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Saying America has a history of doing what it takes to make a better tomorrow, President Barack Obama is calling on a country climbing out of its worst economic slump in decades to summon that spirit again this holiday season.

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• Jury convicts Tom DeLay in money laundering trial
• Mallo Cups maker pulls itself out of sticky strait
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The boycotts, protests and pandemonium that were expected at the Bay Area's airports failed to appear Wednesday, replaced instead by weary travelers who just wanted to start the holiday.  Will Kane

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• Funds to help victims of rape were misspent
• What's open and closed on Thanksgiving
• Bay Area & State

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris made history Wednesday, becoming the first woman, the first African American and first Indian American in California history to be elected state attorney general.  Marisa Lagos

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• Jerry McNerney holds on to win third term
• Sarah Palin: Serious 2012 contender or pretender?
• Politics

Gone are the days when Thanksgiving was devoted to feasting and the shopping frenzy began on Black Friday. As a tough economy forces retailers to scramble for sales and online sites let consumers set their own hours, brick-and-mortar stores are opening earlier and earlier -- some even while the turkey is still warm. Tom Abate

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• Safety commission to post consumers' complaints
• World stocks mostly higher, euro steadies
• Business

Online holiday spending is up this year, according to market research firm comScore, with shoppers expected to spend a record $34.2 billion online in November and December. That's up 11 percent from last year. Ellen Lee

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• SAP at a crossroads after losing $1.3 billion verdict
• E-mail scams come to Facebook
• Technology

South Korea's defense minister resigned Thursday amid intense criticism two days after a North Korean artillery attack killed four people on a small island near the Koreas' disputed frontier.

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• Ireland plans major cuts as debt crisis widens
• Mexico sending more troops to violent border zone
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