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Americans will spend over $450 billion this holiday season. That's about $800 a person! Holiday shopping kicked off last week as people went after Thanksgiving sales. Kate Bolduan tells us that not everyone went to the mall to get to the sale. Many people are doing their shopping on the Internet.

Vice President Cheney has a lot to be thankful for this year. Doctors caught an irregular heart beat before it got out of control. After a cold, the Vice President couldn't stop coughing. Doctors examined him on Monday and shocked his heart back into regular rhythm on Monday. The 66-year-old Vice President has had four heart attacks since he was 37 years old.

President Bush hosted his first Mideast Peace Summit in Annapolis this week. Monday night he met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. The President says that the goal of the summit is not to impose the United States' vision on foreign countries but to help facilitate a lasting peace.

U.S. soldiers work endlessly to ensure the safety of Americans. But they do get tired. Ed Yeates tells how a new invention, a robotic exo-skeleton made by SARCOS - can help lighten the load.

The city of San Francisco, California has banned plastic shopping bags from its grocery stores. Since only 1 to 2 percent of those plastic bags are recycled in that city, most end up as trash in landfills, or as litter on the city streets.

A major traveling show of works by famous American artist Norman Rockwell opened at the Akron Art Museum this month. Rockwell created over 4,000 pieces during his lifetime, from 1894 to 1978, painting scenes of everyday life and powerful images of serious themes like world war and segregation. The exhibit closes on February 3rd.

Supplies at the Cleveland Foodbank are stretched thin right now. The foodbank gave out five percent more food over the past year, without an increase in donations. The foodbank serves 150,000 people in six northeast Ohio counties.

With concerns over lead paint and other toy recalls lately, a Fredericktown, Ohio store is seeing a surge in sales of their natural wood toys. "A Natural Home" manufactures and sells organic wood furniture. When local stores asked for natural toys, the owner enlisted the help of nearby families, many of them Amish, to help make safe toys out of wood.
December 3, 2007