<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://kdka.com/holidayphotos/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports</title><link>http://kdka.com/holidayphotos</link><description><![CDATA[KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:58:00 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Abortion Appears Decisive Issue In Health Bill]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/holidays/health.care.abortion.2.1388109.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/holidays/health.care.abortion.2.1388109.html</link><description><![CDATA[The way abortions are covered under health care reform is a major
obstacle to finalizing the legislation, even though the House and
Senate both agree that no federal money should be used. The
stumbling block is whether insurance plans that get federal money are
completely barred from covering abortions, or whether they can cover it
as long as they require customers to write separate checks for the
procedure using their own money.
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:09:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pa. Student Suspended For Wearing Santa Suit]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/holidays/Santa.suit.suspension.2.1387303.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/holidays/Santa.suit.suspension.2.1387303.html</link><description><![CDATA[A Delaware County high school student was suspended after showing up at school dressed in a Santa suit. Michael Hance, a senior at Strath Haven High School, was suspended for the day after showing up dressed as old St. Nick on Tuesday. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:43:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA['12 Days Of Christmas' Gifts Would Cost $87,403]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/holidays/12.days.of.2.1340502.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/holidays/12.days.of.2.1340502.html</link><description><![CDATA[Making one's true love happy will cost a whopping $87,403 this year, a minuscule increase from last year, according to the latest cost analysis of the items in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas." <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:46:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grinch Steals Salvation Army Red Kettle]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/holidays/red.kettle.stolen.2.1340474.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/holidays/red.kettle.stolen.2.1340474.html</link><description><![CDATA[Police in northwest Ohio say a man who claimed to hate Christmas swiped a Salvation Army red kettle full of donated money and pushed one of the charity's bell ringers to the ground when she tried to take it back. 
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:14:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumer Spending Rose On Black Friday]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/holidays/black.friday.online.2.1336477.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/holidays/black.friday.online.2.1336477.html</link><description><![CDATA[A research firm says shoppers spent only slightly more in stores this Black Friday than they did last year. Fresh signs of much stronger online sales during the traditional holiday shopping kickoff mean more might have shopped from home. Preliminary sales data show shoppers spent $10.66 billion when they hit the malls on the day after Thanksgiving. That's only 0.5 percent more than last year.<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:59:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analysts: Shoppers To Buy More Online Black Friday]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/holidays/black.friday.online.2.1335781.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/holidays/black.friday.online.2.1335781.html</link><description><![CDATA[Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and
deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday
season &#151; even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales. Internet
analysts at comScore Inc. expect online retail revenue to rise 3
percent to $28.8 billion for the months of November and December. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:14:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans Turn Out For Thanksgiving Day Parades]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/holidays/macys.thanksgiving.day.2.1335447.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/holidays/macys.thanksgiving.day.2.1335447.html</link><description><![CDATA[Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought
smiles to thousands of revelers eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as
steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie. Thousands
lined the streets of Manhattan on Thursday for the 83rd annual Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade, and crowds gathered nationwide for parades in
cities such as Detroit and Philadelphia.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:02:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robotic Zhu Zhu Hamsters All The Rage This Season]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/holidays/zhu.zhu.hamsters.2.1335798.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/holidays/zhu.zhu.hamsters.2.1335798.html</link><description><![CDATA[When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in
September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and
saying "Please! Please! Can we buy them?" Seeing a fully stocked shelf, she decided to hold off until Christmas. That was "before I knew that the hamsters would soon be off the shelves and more scarce than an H1N1 vaccine," said Fowlkes, 32.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:57:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thin Pockets Ground Some Families On Thanksgiving ]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/holidays/thanksgiving.economy.americans.2.1335679.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/holidays/thanksgiving.economy.americans.2.1335679.html</link><description><![CDATA[There's still family, turkey and football, but one Thanksgiving
tradition is taking a hit this year. Millions of Americans are spending
the holiday at home, saying the poor economy has made it unaffordable
to hit the road or board a plane.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:44:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deal-Crazed Shoppers Gearing Up For Black Friday]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/holidays/black.friday.2009.2.1334266.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/holidays/black.friday.2009.2.1334266.html</link><description><![CDATA[Shopping on Black Friday can be daunting, with massive crowds, pre-dawn start times and long checkout lines. Roughly
77 million Americans are expected to head to stores Friday, the day
after Thanksgiving and often considered the start of the holiday
shopping season, and the frenzy will continue through the weekend.<br />
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