US stock futures fell, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index may snap a three-day rally, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the world’s largest economy may need more stimulus. Verizon Communications Inc. and Boeing Co. helped lead declines in Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks. Bank of America Corp. and Morgan Stanley dropped [...]
The White House and congressional Republicans have begun working behind the scenes toward a broad deal that would prevent taxes from going up for virtually every U.S. family and authorize billions of dollars in fresh spending to bolster the economy. Negotiations have accelerated in recent days as Congress has confronted deadlines for extending a series [...]
The agencies that feed people year-round in southeastern Connecticut say they have gotten the turkeys and trimmings they need to give needy families a real Thanksgiving. Some provide the traditional turkey and food baskets to families and others give supermarket gift cards to allow families to shop for themselves. Katherine Sebastian Dring, interim director at [...]
It’s not exactly the Great Turkey, but it is time for a replay of the 1973 “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” (ABC, 8 p.m.), jellybeans, toast, popcorn and all. Not to be confused with “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (Disney, 8 p.m.). The holiday is only a week away. So other Thanksgiving fare includes a themed [...]
Posted by uspostWorldWednesday, November 17th, 2010
Getting ready for your first turkey or dissatisfied with the dry results you got last year? Not to worry–”Mr. Thanksgiving,” Rick Rodgers, is here to teach Thanksgiving 101. And he ought to know. For the last eight years he has been traveling the country to teach his class as the media spokesperson for Perdue Farms, [...]