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4 min ago | The Tennessean

Proposed nativity scene draws objection

CLARKSVILLE -- A Tennessee pastor says his congregation will present its nativity scene in Clarksville despite objections from the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Related Topix: Activism, ACLU, Life, Christmas

4 hrs ago | MyFoxPhilly

Bar: ID for 100-Proof Thanksgiving Bird

The Chinese dish known as Drunken Chicken has nothing on a bird that'll be dressing up a New York City tavern's Thanksgiving fare -- it may require legal ID to eat.

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Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life, Fruits, Food

8 hrs ago | ClipSyndicate

Spy Who Came For Christmas by David Morrell

From the creator of Rambo and New York Times bestselling author David Morrell, comes The Spy Who Came for Christmas.

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Related Topix: Life, Christmas, Video, Movies, Entertainment

Sun Nov 22, 2009

WTOP

Hero pilot jokes about marital boost in NBC show

Pilot Chesley Sullenberger jokes that his heroic handling of a disabled jetliner brought him "rock star sex" in an interview for "NBC's People of the Year" TV special.

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Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life

The Huffington Post

QVC Black Friday DEALS: Full Details

Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching instead of mall-hopping on Black Friday, an event it has traditionally ignored.

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Related Topix: Life, Day after Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving

Village Soup

A day of thanks for good fortune

Thanksgiving Day traditions today bear only a passing resemblance to that original three-day harvest celebration at Plymouth Plantation in 1621.

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Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life

The Clarion-Ledger

For Macy's parade guru, Thanksgiving lasts all year

The scene around him in a vast industrial space looks like Santa's Workshop, but John Piper, the man behind Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, compares organizing the annual extravaganza to planning a huge holiday meal - with a lot of trimmings.

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Related Topix: Life, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Flying, Hobbies

WTRF-TV Wheeling

More Families Need Help With Thanksgiving Dinner

Salvation Army officials are expecting a record turnout when they distribute Thanksgiving dinner in Wheeling Sunday.

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Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life, Wheeling, WV

Sat Nov 21, 2009

WITN

Santa's Fine, But Mrs. Claus Can't Go To NC Parade

Santa Claus is fine at a North Carolina Christmas parade. But Mrs. Claus has to stay away.

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Related Topix: Life, Christmas, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro

News9 Oklahoma City

Historic Health Care Bill Nears Key Senate Vote

In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Healthcare Law, Law, Barack Obama, Life, Thanksgiving, Bernie Madoff

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Hawaii anxiously watching year-end tuna supply

On New Year's Eve each year, thousands line up at fish counters across Hawaii to buy blocks of raw tuna, hoping that eating it will bring good luck and prosperity in the new year.

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Related Topix: Life, New Year's Day/Eve, Honolulu, HI

WisInfo

Athens teen back at home after liver transplant surgery

ATHENS -- It's five days until Thanksgiving, and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone more grateful than the Weiks family.

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Related Topix: Athens, WI, Thanksgiving, Life

Burlington Free Press

Trains in garden are a holiday hit

At holiday time, trains whiz through Richard Kloewer's yard, past the lighted evergreen trees, dolls, teddy bears, even a miniature Harley Davidson display.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Life, Thanksgiving, Model Railroading, Models, Hobbies, Waukesha, WI, Milwaukee Metro

Reuters RSS Reuters.com

Black Friday deals may not signal retail comeback

When the U.S. holiday shopping season kicks off on the day after Thanksgiving, retailers can expect to see millions of less frightened but even more bargain hungry customers cross their thresholds.

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Related Topix: Life, Day after Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Mobile Register

Gov. Bob Riley pardons Clyde the Turkey

Gov. Bob Riley has pardoned a Thanksgiving turkey as part of an annual Alabama tradition that dates back to 1949.

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Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life, Greenville, AL, Montgomery, AL

WLS

Who entered home and decorated for Christmas?

Police in the Kankakee County town of Herscher say they are looking for someone who might be described as a home-invading Christmas elf.

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Related Topix: Life, Christmas, Kankakee County, IL, Herscher, IL

Winston-Salem Journal

S.C. legislators to consider Sanford impeachment

South Carolina legislators plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.

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Related Topix: South Carolina, South Carolina Government, Mark Sanford, US Governors, US News, Life, Christmas

Conservative News Service

Obama, Home From Asia, Faces Showdowns on Health Care, Afghanistan, Jobs

President Barack Obama won't have much time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Life, Thanksgiving

ClipSyndicate

Mariah loves Xmas

Singer Mariah Carey turns on the Christmas lights at Westfield shopping centre in London

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Mariah Carey, Life, Christmas, Video, Celebrity, Entertainment

Thu Nov 19, 2009

ABC News

US Panel Sets Fees for Big Firms, Aims to Slow Fed

Taking aim at Wall Street and the U.S. central bank, an important House committee voted Thursday to assess fees on large financial firms to pay for the failure of their peers and to require a sweeping congressional audit of the secretive Federal Reserve.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Life, Thanksgiving, Maxine Waters, Christopher Dodd

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