Shoes on/shoes off? Policy polarizes partiers

It’s an issue as polarizing as global warming, health care reform or even Sarah Palin. When it comes to gatherings at home, what’s better: shoes on or shoes off?

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Santa’s substitutes for hot holiday gifts

For the fifth straight month retail sales have taken a hit. The Commerce Department released statistics Friday saying that in November, retail sales fell 1.8 percent. This is less than the 2.8 percent decrease in October, but still a significant decrease during the holiday season, which is a time when combined sales for November and December can add up to as much as 50 percent of a retailer's annual profits and sales. As job losses and concerns about the economy curb consumer spending this holiday season, retailers are feeling the pinch.

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LUCKNOW - A group of shopkeepers in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district shaved a 12-year-old boy's head, blackened his face and paraded him naked through a village after accusing him of stealing a pair of slippers, police said Wednesday...

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Allentown police had suspected William Torres of dealing drugs in the city. But an undercover narcotics investigation yielded much more, and resulted in Torres, 21, being charged early Saturday with two counts of homicide.

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An American National Treasure Stolen Police in Minnesota say they are closing in on the thief who stole a pair of the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz." The most important object in the history of cinema.

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A slippers amnesty has been announced with old people urged to hand in worn-out and potentially dangerous footwear.

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Savage Sloppy Slippers Sacked

Britain's health service is singing the praises of a simple community inspired scheme to stop elderly people falling over and breaking bones .

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From the page: -- With more women wearing flip-flops to the office this summer, U.S. style gurus are warning that the casual shoe once mainly seen on the beach could be damaging to careers -- as well as to feet. --

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