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Holiday shoppers may see big discounts soon

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By ANNE D'NNOCENZIO and MAE ANDERSONAP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - If shoppers don't show up in stores soon, more "70 percent off" sale signs will. After a promising start to the holiday shopping season over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, sales have slowed, according to an

Holiday shoppers may see big discounts soon

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

Convicted Calif. killer admits to 2 NYC killings

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By By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A serial killer already sentenced to death in California admitted Friday to murdering two other young women in New York City in the 1970s. Rodney Alcala told a Manhattan judge that he wanted to plead guilty to two murder counts so he could get back

AP source: Suspect killed mother at their home

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By By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A law enforcement official says that the 20-year-old suspect in the Connecticut school shootings killed his mother at their home Friday and then drove his mother's car to the school where he went on a deadly rampage. Adam Lanza's mother

Tearful Obama calls for action after shooting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - A tearful President Barack Obama said Friday he grieved first as a father about the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, declaring, "Our hearts are broken today." He called for "meaningful action" to prevent such shootings

Tearful Obama calls for action after shooting

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Kevin Youkilis, Yankees finalize $12 million deal

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By By RONALD BLUMAP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) - After spending 8½ years in Boston and delivering a pair of World Series titles to the Fenway Park faithful, Kevin Youkilis was surprised when the New York Yankees expressed interest in fitting him for pinstripes. "At first, it was kind of like

Southwest to charge customers who don't show up

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By By DAVID KOENIGAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) - Southwest Airlines Co. will start charging a no-show fee for passengers who fail to cancel tickets before their flights. The company also said Friday that fees on early check-in and oversized bags are going up. And it repeated a longtime goal

Pot proponents hopeful, wary after Obama comments

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By By MANUEL VALDES and KRISTEN WYATTAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Officials and pot advocates looking for any sign of whether the Obama administration will sue to block legal pot laws in Washington state and Colorado or stand idly by as they are implemented got one from the president himself

Parole board: Spare obese condemned Ohio killer

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By By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Gov. John Kasich must decide in about a month whether to spare a condemned inmate who weighs 450 pounds, and whether the inmate's health should be part of his decision. The state parole board on Friday recommended mercy