Latest Holidays News
Frugal Family: After Holiday Shopping Savings
Shopping after the holidays can mean big savings. According to a poll from Consumer Reports, four in ten Americans plan on doing some post-holiday shopping this week with 80 percent saying the post-holiday sales are the biggest draw.
Updated: 12/28/2011 06:11A
Get cash for used or unwanted gift cards
ATLANTA -- Over the holidays, many of us got gift cards for stores we never go to or that are nowhere near us you, or wed simply rather have the cash. With all the websites out there ready to swap cash for unwanted gift cards, the selection is
Updated: 12/28/2011 06:11A
Asian Stocks Fall
BANGKOK (AP) - Asian stock markets fell today with trading thinned by year-end holidays and mixed economic news out of the US and Japan. Japans industrial output dropped a seasonally adjusted 2.6 percent last month - the first decline in two months.
Updated: 12/28/2011 05:33A
KOAM TV 7 Joplin and PittsburgOkla. airport gearing up for Fiesta Bowl traffic
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The holidays are usually a busy time for Will Rogers World Airport, but officials are anticipating even more travelers as fans head to Arizona to watch Oklahoma State take on Stanford in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Monday.
Updated: 12/28/2011 05:32A
Sears to close more stores as holiday sales slump
By PHIL WAHBA Sears Holdings Corp. will close as many as 120 of its Kmart and namesake big-box stores after sales during the peak holiday period fell sharply, and the retailer also forecast that fourth quarter earnings would fall by more than half,
Updated: 12/28/2011 05:10A
Health Matters: Swallowing therapy- A feast to remember
Sit down celebrations are commonplace during the holidays, but this luncheon is serving an uncommon twist. We usually stick with the same type of a general menu, different consistencies so well have some salads, some soft salads and well always have
Updated: 12/28/2011 05:09A
No Fuss, No Muss, No Alcohol
The holidays were filled with open houses and parties, as we welcomed our friends and co-workers — sometimes a hundred or more on a long afternoon. Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story. We got a call last week with upsetting news.
Updated: 12/28/2011 04:52A
World stocks down on mixed US, Japan economic news
By PAMELA SAMPSON AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) - World stocks markets fell Wednesday, with trading thinned by year-end holidays and mixed economic news out of the US and Japan. Benchmark oil hovered above $101 per barrel while the dollar fell
Updated: 12/28/2011 04:51A
Students, faculty at AHS pitch in to collect $6700 for several causes
by KEN LAHMERS | EDITOR Aurora -- Students and staff members at Aurora High School aided several local causes prior to the year-end holidays break, raising $6700 in donations to help others. At halftime of an AHS seniors/faculty basketball game Dec.
Updated: 12/28/2011 04:34A
World stocks down on mixed US, Japan economic news
By PAMELA SAMPSON AP Business Writer BANGKOK—World stocks markets fell Wednesday, with trading thinned by year-end holidays and mixed economic news out of the US and Japan. Benchmark oil hovered above $101 per barrel while the dollar fell against the
Updated: 12/28/2011 04:17A