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Archive for November, 2009
Nov 25

Tracy’s Holiday Budget Check List

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25 November 2009 / 11:52 am
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Tracy’s Holiday Budget Check List! Customize your own list to budget your spending this holiday season! Presents Entertaining Food Total Budget         **Remember, if you charge your purchases- add interest if you do not plan on paying them off within the terms of your credit card provider. Person Gift Budget Amount Spent [...]

Nov 25

Toyota to replace 3.8 million gas pedals

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/ 9:22 am
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Toyota Motor Corp. will replace gas pedals on 3.8 million recalled vehicles in the United States to address problems with sudden acceleration or the pedal becoming stuck in the floor mat, The Associated Press has learned. As a temporary step, Toyota will have dealers shorten the length of the gas pedals beginning in January while [...]

Nov 25

More stores open on Thanksgiving

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/ 9:19 am
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Walmart will. So will most Old Navy stores. Toys R Us will open at midnight on Thanksgiving. RadioShack will test Turkey Day openings on the West Coast. And it’s the first time for T.G.I. Friday’s. Others who have done it for years will continue, including Kmart and Walgreen’s. “They’re trying to eke every penny out [...]

Nov 25

Mobile App helps people track H1N1

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/ 9:17 am
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Now the well but worried can download a flu-tracking application and find out where in their state an H1N1 outbreak has occurred and learn the best ways to avoid it. The also can learn when vaccines will be available nearby and get news on and how some of the afflicted are doing. Outbreaks Near Me, [...]

Nov 25

Mall and Store Opening Times for Black Friday

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/ 3:09 am
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Mall and store opening times  Delaware: Christiana Mall – Newark, DE: 6am Concord Mall – Wilmington, DE: Sears 4am, all other stores 5am Dover Mall – Dover, DE: 5am The Shipyard Shops – Wilmington, DE: 10am Tanger Outlet – Rehoboth, DE: Midnight. Pennsylvania: Berkshire Mall in Wyomissing, PA: 5am Brandywine Square in Downingtown, PA: 5am [...]

Nov 24

Crib Recall

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24 November 2009 / 3:41 pm
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the largest crib recall in U.S. history Monday, citing the potential dangers of cribs with dropdown sides. The agency will recall more than 2.1 million cribs made by Stork Craft, of British Columbia, Canada, because of the risk that a child’s head can get caught between the mattress and [...]

Nov 24

Selling old vinyl records

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/ 12:10 pm
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One of our viewers had a question about selling old Vinyl Records. The Consumer Unit at NBC10 did some research and here is what we found. Question: I have a bunch of old record albums I’m trying to get rid of. I was thinking of selling them cause some of the artists are popular such [...]

Nov 24

Black Friday 2009 Countdown- more advice

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/ 7:55 am
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Consumer Reports  notes that 47% of shoppers plan to make gift purchases over the long weekend — a third of them say they’ll be looking for things for themselves. Click here for the posting. Timing is important. Walmart plans to open at 6.a.m. Thanksgiving morning and stay open all night, even  though the huge savings [...]

Nov 24

Kids ride free on NJ Transit

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/ 7:50 am
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NJ TRANSIT is adding extra trains and buses for the Thanksgiving holidays to accommodate an expected increase in passengers, the agency announced Monday. Extra train service begins Wednesday to take passengers to Newark Liberty International Airport, and on Thursday for passengers headed to and from New York City to attend Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In [...]

Nov 24

David Jay Jewelers gives away 100 free rings

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/ 7:48 am
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David Jay Jewelers at Valley Square Shopping Center located at Rt. 611 and Street Road in Warrington. David Jay’s owner, Scott Slobotkin, has sourced 100 beautiful sterling silver and diamond rings, which he has decided to give away to his first 100 customers on Black Friday. (http://www.davidjayjewelers.com/) Scott’s intention is to give these rings to [...]