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A new Web gives you the 411 regarding where your kids can eat free or at a reduced price at Triad restaurants.

Link is www.MyKidsEatFree.com.

At PieWorks, for example, kids 12 and under eat free on Monday nights.

Big Lots has Timex watches on sale for $10 (regular $25).

Sale ends Sunday.

If you can stand standing in line, this might be the right deal for you.

Chick-fil-A is giving away 52 combo meal coupons to the first 100 adults (bring you ID) in line at its new Winston-Salem restaurant Thursday morning.

The address is 391 Knollwood St.

But there's a catch. Hint: You will learn patience.

Harris Teeter has 1-pound packages of strawberries on sale for a buck (regular $4).

Sale ends Tuesday.

Starbucks is giving customers 12-ounce cups of coffee for free at all of its locations across the country March 15 from 10 a.m. until noon.

Circuit City has a deal on a laptop that lets you burn DVDs and CDs.

The HP Pavilion Notebook is &700 after rebates (regular $950).

It has a 15.4-inch screen, 80-gigabyte hard drive and 512 MP DDR-SDRAM memory.

Sale ends Saturday.

Harris Teeter has 26-30 count "EZ Peel" white shrimp for $6 a pound (save at least $7 per pound.).

Deal ends Tuesday.

Food Lion has Souffer's entrees on sale for $5 (regular $6.80). I'd recommend the lasagna.

Sale ends Tuesday.

If don't need a portable music device that also plays videos or can store 6 billion songs, this might be the right fit for your wallet.

The price on Apple's original iPod Shuffle has been reduced to $70 (was $100).

Plays up to 120 songs. Or put it to good use by tuning into these recommended podcasts.

If you like shoot-em up action video games, this might be a deal to take aim at.

It's called "Half-Life 2." It's a first-person shooter game released in November that's on sale for $20 at Circuit City (regular $30).

It's received solid reviews.

We also liked what we saw and gave it good reviews during our Jan. 6 GameBuzz podcast show. (Listen here.)

GameBuzz program note: We review a new boxing game called "Fight Night 3" in the next show, which airs Monday. Info. will be here.

Need to unload a set of golf clubs, computer or TV?

The News & Record's Triad Marketplace still has a deal where you can list something for free for items $1,000 or less (4 lines, 7 days.)

Details here.

Office Depot has a Toshiba laptop for $500 after rebates including mail-in (Regular $780).

Features include a processing speed of 1.6 gigahertz and a 60-gigabyte hard drive.

It's a good deal if that's the type of laptop you're looking for.

Reviews, however, have been mixed.

News & Record's food columnist Melissa Umbarger dishes out some yummy chicken breast recipes that are quick and easy to make in an article that ran in today's Life section.

Harris Teeter also has Perdue boneless chicken breasts on sale for $3 a pound (regular $5.30 a pound).

Melissa Umbarger

Spring is around the corner. Time to fire up the backyard grill.
Here's something that sounds appetizing - Dealcatcher.com mentions a deal on "The Omaha Steaks All American Combo" for $60. (Regular $205.)
Includes: four filet mignons, four top sirloins, four boneless pork chops, two stuffed sole with scallops and crab, 10 gourmet burgers, eight gourmet franks, 10 portions potatoes au gratin, 6-piece cutlery set and cutting board.

Lowes Foods has a buy one pound, get one free deal on vine tomatoes (regular $3.49/pound).

Tired of trying to remember all your passwords?

CompUSA has a Microsoft fingerprint reader on sale for $10 after mail-in rebates (regular $40).

Pretty good deal if that's what you're looking for.

And pretty good customer reviews so far at Amazon.com.

Good deal on a golf bag with built-in stands if you want to forgo the cart this year to save some bucks.

Sports Authority has them on sale for $40 (regular $45-$100).

Sure, that means you can't carry your beer with you.

But golf isn't like bowling. I'm sure the experts will agree you're game doesn't improve the more you drink. You care less if you slice another one into the pond, that's true.

But seeing a 110 on your score card after you sober up? Brutal. Not that I know anything about this.

Office Depot has a 100-GB desktop computer on sale for $320 after mail-in rebates. Includes a 17-inch monitor and printer.

Deal ends Saturday.

Today's News & Record has an Eckerd $5 off coupon (page C8) if you spend at least $25 this Saturday only.

Strings attached alert: Some things can't count toward the $25 including booze, smokes, prescriptions.

Harris Teeter has natural beef boneless top round London broil for $4 a pound (regular $7 a pound).

Or if you prefer pork chops, Food Lion has them on sale for $2 a pound (regular $2.80).

Deals end Tuesday.

The King Kong DVDs from Peter Jackson's movie hits the store shelves Tuesday.

Circuit City has the best deal I've seen so far - $14 for the basic version.

Target has the 2-disc special edition for $21.

You can also buy the Xbox or PS2 game based on the movie for $20 at Best Buy (originally $50 when it was released in December). We reviewed it at GameBuzz and liked what we saw. Reviews were pretty good across the board too.

Sports Authority has some deals on sneakers that might help jump start your exercise regimen.

Sales include New Balance 411s (men's or women's) running shoes for $40 (regular $50).

Deals end Saturday.

By canoe, of course. (No need to gas up or recharge the trolling motor battery.)

Dick's Sporting Goods has the "Colorado Canoe" on sale for $280 (regular $330).

It's 15 feet, 6 inches and 37 inches deep.

Has three bench seats.

You can practice your tennis swing and zap those pesky little critters at the same time with an electronic fly swatter.

Ah, the sights and sounds of spring.

And for a deal that's, ah, shocking, be sure to grab that coupon included in the Harbor Freight Tools insert you may have received in the mail.

You save $7 with the coupon, so it's $3. The swatter's "1,500 volt DC charge kills bugs instantly," according to the insert.

Hey, it's cool. Not cool: Pulling their wings off. Or, better yet, gluing their legs to miniature airplanes, something my high school architectural drawing teacher used to do. That's just downright creepy.

Harris Teeter has a buy 1, get one 1 free deal on Mayfield ice cream (regular $5.40 each).

Any good? At least one review thinks so. The vanilla flavor got a a sweet review from at least one newspaper.

Sale ends Tuesday.

Didn't you get the memo? The slow cooker is hot these days.

JC Penney has a 4-quart slow cooker on sale for $19 (regular $40). Sale ends tomorrow.

Diane Bondareff/Associated Press
Tom Valenti prepares braised pork shank
in a slow cooker at a cooking demonstration
in New York City.