Pets get Christmas gifts amid holiday recession
Savannah antiques dealer Stephen Geevers spoils his two terriers Chase and P.J. with gourmet dog biscuits and squeaky toys. Shoppers continue to splurge on pet presents from $6 shampoo to $110 sweaters, with retailers like Harry Barker and PETsMART reporting steady sales despite economic worries.
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Savannah, Ga
Stephen Geevers
Chase
P.J
Geevers
Perkins
American Pet Association
Petsmart
Falling gas costs reach record low in nationwide slide
Gasoline prices have dropped an average 3 cents per gallon over two weeks, marking the lowest level in nearly three years at 1.12 dollars per gallon. Analysts warn the decline may end soon as crude costs rise and producers consider cuts, amid a glut and weak economy prompting price competition.
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Camarillo
Calif
Trilby Lundberg
Lundberg
Suspected North Korean Spy Vessel Sunk Off Japan
A sunken trawler near the East China Sea soned suspicions it was a North Korean spy ship after life jacket labels and a Korean language candy bag were found on two deceased crew members. Japanese autopsies planned to confirm death by own action.
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Tokyo
Coast Guard
Japan Coast Guard
Shigehiro Sakamoto
North Korea
Democratic
South Korea
China
East China Sea
Japan
Junichiro Koizumi
Koizumi
Zhang Qiyue
Foreign Ministry
Zhang
Beijing
Giuliani carries torch through New York City leg
The Olympic flame moved through Staten Island and Brooklyn as about 100 runners, including Connor Geraghty who lost his father at the World Trade Center and Lyzbeth Glick whose husband died aboard United Flight 93, carried the torch on its 2002 Salt Lake City trek. Mayor Giuliani planned to light a later candlelit ceremony at Rockefeller Center after a ferry pass by the Statue of Liberty.
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New York
New York City
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Salt Lake City
Connor Geraghty
World Trade Center
Lyzbeth Glick
Jeremy
United Flight 93
Pennsylvania
Statue of Liberty
Manhattan
Rudolph Giuliani
Rockefeller Center
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Connie Williams
Hunter
Oreo
Williams
Connie Willams
Southern Illinois
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Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Ave
Carbondale
Marion
Giuliani
Bronx
Connecticut
Jesus Christ
Streuter
Coello, Lal
Graut Rubelowsky
Prairie Heart Institute
Akhtar
Nadeem
Southern Illinois Healthcare Organization
I.C.U
O.R
Southern Illinois University Revenue
Bernardi Securities, Inc
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