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Holiday Forecast: Fewer Fliers but Packed Flights

With demand lower, airlines are offering fewer seats

(Newser) - The good news for Thanksgiving travelers is that fewer people are expected to fly this year. The bad news is that your plane is still going to be jam-packed. An industry trade group predicts that 23.2 million people will fly in the 12 days around Thanksgiving, reports CNN . (The...

Stores Turn Black Friday Into Black Midnight

Target, Macy's kicking off holiday shopping season earlier than ever

(Newser) - This year's Black Friday probably won't be the most lucrative for big American retailers—but for some, it will be the longest. For the first time, Macy's and Target are planning to open their doors and kick off the holiday shopping season at midnight on Thanksgiving night,...

Thanksgiving Day Travel Advice: Buy Your Ticket Now
 Tips for Flying on Turkey Day 
Oct 25, 2011 3:59 PM CDT

Tips for Flying on Turkey Day

Flying will be pricier and more crowded than ever

(Newser) - Thanksgiving means turkey, family, football—and excruciatingly crowded airports. This year could be even worse, because the average ticket price will be $376—a 4% spike from last year—there will be fewer planes with fewer seats up for grabs, and the dismal economy is not discouraging people from heading...

Email Mixup Gives Aussie His First Thanksgiving

James West gets invite from family he doesn't know

(Newser) - An Australian man's excellent American Thanksgiving adventure is just about over. James West flies home tomorrow, having scored an invite to a Florida family's dinner over an email mixup. The Tran family had been mistakenly sending him emails about their holiday meal plans for the last three years. West long...

How to Use Your Leftovers... As Skincare Products

Why eat pumpkin pie when you can put it on your face instead?

(Newser) - Sure, you could just eat your Thanksgiving leftovers ... but doesn't that seem a bit ... pedestrian? AOL News talks to a skin and beauty expert about how you could, instead, use those leftovers as skincare products:
  • Pumpkin pie: Pumpkin is a natural exfoliant, so mix your leftover pie filling or canned
...

Limbaugh: Indians Scammed Us

Curmudgeonly Rush slams 'casino culture'

(Newser) - Don't expect Rush Limbaugh to sit down with any Native Americans to celebrate Thanksgiving. He's miffed they " scammed us" when they sold us Manhattan because they didn't own it to begin with. And to top it off, European settlers were hardly "idiots" saved by "compassionate" Indians, as...

Dumbest Questions to Butterball's Help Line

How to thaw your turkey while bathing your kids

(Newser) - Nervous about cooking the Thanksgiving bird? Don't be. Butterball employs more than 50 Turkey Talk-Line experts who are ready and waiting to answer your culinary questions. And don't be embarrassed: Your inquiry can't be as embarrassing as these previous ones to be phoned in to 1-800-BUTTERBALL , as reported by Reuters...

Your Holiday Aphrodisiac Is ... Pumpkin Pie?

Men apparently dig the scent, say researchers

(Newser) - From the scientists-with-too-much-time-on-their-hands department: They subjected men to various scents and concluded that the smell of pumpkin pie is the one that gets them in the mood most effectively. Or in researcher-speak: "The number one odor that enhanced penile blood flow was a combination of lavender and pumpkin pie....

Your Turkey May Have Feasted on ... Arsenic

It's a common ingredient in turkey feed

(Newser) - Here's a fun fact to throw around the Thanksgiving table: Lots of turkey farms use arsenic in their feed. Yes, that arsenic, the deadly poison, which can control stomach bugs in turkeys and fatten them up, explains NPR's Shots health blog . It can also show up in the turkey meat...

Obama: Let's Be Thankful... and Start Cooperating

President uses Thanksgiving address as a call for unity

(Newser) - President Obama gave his weekly address a few days early in order to wish the country Happy Thanksgiving—and call for bipartisan cooperation, CNN reports. Today, the first family will give thanks for “the God-given bounty of America and the blessings of one another,” he said, adding that...

Relax: 3 Thanksgiving Travel Myths

It's not as busy as you think

(Newser) - If you’re traveling this Thanksgiving, you’re likely bracing yourself for major delays on the road, rails, or in the sky. But take courage: your worries may be unfounded—or at least exaggerated. NPR provides some turkey-related travel myths:
  1. It’s the busiest time of year to travel. “
...

Obama Spares Turkeys 'Shellacking'

Birds will head to George Washington's estate

(Newser) - It's official: President Obama has pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey. Continuing a decades-old White House tradition, Obama issued pardons today to a gobbler named "Apple" and its alternate, “Cider.” The two 21-week-old, 45-pound turkeys were raised on a California farm. Obama said it “feels pretty good...

Why Angelina Won't Celebrate Thanksgiving

She refuses to honor 'murder,' says friend

(Newser) - There may be one American not rushing out to the grocery store for last-minute Thanksgiving fixings tonight: Angelina Jolie. The actress "hates this holiday and wants no part in rewriting history like so many other Americans," a friend tells PopEater . "To celebrate what the white settlers did...

59% of Us Will Check Email on Thanksgiving

We interrupt this dinner to bring you a message from the boss

(Newser) - Who's really the turkey on Thanksgiving? It may be the 59% of us who will interrupt our holiday to check our email. And of those inbox slaves, 55% will check their work email at least once. The stats come courtesy of a Xobni/Harris Interactive survey of 2,179 adults, which...

Meghan McCain: No DADT Talk on Turkey Day

At home with Mom and Dad, she's forced to 'separate political and personal'

(Newser) - Meghan McCain will head home for the holidays—but at the Thanksgiving table, "Don’t Ask Don’t Tell" will be a taboo subject. Perhaps a good idea, since she’s a gay-rights advocate, her father is fighting against the repeal of DADT, and her mother seems to have...

Must We Shop on Thanksgiving?
 Must We Shop 
 on Thanksgiving? 
OPINION
Nov 17, 2010 10:54 AM CST

Must We Shop on Thanksgiving?

Sears and Kmart will be open, moans Francine Kiefer

(Newser) - Forget the Grinch, or Scrooge: This year's holiday-spoiling honors go to Sears, writes Francine Kiefer. Last year the title went to Kmart, which kept its doors open all day long on Thanksgiving. Sears will join it this year, tempting not-yet-stuffed shoppers from 7am until noon—and it's "enough to...

Martha Stewart: I Kill Drunk Turkeys

Colbert gives Stewart a cookery lesson

(Newser) - The bad news for turkeys meeting Martha Stewart is that she'll kill you with her bare hands. The good news is that she'll get you drunk first. The celebrity cookbook author, appearing on Stephen Colbert's Colbert Report , told the host that she treats the birds to airline-sized mini-bottles of cognac...

Tiger Put Mistress on Phone With Wife
 Tiger Put Mistress 
 on Phone With Wife 
tales from thanksgiving night
Jan 25, 2010 1:44 PM CST

Tiger Put Mistress on Phone With Wife

Elin's friends dish about that infamous night

(Newser) - Tiger Woods’ car crash on Thanksgiving started an avalanche of news stories, but what caused the crash has remained shrouded in secrecy—until now. Tiger was undone by a text message, two anonymous sources close to Elin Nordegren tell Gerald Posner of the Daily Beast . Woods had warned Nordegren that...

Cops Bust Fla. Man in Thanksgiving Massacre of 4

Fugitive found thanks to America's Most Wanted tip

(Newser) - A weekslong manhunt ended with the arrest of a Florida man accused of the carefully planned slayings of four relatives at Thanksgiving. Paul Merhige, 35, was arrested without a struggle last night at a motel in the Florida Keys, a Jupiter police spokesman said. He credited the TV show America's ...

Sales Rise Even Though Shoppers Spend Less
 Sales Rise Even Though 
 Shoppers Spend Less 
thanksgiving weekend
Nov 29, 2009 4:58 PM CST

Sales Rise Even Though Shoppers Spend Less

$41.2B weekend total beats 2008 haul by $1.2B

(Newser) - Thanksgiving weekend retail sales totaled $41.2 billion, a .5% jump over last year's $41 billion, but the average shopper spent 8% less than in 2008, $343.31 against $372.57. Discounts, especially on electronics and toys, were the overwhelming attraction as cautious consumers pried open their wallets, Bloomberg reports....

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