Like it or not, this is the holiday buying season. You may be waiting for Santa to roll down 34th Street before giving your holiday buying any serious thought, but I promise you, no one else is. It’s time to give in to the urge, polish that credit card, and …
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REDMOND, Wash. – Nintendo Co. said consumers in the Americas snapped up more than 600,000 of its Wii video game systems in eight days, totaling about $190 million in sales, as it competes with Sony Corp.’s (SNE) new PlayStation 3. Sales of both long-awaited systems are not expected to meet …
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JERUSALEM – Israel promised a punishing response to a deadly Palestinian rocket attack Wednesday near the home of the country’s defense minister. The rocket — one of at least eight that struck Israel during the day — killed a 57-year-old woman walking to the grocery store in the Israeli town …
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SARASOTA, Fla. – The touch-screen voting machines Katherine Harris championed as secretary of state in Florida after the 2000 presidential recount may have botched this year’s election to replace her in the U.S. House, and it is likely going to mean another Florida recount. More than 18,000 Sarasota County voters …
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RENO, Nev – A woman who previously served prison time for second-degree murder was arrested Wednesday and accused of setting a blaze that killed six people and gutted much of a historic brick building in Reno‘s downtown casino district. Valerie Moore, 47, a casino cook, was arrested on arson and …
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BRISBANE, Australia – A court issued warrants Wednesday for the arrest of a U.S.-based surgeon on three charges of manslaughter and five charges of causing grievous bodily harm to patients at an Australian public hospital, a senior prosecutor said. A government inquiry found that Jayant Patel, of Portland, Oregon, may …
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GLENN DALE, Md. – Saying the outcome of Tuesday’s elections could depend on voter turnout, politicians in both parties raced Sunday to urge supporters to come to the polls. Declaring his campaign has momentum, Lt. Gov. Michael Steele announced he would campaign around the clock. He went bowling in Ellicott …
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HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Brazilian woman who worked as a nanny in Pennsylvania was ordered to stand trial on a homicide charge in the death of the baby she delivered in her employer’s basement. At a hearing Thursday, Dauphin County prosecutors said Ana Amelia Santos Cuoco knew she was pregnant …
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LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles jury on Friday began deliberating a paparazzo’s claim that actor Keanu Reeves knocked him down with his Porsche and permanently injured his wrist. Attorneys for both sides issued their closing arguments before the jury deliberated about five minutes and left for the weekend. Jurors …
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Nearly half of U.S. adults plan on skipping their flu shot this year, often for dubious reasons, according to a new survey. About 48 percent of adults said they would not get vaccinated this season, citing such reasons as “I don’t get sick,” and the erroneous belief that the vaccine …
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