Holiday shoppers snap up half price items across stores
Edwards notes five hour sale with 50 percent off specific items and 50 percent off clearance for the first time as part of a company restructuring to boost profit and clear next year’s stock. Sears decorations sold fast at half price while Franklin Square Wal Mart opened at 7 am with lines and steady returns. Target in Akers Center reports a constant flow with 50 or more shoppers waiting at opening.
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Akers Center
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Mark Burud
Al leged bus hijacker pleads innocent in fatal city crash
Los Angeles a alleged bus hijacker pleaded innocent to murder carjacking and kidnapping after a city bus crashed into a minivan killing driver Carlos Ray Garcia 40 Arraigned in Superior Court charges include possible death penalty motive alleged hatred against black men tied to shooting of Anthony Lewis in May Seattle the mother of Opal Charmaine Mills sues Gary Ridgway for wrongful death seeking funeral expenses and pain and suffering Detroit fire scene blamed on overloaded wires and space heater near a Christmas tree killed three children and injured three others including their mother
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Anthony Lewis
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Dorothy K. Mills
Opal Charmaine Mills
Ridgway
Auburn
Mills
Detroit
Tips for Returns from the National Retail Federation
The NRF offers guidance on hassle free holiday returns including knowing store policies, keeping receipts, and bringing original packaging. Some exchanges without a receipt use the lowest markdown price from the past 30 days. Internet returns may incur shipping duties by the customer or retailer.
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National Retail Federation
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Internet Returns
Post-Christmas Bargains Drive Longer Retail Returns
Buruch notes returns grow after Christmas with crowds at 7 o'clock and extra cashiers needed. Returns spread from pre Christmas to mid January as shoppers seek bargains. Contact Thomas J. Monigan at (704) 869-1836.
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Buruch
Thomas J. Monigan
Denied visa underscores ordinary reason for 20th hijacker label
Ramzi Binalshibh, linked to the 9 11 plot and the USS Cole bombing, was refused U S entry not for terrorist ties but for what sources call the most ordinary of reasons. Four visa applications were rejected by U S embassies in Berlin and Yemen, while three other cell members obtained visas and studied in Florida.
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Ramzi Binalshibh
United States
U.S
Binalshibh
Yemen
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Germany
Mohamed Atta
USS Cole
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
Atta
Marwan Al-Shehhi
Ziad Samir Jarrah
Al-Shehhi
Jarrah
Florida
Nuclear threats escalate as UN freezes assets and borders tense
Alert notes mandatory UN asset freezes for all 189 members and three individuals. Bush targets Umma Tameer-e- Nau for suspected aiding bin Laden. India and Pakistan deploy troops to frontier as jets fly over Jaisalmer and Fernandes confirms missiles in position. Both sides report mobile Prithvi I and other missiles on alert capable of nuclear warheads.
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Ibrahim Hilal
Associated Press
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bin Laden
Pentagon
Afghanistan
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Al-Jazeera
Khost
U.S. Central Command
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U.N
Bush
Umma Tameer-e- Nau
India
Rajasthan
Indian Air
Jaisalmer
George Fernandes
Press Trust of India
Abuse reports shape Gaston County child investigations
In 2000 2001 Gaston County logged 2728 child abuse investigations with tips from unrelated neighbors yielding fewer substantiated cases. Law enforcement and court officers provided the most accurate reports, social workers found abuse in half of group tips, medical workers were 43 percent correct. 21 children called last year, but only one case substantiated. 250 callers stayed anonymous.
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DSS
Chaffin
Laura Fiorilli
Diplomatic Efforts Continue as War Threat Looms
The article notes ambiguity over steps taken while both sides explore diplomatic options amid international pressure to avert what would be a fourth war between the two nations.
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