Chamber posts parade winners
      Kilgore Chamber of Commerce officials announce the winners of the 2008 Christmas Parade: Business Awards: 1st Place, Citizens Bank; 2nd Place, Mattress 2 Go; 3rd Place, Overman Tree Service Non-Profit Awards: 1st Place, Highland Park Baptist Church; 2nd Place, Cub Scout Pack 259; 3rd Place,
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Shoppers have reason to act like grinches this holiday season
By JEANNINE AVERSA AP Economics Writer
      WASHINGTON (AP) — There are ample reasons for America's shoppers to act like grinches this holiday season, with lost jobs, wilting retirement accounts and shrinking home values topping the list. And if anyone needed more evidence of consumers' weary state and the nation's deteriorating job market, they got it Thursday with the latest batch of bleak economic data.
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Oil hits near four-year low on weak economic news
By GEORGE JAHN Associated Press Writer
      VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Oil prices sank Thursday to lows last seen nearly four years ago as more bleak news from the world's largest economy boosted views that crude could tumble below $40 by the end of the year. After sinking more than $1 earlier in the day to approach levels traded at in February 2005, light sweet crude was trading at $46.
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Canada's gov general to decide government's fate
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press Writer
      OTTAWA (AP) — Canada's prime minister is expected to ask Thursday to suspend parliament in an unprecedented effort to delay a vote that could bring down his new government less than two months after he won re-election. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he will visit Governor General Michaelle Jean at 9:30 a.m.
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