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President-elect Barack Obama to Americans: Shop 'til you drop...almost. "What we don't want to do is get caught up in a spiral where people pull back from the economy, businesses then pull back, jobs are reduced and we get into a downward spiral," Obama said Wednesday, his third straight day of giving the nation an economic pep talk. "People should understand that help is on the way," the soon-to-be-President reassured. "As they think about this Thanksgiving shopping weekend and as they think about the Christmas season that's coming up, I hope that everybody understands that we are going to get through these difficult times." Obama said his family would be breaking out the greenbacks on Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, to give the economy a boost. "We are gonna do some Christmas shopping," he said. His daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, have sent their wish list to Santa, he said, "but we may do some extra shopping...

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-Cities and Towns Across the Nation Are Hosting Events The only way to keep up with the latest about Martin Luthar King Jr. Day is to constantly stay on the lookout for new information. If you read everything you find about Martin Luthar King Jr. Day, it won't take long for you to become an influential authority. You may not consider everything you just read to be crucial information about Martin Luthar King Jr. Day. But don't be surprised if you find yourself recalling and using this very information in the next few days. Cities across the United States are planning celebrations to honor Martin Luther King, Jr ., known for his human rights work and humanitarian efforts in helping bring the race issue to the forefront of voters. The stock exchange, post office, banks and many businesses across the nation are closed in observance of the holiday honoring Dr. King. In the San Francisco area, celebrations began Saturday with first joint-city celebration ...

BOMBING PHOTOS BHUTTO PHOTOS VIDEO More video Video Additional Video Pakistan’s ex-PM Benazir Bhutto is killed in a presumed suicide attack, a spokesman for her party says. Video Bhutto killed in Pakistan blast Chaos and panic following the blast Benazir Bhutto ‘killed in blast’ Click here to view photos of the blast ( WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT ). Bhutto’s body flown home Shot to neck killed Bhutto USA Checking al Qaeda Claim… While al Qaeda is considered by the U.S. to be a likely suspect in the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Banazir Bhutto, U.S. intelligence officials say they cannot confirm an initial claim of responsibility for the attack, supposedly from an al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan. An obscure Italian Web site said Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, al Qaeda’s commander in Afghanistan, told its reporter in a phone call, “We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat [...

Former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, the first woman prime minister of an Islamic nation, was assassinated in an attack at an election rally in the city of Rawalpindi. She was 54. ``She's dead,'' a Bhutto aide, Imran Hayat, said today as he sobbed in a telephone interview from Rawalpindi General Hospital. Rioting began as her supporters gathered outside the hospital. It wasn't immediately clear whether Bhutto died in the blast or was shot by the bomber before he blew himself up, Bhutto spokesman Farhatullah Babar told state-run television. Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Cheema said earlier in a phone interview that she was killed in the bombing. At least 15 other people were also killed and more than 60 were injured, police said. President Pervez Musharraf condemned the killing and appealed for calm in a statement broadcast on state television, after rioting broke out in cities across Pakistan. In Rawalpindi, where the army has its headquarters, shops were torc...

Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) is an Islamic grassroots organization. ICNA's annual convention is one of the largest gatherings of American Muslims in the United States . The Message International is the bi-monthly publication of ICNA. organization. According to the Islamic Circle of North America, the goal of ICNA "shall be to seek the pleasure of Allah (SWT) through the struggle of Iqamat-ud-Deen (establishment of the Islamic system of life) as spelled out in the Qur'an and the Sunnah of [Muhammad]." Their major Dawah activities include dawah field trips, a toll-free number for non-Muslims (1-877-WhyIslam), distribution of Islamic literature, dawah through mosques, dawah by mail, dawah through media, dawah in prisons, campus dawah support, dawah flyers online, and dawah through email. WhyIslam.org is an ICNA program. Americans Against Hate , a self described "terrorism watchdog group", claims the Islamic Circle of North America has made...