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Why Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You' became so popular — and stayed that way 12/11/2023 10:57am • NEW YORK (AP) — If anything about Mariah Carey's “All I Want for Christmas is You” annoys you, best to avoid shopping malls now. Or the radio. Maybe music altogether, for that matter. Her 1994 carol dominates holiday music like nothing else. The Christmas colossus has reached No. 1 on Billboar Is Your Home Alone for the Holidays? How to Keep Your House Bandit-Free 12/10/2023 07:00pm • When your family goes out of town for the holidays, fingers crossed, you won't leave a kid behind. But then who's going to keep your home safe from the criminals waiting to pounce on an empty house or apartment? There's no need to call on Kevin McCallister of "Home Alone" if you follow these ways to Ohtani cashes in as fans in Japan wait for him to deliver more goods and play in a World Series 12/10/2023 04:45pm • TOKYO (AP) — Now that Shohei Ohtani has his money — a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers — some fans in Japan are waiting for one more thing to complete the deal. “I want Ohtani to play in the World Series,” said Isshin Watanabe, a baseball fan speaking on S DC man arrested on child porn charges after soliciting minor on Snapchat, police say 12/10/2023 10:12am • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, have arrested a D.C. man who is accused of producing child pornography and soliciting a minor over Snapchat. Now, detectives are looking for possible additional victims. The incident was first reported when parents told police their child was speaking with a ma Cows in Rotterdam harbor, seedlings on rafts in India; are floating farms the future? 12/09/2023 11:56pm • ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — On the top deck of a three-tiered structure moored near downtown Rotterdam, brown and white cows graze on hay dropped from a conveyor belt above their heads and rinds of oranges salvaged from supermarket juice machines in the port city. Canopies overhead protect the c With no supermarket for residents of Atlantic City, New Jersey and hospitals create mobile groceries 12/08/2023 08:44pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — In this seaside resort, where $5 billion worth of in-person and online gambling gets done each year, there still is not a supermarket. People who live in Atlantic City must either drive off the island to a mainland store, take public transportation — whose cost eats aw Amazon asks federal judge to dismiss the FTC's antitrust lawsuit against the company 12/08/2023 08:25pm • Attorneys for Amazon on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the e-commerce giant, arguing the agency is attacking policies that benefit consumers and competition. Amazon’s response came more than two months after the FTC — joined by Free toy store in Nashville gives families the dignity of choice while shopping for holiday gifts 12/08/2023 06:35pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When country music star Brad Paisley and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, helped create a free grocery store in Nashville, Tennessee, their goal was to give families in need the ability to choose their own food in a place that felt like a normal store. This yea Report: Deputies were justified when they fired at SUV that blasted through Mar-a-Lago checkpoint 12/08/2023 05:54pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida sheriff's deputies were justified when they fired numerous shots at a Connecticut opera singer whose speeding SUV blasted through a checkpoint outside then-President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club almost four years ago, an internal affairs investigation con New York can enforce laws banning guns from 'sensitive locations' for now, U.S. appeals court rules 12/08/2023 04:26pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in certain “sensitive” locations and require that handgun owners be of “good moral character,” a federal appeals court ruled Friday in its first broad review of a host of new gun rules passed in the state after a la Ho, ho, ho! Gift ideas for stargazers in 2023 12/08/2023 03:30pm • OK, so you have someone on your holiday gift list that loves the stars. What to do, what to do… Don’t despair, here’s my annual WTOP "Gift Ideas For Stargazers." Internet shopping and quick shipping can get that star-minded someone their gift fairly quickly with very little hassle -- even i Lawmakers seek action against Elf Bar and other fruity e-cigarettes imported from China 12/08/2023 09:46am • WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers are demanding information from federal officials on what they are doing to stop the recent influx of kid-appealing electronic cigarettes from China. Members of a new congressional committee on U.S.-China relations sent the request Thursday to Justice Department an FTC warns social media giveaways may be fake 12/07/2023 09:30pm • It's the holiday season and if you're shopping on social media, be careful with giveaways claiming you'll win a prize. The Federal Trade Commission says it's likely a scam and many people are becoming victims. One in four people who reported losing money to fraud since 2021 said it started when a Christmas Tree Prices Are Through the Roof: Here Are 7 Alternatives 12/07/2023 07:00pm • If you plan on buying a Christmas tree in 2023, get ready for a hefty price tag. According to a 2023 Real Christmas Tree Board survey, most growers say their costs have increased by up to 10% this year, and a quarter said they would likely raise their wholesale price between 5% and 15%. "The U.S. is What's the Cheapest Way to Travel for the Holidays in 2023? 12/07/2023 07:00pm • Are you looking for the cheapest way to travel during the upcoming holiday season? After two years of elevated costs and high interest rates, many Americans are pinching pennies. But that doesn't mean you have to stay home. Here are five ways to keep your travel costs down. 1. Comparison ShopBefore