Early rush pushes holiday sales up
Nation’s retailers take in $18.1 billion for 3-day weekend U.S. holiday retail sales rose 2.8 percent in the three days following Thanksgiving, ShopperTrak RCT Corp. said Wednesday, as stores lured shoppers with discounts on flat-panel televisions and toys.
Source: feeds.orlandosentinel.com
Chimur bypoll: A prestige issue for Rane
Chimur (Maha), Nov 29: The firebrand former Shiv Sena leader Narayan Rane, who quit the party alongwith his supporter-legislators and joined Congress, has made the December 4 Chimur bypoll a prestige issue and is camping in the historically important town, where the party has an edge over BJP.
Source: www.newkerala.com
Peace activists say they’re charged under wrong ordinance
WACO, Texas Two war protesters on trial in Waco testified they attended a demonstration last spring in a ditch near President Bush’s Central Texas ranch…
Source: www.kvia.com
Oregon recreation report
The statewide recreation report (for fishing, hunting and viewing), released Wednesday, Nov.29, by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. ATTENTION ANGLERS: Extreme flooding moved large amounts of debris downstream in many areas.
Source: www.lebanon-express.com
When Jude Law ate raw goat kidney to please his African hosts
Washington, Nov 30(ANI): It seems Jude Law can genuinely play a perfect guest, for he once ate a raw goat kidney while on safari in Africa because he was afraid to offend his hosts. The Closer star and his family were staying with African tribesmen in Tanzania just before Christmas last year (05) when the locals sacrificed a goat to celebrate the actor’s visit. “We spent two nights with the Masai
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