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Consumers may give gift cards for basics like groceries, gas, even utilities this year
AP Retail WriterPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ Forget the wish list. Shoppers may be giving the gift of necessity this holiday season, buying up cards for gas, groceries and even utilities to help friends and family through lean times. The gift card has become ubiquitous...Tags: Supervalu Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Credit and Debt, Employers, Candy, Flowers and Gifts
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Private labels part of grocers' strategies
Tribune reporterStore brands have come a long way, and they're paying off for grocers. Once simply cheap copycats, store brands are looking and functioning more like name-brand products, food industry analysts say. And they're becoming more important to conventional...Tags: Supervalu Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Whole Foods Market, National Government, Food Industry
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Shoppers pick up store brands
Tribune reporterOn a recent grocery shopping outing, the chicken broth and applesauce in Julie Ernst's cart bore the Safeway label instead of familiar brand names such as Swanson or Mott's. "Normally, I would have bought a name brand," she said, pushing her cart through...Tags: Whole Foods Market, New Products, Food Industry, Consumers
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Biblical stories of Ruth, Esther and Jonah
Jean Sonntag, an English professor at Howard Community College, will discuss the biblical short stories of Ruth, Esther and Jonah and examine the roots and intent of their narrative at 7 p.m. today at Columbia Art Center. The event is free. Sonntag...Tags: Colleges and Universities
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LPGA cuts events, purses for 2009
The Associated PressThe LPGA Tour has become the latest pro sports organization to feel the crunch of the global economic downturn. Even while insisting next year will be "solidly profitable," the LPGA Tour announced Wednesday that it will offer three fewer tournaments in...Tags: Annika Sorenstam, New York Times, Awards and Prizes
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LPGA schedule for 2009 features 3 fewer tournaments than '08
AP Sports WriterWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ The LPGA Tour will offer three fewer official events in 2009, the latest result of the global economic downturn and its effect on pro sports. The 2009 schedule released Wednesday has 31 events — 20 in the United...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Layoffs and Downsizing, Annika Sorenstam, Cristie Kerr, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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New rules for organic milk
Newsday Staff WriterA long struggle over what kind of milk counts as organic is coming to a head. The Department of Agriculture has issued draft rules for organic milk that would require that the cows be on pasture at least half the year and get plenty of fresh grass. The...Tags: Whole Foods Market, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Agriculture, Dean Foods Company, Costco Wholesale Corporation
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After an up-and-down season, Pressel looks to take $1 million prize at ADT Championship
AP Sports WriterWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ Morgan Pressel has playing privileges at Trump International, meaning she can get on the lavish course whenever she wants. Fortunately, she won't have to call in any favors this week. It was a rocky 2008 for Pressel, who...Tags: Unemployment, Cristie Kerr, Annika Sorenstam, Layoffs and Downsizing, Lorena Ochoa
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He's cold, he's hungry, he's determined
Funding has dried up for the drug recovery program I Can't We Can. The group's offices are going unheated. And you know things are really dire when Anthony McCarthy starts denying himself food. The WEAA radio host and I Can't We Can staffer launched a...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Therapies, Sheila Dixon, Environmental Cleanup
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Storylines numerous at ADT Championship
So many storylines converge at the ADT Championship this week at Trump International in West Palm Beach. It's Annika Sorenstam's farewell appearance on the LPGA Tour as a full-time player. It's ADT's farewell as title sponsor, too, a notable development...Tags: National Government, Annika Sorenstam, NBC, Donald Trump, Government
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Stately houses in a stable setting
Special to The Baltimore SunWithin the greater Catonsville community is the smaller neighborhood of Old Catonsville, a designated national historic district with stately houses and tree-lined streets. Bounded by Frederick Road, Edmondson Avenue, Melvin Avenue and Smithwood Avenue,...Tags: Banking, Ellicott City, Homes, Catonsville, Charles Carroll
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Creating a home office that works
Washington Post252 These days my home office serves many functions: from coffee room to diaper-changing area to bill-paying headquarters to gift-wrapping space. Oh, and I do a little bit of work in there, too. But the more functions that room serves, the more pieces...Tags: Homes, Metal and Mineral
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