenues be channeled to manufacturing and industrial sectors to raise prosperity.
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Washington
Roswell
Santa Fe
HPV vaccine now recommended for boys too
The CDC ACIP now recommends HPV vaccination for boys at ages 11 or 12. HPV can cause cancers in both sexes, including anal and oral cancers in men, and vaccinating boys helps prevent transmission to women and builds herd immunity. Only about one third of girls have completed the vaccine series, so broader vaccination aims to reduce overall HPV circulation.
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CDC
U.S
ACIP
25 Years Ace Monterrey Elementary Names November Citizens of the Month
Ace Monterrey Elementary announces November 1986 Citizens of the Month list. Winners include Danny Jennings and Joe Mendoza in sixth grade, Brian Roark and Jennifer Urban in fifth, Dennis Garcia and Efrain Grijalva in fourth, Candice Lansford Rebekah Plummer and Steffanie Wolfe in third, Donnie Buechner Nyesha Ervin and Lenny Lees in second, Priscilla Gomez Gilbert Muniz and Brad Wolfe in first, plus kindergarten Kelly OMal ley Brian Rakowski Sabrina Sanders and special education Becky Bartlett Billy Shipman.
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Danny Jennings
Joe Mendoza
Brian Roark
Jennifer Urban
Dennis Garcia
Efrain Grijalva
Stephen Mendoza
Candice Lansford
Rebekah Plummer
Steffanie Wolfe
Donnie Buechner
Nyesha Ervin
Lenny Lees
Priscilla Gomez
Gilbert Muniz
Brad Wolfe
Kelly O’malley
Brian Rakowski
Sabrina Sanders
Becky Bartlett
Billy Shipman
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