Christmas Sales...in July!

ABC's Hanna Siegel reports from New York: Sears wants you to get your Christmas shopping done early and they don’t mean by Thanksgiving. They mean July. Christmas is here if you shop at Sears and online at its sister store...

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July 10, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Tim Karcher's Wife: 'Today we can start moving forward again'

ABC's Martha Raddatz with an update on the condition of Lieutenant Colonel Tim Karcher: This update comes from LTC Tim Karcher’s wife Alesia this morning at 4:48 am. Tim had a difficult night, but I just spoke to Alesia and...

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July 10, 2009 in Tim Karcher | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Madoff's Tangled Web Begins to Unravel

ABC's Aaron Katersky reports from New York: Almost seven months after Bernie Madoff turned himself in, the scope of his scam is becoming clearer. “The trustee has unearthed a labyrinth of interrelated international funds, institutions and entities of almost unparalleled...

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Lance Armstrong to Climb 7,200 Ft. Today

ABC’s Miguel Marquez reports from Tour de France route in Andorra along the border of Spain and France. Riders started out at bright and early this morning. They'll ride 140 miles today, expected to cross the finish line around 11...

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Obama to Africa: Text Me!

ABC's Dana Hughes reports from Nairobi: Ahead of his trip to Ghana tomorrow, President Obama has invited Africans across the continent to send him a text message with their questions and thoughts. The invitation is extended on the State Department’s...

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Uighurs Gather for Muslim Holy Day as Hundreds of Police Stand Guard

ABC's Clarissa Ward reports from Urumqi, China: The morning started peacefully enough. Almost all mosques in the city were closed to avoid any large gatherings on the Muslim holy day. Lines of riot police stood outside mosques. Outside the large...

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Why Sarah Palin Really Quit Us

The online magazine Slate takes a fairly entertaining stab at answering the biggest political question to come rolling out of Alaska since…..well, since ever! Dahlia Lithwick, a contributing editor at Newsweek and senior editor at Slate, calls the soon-to-be ex...

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July 9, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (18)

Clem's Chronicles: H1N1 Swine Flu/Buffett on the Economy/Sen. Ensign

Clem Lane here-tonight's news: H1N1 SWINE FLU-While the “swine flu” may have faded from the headlines, it hasn’t gone away. There was an H1N1 Swine Flu summit held today at the National Institute of Health’s Maryland headquarters that some 500...

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Death of a Salesmen, Almost: Billy Mays Ads Live On

ABC's Troy McMullen reports from New York: Death hasn’t stopped TV pitchman Billy Mays. Viewers can still find him -- in his signature sport shirt and khaki paints -- hawking everything from OxiClean to Orange Glo even though he’s been...

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Eyewitness Inside Tehran Describes Brutal Police Attacks and Shootings

ABC's Lara Setrakian with an update on Iran: An apparent eyewitness account from Tehran today, came to me in an email in Persian. "At 5 pm we went to one of the meeting points, but there was no one there...At...

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