The Big Guy in red is back – and he’s going green. Santa is scheduled to return to a redecorated, environmentally friendly house at Harborplace and The Gallery at 6 p.m. Friday. Illuminating the new digs made from 325 pounds ...

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ATLANTA — UPS says it will hire about 50,000 temporary workers to handle the crush of holiday shipments this year. United Parcel Service said Tuesday that it expects to deliver 430 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The busiest should ...

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It’s never a question whether Bob Leffler’s annual holiday party will go on or not. “I’d rather cut something else out than not say ‘thank you’” to the media representatives with whom his company — The Leffler Agency — works, ...

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SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. said Friday it is hiring more than 15,500 people to fill temporary holiday jobs at shipping centers around the country, more than it hired last year. The online retail giant said in news releases that it ...

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NEW YORK — From free shipping from Wal-Mart to Sears stores open on Thanksgiving for the first time, the battle for holiday shoppers’ dollars has begun in earnest. The early competition to break through shoppers’ caution about spending promises savings ...

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NEW YORK — AT&T will launch three new smart phones ahead of the holiday shopping season that run on Microsoft’s new mobile software. The phones will be a test of whether Microsoft Corp. can catch up with rivals in the ...

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LEESBURG, Va. — The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to continue a policy that lets people erect religious and secular displays during the holidays on the grounds of the county courthouse. The board already has received applications not ...

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Motorists should see pump prices slide again after they spending a little more to fill their tanks over the Labor Day weekend. The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular was $2.682 Tuesday, according to AAA, Wright Express and ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Powerful Hurricane Earl spun toward the East Coast on Wednesday, driving tourists from North Carolina’s vacation islands and threatening to bring damaging winds and waves all along the Atlantic seaboard through Labor Day weekend. Visitors took ferries ...

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Individual spending during Black Friday weekend (the Friday, Saturday and Sunday after Thanksgiving) was down 8 percent this year to $343.31, or about $29 less than last year, according to the National Retail Federation. And that’s even though the number ...

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