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Rush starts as holiday shopping season revs up
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The nation's retailers are ushering in the traditional start of the holiday shopping season with expanded hours and deep discounts on everything from toys to TVs to lure crowds of shoppers.
Cable company filmed uninvited White House couple
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The couple who crashed a White House state dinner were being filmed that day by a camera crew connected with a reality television program, although none of the filming took place on White House grounds, a spokeswoman for the program's network said Thursday.
Asian stocks tumble amid Dubai fears, dollar slump
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Asian stock markets tumbled Friday, with South Korea down nearly 5 percent, as fears mounted over the fallout from Dubai's massive debt problems and the dollar continued its slide against the Japanese yen.
Americans give thanks, see parades, feast in space
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Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to hundreds of thousands of revelers eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie.
New climate targets may not change daily life much
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Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.
Man who died in Utah mishap was experienced caver
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A medical student who died Thursday after a daylong effort to rescue him 150 feet underground was an outdoors lover and experienced caver who was expecting the birth of his second child next year, officials and family members said.
Filipino who lost wife in massacre files candidacy
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A politician whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in the southern Philippines in an apparent bid to stop him from running for governor filed his candidacy Friday for the election.
Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal
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Iranian authorities confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the human rights lawyer said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent.
Air Force captain wins new car on 'Jay Leno Show'
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An audience member at "The Jay Leno Show" is especially grateful this Thanksgiving. He won a new car.
Broncos end four-game skid with win over Giants
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The Denver Broncos still have their troubles with the red zone and yellow flags. The dark cloud that hung over them during their month of misery, though, is gone.
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