MOVIE REVIEWS & TIMES:
Quantum of Solace (PG-13)
Happy-Go-Lucky (R)
Four Christmases (PG-13)
Appaloosa (R)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (PG-13)
Changeling (R)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (PG)
Australia (PG-13)
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DVD RELEASES:
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (PG-13)
Tropic Thunder (R)
Wall-E (G)
Fred Claus (PG)
Hancock (PG-13)
Meet Dave (PG)
Space Chimps (G)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (PG)
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Today is Friday, December 5, 2008
stART your holiday shopping Sunday at Union Station

By Nancy Sheehan TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
When the Christmas train rolls by, are you going to be ready this time? Yes, of course there are socks and gift cards galore out there, but you're so much more creative than that, aren't you? What's that? You say you're not? Well, then, you can just let other people be creative for you, like the 78 local artists and crafters who will display their wares Sunday at the stART at the Station holiday festival at Union Station.

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» American music legend Odetta dies - NEW YORK
» Soap opera stars face salary cuts, dismissals - NEW YORK
» New ratings Web site gets thumbs up from game critics
» ‘Scrubs’ has new ‘Friend’ - NEW YORK
» Shatner shows his nerve
» DeVotchKa basks in ‘Sunshine’ - DENVER
» New philharmonic formed in Bolton - BOLTON
» Alternative country mag is back in a new format - RALEIGH, N.C.
» Costello’s ‘Spectacle’ a different look at music - NEW YORK

Man uses candy cane to subdue attacker with knife
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man using a candy cane lawn ornament fended off a knife-wielding neighbor who had been attacking holiday guests at a Sacramento home. Police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong said the man used the two-foot-tall plastic ornament to subdue the attacker until officers arrived.
Customer spots cook butchering deer in pizzeria
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania pizzeria insists venison is not on the menu - despite the impression a customer may have gotten when she saw one of the cooks butchering a deer in the shop's kitchen.
DUI suspect drives off with fuel hose in tank
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RENO, Nev. — The Nevada Highway Patrol says a drunken driving suspect in Reno was gassed in more ways than one. A 40-year-old Reno woman was arrested early Tuesday after an ambulance crew saw her driving on U.S. Highway 395 with a fuel hose and nozzle sticking out of her gas tank.
Message in bottle tossed off NJ in '69 found in NC
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NORTH HALEDON, N.J. — A message in a bottle tossed into the ocean off Barnegat Bay has turned up in North Carolina - 39 years later. The note was sealed in a Schaefer beer bottle. It was dated Aug. 17, 1969 and read: "If found notify the North Haledon Fire Co. 2."
Deer gets revenge after hunter shoots him
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEDALIA, Mo. — A hunter bagged a big buck on the second day of firearms season, but the kill caused him a lot of pain. Randy Goodman, 49, said he thought two well-placed shots with his .270-caliber rifle had killed the buck on Nov. 19. Goodman said the deer looked dead to him, but seconds later the nine-point, 240-pound animal came to life.
Man says God ordered him to ram vehicle at 100 mph
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN ANTONIO — A man who rammed his truck into a woman's vehicle on a highway early Friday told authorities he crashed into her while going more than 100 mph because God told him "she needed to be taken off the road."
‘The dog ate my homework on the subway’?
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — People late for school or work because of New York City subway delays can get notes from the transit agency to give to their teachers or bosses.
Thief steals Thanksgiving dinner off woman's porch
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OREGON, Wis. — A Wisconsin family found it hard to be thankful after a thief made off with their turkey dinner.
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