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Greenhouse gases reached record highs in 2011, says U.N. study - CNN.com
Greenhouse gases reached record highs in 2011, says U.N. study - CNN.com: "Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere reached record highs in 2011, according to new data published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)."
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Cyber Monday
What`s the word? The major online shopping event that follows Black Friday? Cyber Monday, that`s the word.
AZUZ: And we have reports on both of those shopping days. First today, Cyber Monday when discounts are offered online. Definitely, it doesn`t look as hectic as many Black Friday events, but Cyber Monday shoppers who will be dressed in everything from business suits at work to pajamas at home will be surfing for sales.
A couple of interesting notes this year: Cyber Monday 2012 actually started last week.
Online discounts were offered before and on Thanksgiving and during the weekend. Also, more Americans are doing their shopping on phones and tablets this time around, and many are looking for phone and tablet discounts online as well. As far as Black Friday itself went more shoppers turned out for the event than last year, but they didn`t appear to spend as much money.
This Youtube clip shows you one of the hectic Black Friday scenes: crowds clamoring to get in the malls and big box stores like Target or Toys "R" Us. Black Friday store visits went up 3.5 percent from 2011, but spending was down by almost two percent. That could be partly because many sales started before Black Friday, so some folks might have shopped early. Retailers and analysts pay close attention to all of this stuff to get a sense of how Americans are spending in a slow economy.
Don`t know yet how they are spending, but we do know what many Americans are eating: leftover turkey, a bird banquet is part of Thanksgiving tradition for many of us. But there is another tradition dating back to 1989 that you might not have heard about: the presidential turkey pardon. It guarantees at least one bird won`t wind up on anyone`s table. Karin Caifa tells us where these lucky turkeys go to leave.
Online discounts were offered before and on Thanksgiving and during the weekend. Also, more Americans are doing their shopping on phones and tablets this time around, and many are looking for phone and tablet discounts online as well. As far as Black Friday itself went more shoppers turned out for the event than last year, but they didn`t appear to spend as much money.
This Youtube clip shows you one of the hectic Black Friday scenes: crowds clamoring to get in the malls and big box stores like Target or Toys "R" Us. Black Friday store visits went up 3.5 percent from 2011, but spending was down by almost two percent. That could be partly because many sales started before Black Friday, so some folks might have shopped early. Retailers and analysts pay close attention to all of this stuff to get a sense of how Americans are spending in a slow economy.
Don`t know yet how they are spending, but we do know what many Americans are eating: leftover turkey, a bird banquet is part of Thanksgiving tradition for many of us. But there is another tradition dating back to 1989 that you might not have heard about: the presidential turkey pardon. It guarantees at least one bird won`t wind up on anyone`s table. Karin Caifa tells us where these lucky turkeys go to leave.
There has been a break in the fighting between Israelis and Palestinians. A cease-fire started to take hold last week. And the two sides are scheduled to meet today in Egypt where they`ll discuss what they want as part of a longer term peace deal. The most recent conflict lasted eight days in mid-November and left dozens of Palestinians and six Israelis dead. Palestinians fired rockets from the region of Gaza that exploded in the Israeli communities, and Israel launched air strikes targeting Palestinian militants that also caused civilian casualties. Israeli forces had been preparing for a possible invasion of Gaza last week, that`s when the U.S., the U.N. and Egypt got involved, helping get the two sides to agree to a cease-fire. That happened last Wednesday, and though there has been some limited fighting since then, the cease fire appears to be holding.
Egypt, meanwhile, is having some trouble of its own: in the capital city of Cairo where massive protests led to the ouster of its formal leader in 2011, there were clashes yesterday. They were between protesters and government forces. Many Egyptians are angry with their new president Mohamed Morsi. Last Thursday, Morsi issued this edict that basically says: any decree or law that he has made since he took office cannot be overturned by Egyptian courts until a new constitution is finished. That can happen in six months, and that, along with some of his other actions, has some Egyptians calling him a dictator. Morsi is promising his new powers are only temporary.
China is the third stop in our international coverage today. Something you don`t see very often: a house on a highway. Look at this. A neighborhood was torn down to make way for the road you see right here. But the farmer who lives in this house, says the government offered him $35,000 to leave his property when he paid $95,000 to build it. The government raised the offer to 41,000, but that still wasn`t enough for the farmer. So officials literally built the road around the house. It`s not yet open to traffic, and the local officials expect the homeowner to work out a deal with the government soon. But this has become symbolic of the struggle between Chinese homeowners and the government that they say doesn`t offer them enough money to relocate.
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