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NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers who are feeling good about the economy and spending more than expected on items like kitchen gadgets, toys and coats could make this the best holiday season in several years. That's good news for retailers, some of which have had few reasons of late to be merry. But there's no question that stores need to keep adapting to how people shop as spending moves online. Customer sentiment could shift again based on how they feel the tax overhaul is affecting them. Tax cuts mean... Читать дальше...

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Hundreds of volunteers at an Air Force base in Colorado were answering questions on Sunday from eager children who wanted to know where Santa was on his Christmas Eve travels. NORAD Tracks Santa got underway early Sunday morning at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was the 62nd year for the wildly popular program run by the U.S. and Canadian militaries. Some key facts about the program: HOW TO GET NORAD UPDATES: The toll-free telephone... Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — French authorities say about 200 skiers were stranded in chair lifts when a gondola broke down at a resort in the French Alps. Rescue operations are underway and no one has been reported injured so far. An official with the prefecture in the eastern Isere region told The Associated Press on Sunday that most of the skiers were evacuated after spending one or two hours stuck on the gondola at the Chamrousse resort. The gondola cars run 25 meters (82 feet) above the ground. Violaine Demaret... Читать дальше...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The transmitter attached to a great white shark being tracked on Twitter has fallen silent. The research group Ocearch says the transmitter on the shark known as Mary Lee has not sent a signal since June 17, when she was swimming off the New Jersey coast. Founding chairman Chris Fischer and his crew caught and tagged the 16-foot shark off Massachusetts in 2012. Since then, thousands of people have followed Mary Lee on a Twitter page managed by Ocearch . In a Florida Times-Union report ... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Multi-use cookers, toy monkeys, and lots of velvet. Here's a look at what experts say were some of the most popular items this holiday season: TOYS: Fingerlings, the $15 colorful monkeys that wrap around a finger, have been hard to find sometimes. Other hot items were the LOL Surprise ball, which hides small dolls and other trinkets in layers inside. And Hatchimals, animatronic bird-like creatures that hatch from eggs, were back this year with new twists after being a hit last year. Читать дальше...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — One of the traditional highlights of an English Christmas is the plum pudding served at the end of the meal - dense, rich, and dripping with rum butter or other boozey glaze. It used to be a standard in Pittsburgh as well, if the recipes in the old cookbooks in the Heinz History Center archives are any indication, and it merits a return. But first, some clarification. Jell-O brand forever altered Americans' sense of what is "pudding." The gloopy stuff we tend to think of would traditionally have been considered a custard. Читать дальше...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The vintage World War II B-29 bomber known as "Doc" will make its first appearance at a Wichita air show next year. The Wichita Eagle reports Doc's Friends, which restored and owns the plane, said Thursday next year's tour schedule will include the McConnell Air Force Base Open House Sept. 8-9. Other stops will be the Tri-Annual Air Fest Sept. 28-30 in Great Bend; the World War II Weekend in Reading, Pennsylvania; Experimental Aircraft Association's Air Venture July 23-29 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; and the Spirit of St. Читать дальше...

BERLIN (AP) — Take 20 liters of honey and boil it together with 2 liters of water. Add in cinnamon and nutmeg, a healthy amount of ginger and pepper, plus some aniseed and coriander. Mix it all together with rye flour and water. The result? A perfect batch of 17th-century Lebkuchen — Germany's famous Christmas gingerbread — for a Bavarian monastery housing up to 60 nuns and 25 brothers belonging to the uniquely women-led Bridgettine Order. The recipe is among a collection of more than 1,000 books... Читать дальше...

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Here’s a quote from Pete Carroll, speaking to Brock & Salk on 710 ESPN, the day after the Rams hammering: “It seemed like they were faster than us, and that’s what we like to pride ourselves on, that we play faster than the teams that we play.” It’s probably something to remember when the off-season […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The former National Security Agency contractor who exposed U.S. government surveillance programs by disclosing classified material in 2013 has a new job: app developer. Edward Snowden in a video message Friday unveiled a new phone app he helped create, called Haven, that aims to protect laptops from physical tampering. Snowden says it's an open-source tool designed for human rights activists and other people at risk and it uses an Android phone's sensors to detect changes in a room. Читать дальше...