NEW YORK — This Christmas travel season could be the busiest in six years, with AAA predicting that 93.3 million Americans will hit the road. That’s 1.6 percent more than last year and just 400,000 people shy of the 2006 ...

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I grew up in a Muslim household and we didn’t have a Christmas tree to decorate or gifts to open Dec. 25. But that never stopped me from enjoying the season.

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Thanksgiving is a classic reminder for us to take a break to reflect on what we are thankful for. But what about the next day?

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LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Monday denied a Christian group’s bid for a preliminary injunction to force suburban Santa Monica to reopen spaces in a city park to private, unattended displays, including Christmas Nativity scenes. U.S. District Court ...

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NEW YORK — Americans are expected to spend more during what’s traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, but they’re not exactly ready to shop ’til they drop like they have been in the past two years. The National ...

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NEW YORK — After seeing high customer demand for layaway during last year’s winter holiday season, Wal-Mart is expanding the interest-free pay-over-time program for Christmas. The new program will last a month longer than last year’s and will include more ...

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TOWSON — Baltimore County police say four men caught on surveillance video trailing a teen through Towson Town Center mall just days before Christmas have been charged in the fatal shooting of the teen just steps from the mall. Police ...

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NEW YORK — A flurry of post-Christmas bargain shopping helped drive sales higher in the last week of December, according to a report Wednesday from a shopping mall trade group. Increased gift card use, mild weather and a federal holiday ...

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NEW YORK — The holiday shopping season turned out to be two seasons split by a big lull. A surge in buying in the two weeks before Christmas coupled with a record-breaking Black Friday gave retailers a solid season. The ...

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