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Thanksgiving

FAREHAM, ENGLAND - MAY 24: Royal Navy street and step liner personnel practice their formations for the Diamond Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving processional route in London, at HMS Collingwood on May 24, 2012 in Fareham, England. The Royal Navy has key ceremonial duties during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations next month and is involved in both the Queen's Diamond Jubilee River Pageant on June 3, and the Service of Thanksgiving on June 5.

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  • Surfer group gets wave of food donations

    Surf Day before the surfing seasons gets in full gear in June, said, "I'm a social worker and there's a need all year. It's not just Thanksgiving ."Bobis said the surfers wanted to do something for the community through the food drive."People have this image   Read more »

  • Target phasing out sales of Amazon Kindle

    two years ago. Target announced in late November that Amazon's Kindle was the best-selling tablet in its stores on the day after Thanksgiving , typically the busiest day of the year.Target will also stop selling Kindle accessories.Snyder declined to comment   Read more »

  • Ex-aide to Yonkers mayor indicted in Thanksgiving scam

    said.The indictment, however, charged that Lopez stole more than $3,000 of the $6,900 received in donations to buy ingredients for Thanksgiving dinners that would be given to charities."The allegations in this indictment are stark; this defendant pocketed   Read more »

  • Four prime-time games for Gang Green

    Jets will make four prime-time appearances during the 2012 regular season -- Houston (Oct. 8), New England ( Thanksgiving night), at Tennessee (Dec. 17) and San Diego (Dec. 23).For only the second time in franchise history, the Jets will start and end the   Read more »

  • Nursing mothers come to aid of NYC twins

    mothers from across the tri-state area have come together to pump breast milk for Manhattan twins who lost their mother last Thanksgiving during childbirth.The goal is to provide 40 ounces of breast milk every day for twins Jackson James Snyder and Reverie   Read more »

About Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. It is a holiday celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday.

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