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November 22, 2009 updated 02:15 pm
Retailers optimistic as holidays approach
With just days to go before the official start of the post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping season, Sonoma County retailers say consumers' moods seem much improved since the days when the economy teetered on the brink of collapse. READ MORE
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49ers, Raiders and JFK assassination
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NATIONAL NEWS
- Victim in fatal NYC subway stabbing identified 18 min ago
- Some doubts about earrings tied to Mrs. Lincoln 23 min ago
- Attorney: Jackson's doctor returning to work 35 min ago
- AP Top News at 4:38 p.m. EST 38 min ago
- Beating of SoCal student may be tied to Facebook 42 min ago
- Lethal injection creator fine with 1 drug in Ohio 51 min ago
- RI bishop asked Kennedy in 2007 to avoid Communion 59 min ago
Business & Stocks
Business News
- Retailers optimistic as holidays approach
- People on the move at NPB Financial Group, The McBride Group and more ...
- Sales for the week of Nov. 1
- Ugly holiday surprise over credit cards
- Leckey: IPO activity up, but look at offerings carefully
- Morgenson: Revisiting a Fed waltz with AIG
- GE, Vivendi talks over NBC stretch on
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OPINION
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KRUGMAN: The federal government's big squander
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Good news about oil’s expanding frontiers
- Sunday's Letters to the Editor
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PD EDITORIAL: With deficits forecast 5 years into the future, state needs higher taxes
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ECONOMIST: Obama missed a chance in China
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One murder in 6 million
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DAUM: My guilty pleasure: Levi Johnston
WEIRD NEWS
- Police: Ohio suspect may have eaten evidence
- Ala. court says woman can't claim $41.8M jackpot
- Eye doc may lose license after calling patient fat
- Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show
- Cops: Woman smuggled drugs to Pa. inmate with kiss
- Mich. police nab wrong-way driver twice in 3 days
- CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face
- Authorities: Man tied lizards to chest at airport
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New Rogers picks apart 49ers for 30-24 win 56 min ago
- New Sunday morning gunfire in Santa Rosa neighborhood 1:12 PM
- Lake County dirt biker rescued
- 40 cars held in Santa Rosa driving checkpoint
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Tanya's back in Belarus
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Santa Rosa cuts number of public meetings
- Lake County deputies allege bias, racial profiling
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Foppiano honored at 99
WINE COUNTRY EATS
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THANKSGIVING:
- NEW Best of the Magazines: Vegetarian, Mascarpone Taters and Turkey Videos
- Thanksgiving Eats Guide 2009: Where to go, what to gobble
- Chefs' Thanksgiving: Recipes from Top Toques FOOD NEWS:
- NEW Jackson's: Countdown is on...
- Restaurant Eloise: Surprise Closure
- 100 Things Restaurant Staff Should Never Do
Santa Rosa Mom
- General Chat - Does you guys Collects Coupons?
- In The News - 10 year old girl tasered by police during tantrum
- Pregnancy & Post-Partum - I'm wearing a tent to a party
- Daycares, Babysitting & Preschools - Scared of Leaving my Daughter
- Holiday Help - Submit your letters to Santa!
- Introduce Yourself - Hey Everyone
- General Chat - Oprah's show is ending!
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Montgomery v. Mt. Diablo
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St. Vincent vs. Calistoga
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H1N1 flu clinic at Casa Grande
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Casa Grande vs. Maria Carrillo
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Petaluma vs. Rancho Cotate
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Friday's Photos
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Casa Grande vs. Maria Carrillo
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