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How Much Do You Really Need to Spend on That Holiday Gift? 11/19/2023 07:00pm • Buying holiday gifts is a highly personal decision. You may want to splurge on an especially important person in your life or purchase smaller things for a variety of other people. Limit the amount you spend to what you can afford, however. That doesn't mean you won't go through the motions of wonde Prepare Your Finances for the Holidays 11/19/2023 07:00pm • If you're like many U.S. consumers, you're aiming for a bigger winter holiday budget this year. TransUnion, one of the three major consumer credit bureaus, conducted a holiday shopping season study and found that 51% of the respondents anticipate spending at least $500 on related expenses. Just 36% McMiracle? McDonald's in Potomac to remain open 11/19/2023 05:25am • The McDonald's restaurant in Potomac, Maryland, which was due to close by the end of year, will be staying open after a petition gathered enough signatures. "I honestly cannot believe I am saying this, but I think the community pressure and the petition WORKED!!!! The landlord called and was eage F1 fans file class-action lawsuit against the Las Vegas Grand Prix 11/18/2023 08:32pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) 鈥� Formula One fans upset at being forced to leave the Las Vegas Grand Prix venue early Friday morning before the start of the second practice session filed a class-action lawsuit. Las Vegas-based Dimopoulos Law Firm and co-counsel JK Legal & Consulting filed the lawsuit against Their families wiped out, grieving Palestinians in Gaza ask why 11/18/2023 03:09pm • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) 鈥� The night a blast struck his family's home in the Gaza Strip, Ahmed al-Naouq was more than 2,000 miles away but he still jolted awake, consumed with inexplicable panic. He reached for his cellphone to find that a friend had written 鈥� and then deleted 鈥� a message Metro train strikes shopping cart, trapping passengers and causing delays 11/18/2023 07:00am • A Metro train on the Red Line struck a shopping cart on Friday night, trapping over a hundred passengers for nearly an hour and causing delays. Around 8 p.m., a train traveling between the Rhode Island Avenue and Brookland stations became disabled after it struck a metal shopping cart that was le Las Vegas Grand Prix offer of a $200 discount doesn't go far 11/18/2023 05:41am • LAS VEGAS (AP) 鈥� Las Vegas Grand Prix officials took steps to mend relations with Formula One fans who were angered or disappointed about not getting what they paid for Thursday night by offering those with single-event tickets a $200 discount at the official gift shop. Two problems. The offer doe Powerful earthquake shakes southern Philippines, causing ceilings to fall at malls 11/17/2023 08:29pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) 鈥� A powerful undersea earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Friday, causing ceilings in shopping malls to plunge to the ground as shoppers screamed. No tsunami warning was in effect. The Office of Civil Defense said it was investigating a report of one death. Gregor How do you know if a bargain is really a bargain? 11/17/2023 06:12pm • For some shoppers, Black Friday bargains are a big deal 鈥� that's if you can find one. "The problem is retailers have kind of stretched out Black Friday from what used to be a single day to a whole month. So, it's kind of 'Black November,'" said Edgar Dworsky, founder and editor of Consumer Worl Mid Atlantic Daybook 11/17/2023 04:31pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Friday, Nov. 17. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 an Woman hospitalized after Mercedes crashes into Amazon Fresh in Chevy Chase 11/17/2023 02:53pm • A woman was taken to the hospital after crashing into an Amazon Fresh grocery store in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on Friday afternoon. The incident started in a gated parking lot of "The Collection," a group of shops and restaurants that includes the Amazon Fresh. A woman who was in the lot told WTOP Police board votes to fire Chicago officer accused of dragging woman by the hair during 2020 unrest 11/17/2023 02:52pm • CHICAGO (AP) 鈥� The Chicago Police Board voted to fire an officer accused of dragging a Black woman out of a car by her hair during unrest at a mall in 2020. The board voted unanimously Thursday to fire Officer David Laskus, finding he used excessive force and lied to investigators about the incide Haitian immigrants sue Indiana over law that limits driver's license access to certain Ukrainians 11/17/2023 02:46pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� A federal judge heard arguments Friday from lawyers for a group of Indiana residents from Haiti who are suing the state over a law that allows immigrants in the U.S. on humanitarian parole to get driver's licenses, but only if they are from Ukraine. The five plaintiffs say the Spend this holiday TV season with Paddington, Melissa McCarthy, Lori Loughlin and more 11/17/2023 10:35am • Festive TV programming is starting to stack up like toys in Santa鈥檚 sleigh. Holiday favorites like 鈥淎 Charlie Brown Christmas鈥� and 鈥淎 Christmas Story鈥� will soon return, along with new family friendly films including 鈥淒ashing Through the Snow鈥� on Disney+ and Melissa McCarthy's 鈥淕enie� Holiday tradition: What we're stressed about in 2023 11/17/2023 10:16am • Many of us are looking forward to Thanksgiving and winter holidays, but with all that togetherness comes another tradition 鈥� holiday stress. A new annual pulse check on holiday stress in America shows we're slightly less stressed than we were in 2022 鈥� but what we're stressed about has change