With unemployment and gas prices low and stocks and home values high, most shoppers will have money to spend.
2016
Car bomb explosion kills at least 56 people in Iraq
The target was apparently a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims returning from Karbala, Iraqi officials say.
James Taylor extols gratitude’s pluses
‘Gratitude is the way to an improved attitude, dude,’ the singer-songwriter notes in a Thanksgiving message to his fans
Grumpy Cat posts list of pet peeves
The social media sensation has a new blog at Pawculture.com.
Lufthansa must hold firm against strikers, CEO says
The airline cancels almost 1,900 flights and disrupting travel for more than 215,000 people.
Maryland helping people with student debt to buy homes
The SmartBuy program lets people wipe out college debt while purchasing a home.
Iceland taking legal action against British frozen-food chain
The retailer says no ‘serious confusion or conflict has ever arisen in the public mind’ between the stores and the volcanic nation.
Prater field goal lifts Lions past Vikings, 16-13
A Sam Bradford interception in the final minute sets up Detroit to kick the game-winning field goal as time expires.
Obama meets 6-year-old who wrote to him about adopting Syrian boy
The president was so touched by the boy’s handwritten letter that he read it out aloud at a U.N. summit on refugees in September.
At Ruski’s, a tradition continues on Thanksgiving Day
The neighborhood tavern in Portland’s West End has turkey with all the fixings ready for customers starting at 7 a.m.