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'); document.write(''); document.write('Retail gasoline prices headed downward in most places to begin one of the country\'s busiest travel weeks, with more than 33 million people expected to hit the road for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — First-time buyers taking advantage of a special tax credit gave sales of existing homes their biggest surge in a decade, raising hopes for a turnaround in the housing market and pleasing Wall Street.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers are thinking beyond Cyber Monday — a holiday marketing promotion many push for the Monday after Thanksgiving — and trying to spin their discounts into into Cyber Weekends or even Cyber Weeks.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — A lot more Americans are feeling stressed out by debt this holiday season, raising the glum likelihood they\'ll behave like Scrooge rather than Santa.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Home sales surged for the second month in a row in October, climbing to the highest level in 2½ years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MIAMI (AP) — Art Basel in Miami Beach, the international art show and sister event to Art Basel in Switzerland, will take place Dec. 3-6.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('CODY, Wyo. (AP) — A lack of snow and delays in construction of a new chair lift has pushed back the opening of the Sleeping Giant Ski Area one week to Dec. 4.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Grand Canyon National Park is changing the system for getting backcountry permits.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BRIGHTON, England (AP) — ResponsibleTravel.com has stopped offering a carbon offset program for travelers.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — It won\'t be just the balloons, marching bands and floats on display in the annual Macy\'s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The laws of physics will also be on parade.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for a federal review of complaints by consumers that they are losing millions of frequent flier miles without notice in confusing agreements.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Relais & Chateaux, an association of unique luxury hotels and gourmet restaurants, is planning to include more urban hotels.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('PEAPACK-GLADSTONE, N.J. (AP) — A new luxury resort is opening on an estate in New Jersey with Sir Richard Branson as a partner.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Richard Branson partner in resort, cooking school opening on NJ estate
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