Ad breakdown: The bling voters BBC News
THE SCHTICK: Normal bloke is assailed by his "inner tosser", a wide boy in a turquoise suit, who persuades him to spend spend spend on his credit card - clothes, jewellery, flat screen TV, car etc.
Flat-screen price wars heat up early Chattanooga Times Free Press
THE GIZMO: Flat-panel television holiday specials. THESE PRICES ARE INSANE! "I’ve never seen it this chaotic," grumbled Hitachi chief marketing officer Kevin Sullivan. "This is like the PC world, and the only winner is the consumer."
'Lifestyle chains' aim to satisfy a yen for budget swank Los Angeles Times
Cross a Comfort Inn with the Mondrian, add high ceilings, big-screen TVs, wireless access, and price it at $150.
‘Blondie’ artist realizes dream with restaurant Kansas City Star
Near as Dean Young can recall, Dagwood Bumstead started creating colossal sandwiches in his modest cartoon kitchen around 1936.
Stone style Pioneer Press
Merlin and Kim Goble disliked the dated-looking brick fireplace in the great room of their White Bear Lake home, so they updated it with a stone façade.
Web retailers step up holiday deals Los Angeles Times
Free shipping, steep discounts and other bargains from online merchants fuel the hype of Cyber Monday.
YouTube, iPods, Virtual Actors, 3-D — What Is The Future Of Film? MTV Music Television
A discussion on the future of film with the writer/directors of "Sam Has 7 Friends," George Lucas, Tim Burton, Eli Roth, Joe Carnahan, James Cameron and John Lasseter.
A holiday gift for every type of traveler Seattle Times
Just because holiday travel sometimes can be a nightmare of delays and crowds doesn't mean that giving travel gifts has to be scary. There are so many
Police reports - Boone County Community Press & Recorder
Steven L. Holsapple, 57, El Paso, Texas, disorderly conduct, Nov. 29.
Police blotter Daily Southtown
Quincy J. Walker, 27, 1333 Wentworth Ave., Chicago Heights, was charged with possession of five grams cocaine after a traffic stop Nov. 19 in the 11900 block of Cicero Avenue, police said.
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