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As noted by researchbuzz.org, Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, announced this week its immigration records collection will remain free through the end of 2006.
From Dealnews.com: Get the Lord of the Rings trilogy box set at Bestbuy.com for $18 plus $1.80 shipping.
Belk shoppers who donate $1 or more to the Salvation Army will receive discounts Tuesday through Thursday, Michelle Jarboe writes in today's Savvy Shopper column.
Put Gun in someone's stocking.
You can get the third-person, western-style shooter "Gun" for $5 Wednesday and Thursday only at Sears.
Game was released a year ago for $30. Highlights include great voice performance by Kris Kristofferson.
The first 100 customers through the door Thursday at Chick-fil-A's new restaurant in Greensboro will get a one year supply of Chick-fil-A combo meal coupons, Carl Wilson writes in today's Short Orders column.
You must be 18 or older with identification. The store opens at 6:30 a.m. But the line is expected to form hours earlier.
Circuit City has Gears of War, which is getting killer reviews, on sale for the Xbox 360 for $45 (regular $60).
We'll tell you why it's a bloody good time in this week's GameBuzz podcast:
(10:49)
A brand-spanking new player unveiled today as part of the News & Record's new multimedia gallery will make it easier to listen to GameBuzz, a weekly podcast about video games, bargains and other cool stuff.
Starting Tuesday, Belk shoppers who drop off new, unwrapped toys at the store’s Clinique counter will receive a free sample of Clinique’s Happy fragrance, Michelle Jarboe writes in today's Savvy Shopper column.
CompUSA has an Olevia 23-inch liquid crystal display TV (720 p) for $350. Regular $500. It's instant savings, so no mail-in rebate forms to fill out.
Deal ends Saturday.
Dealcatcher.com has info. regarding a 25 percent off online coupon good toward any one item at Barnes & Noble (expires Wednesday).
Is there a good beginner's camera for less than $250?
That's a questioned asked and answered in a Q&A column at Cnet.com.
Big Lots has a Nav-Cam GPS satellite navigation system for $230 (regular $400). Includes a 3.5-inch color LCD touch screen.
No more "I told you we should have turned left" arguments with your signficant other, or, as we call them, "heated discussions."
Doc Green’s in Greensboro is profiled in Go Triad's Cheap Eats column this week.
Credit: Luke McIntyre/Special to Go Triad
JC Penney has a protable 7-inch DVD player for $60 (regular $110) from 6 a.m. to noon only on Saturday.
Renting movies without leaving the house in the Greensboro area just got cheaper, Michelle Jarboe writes in a story about Time Warner Cable launching two on-demand movie channels.
The Divas women’s clothing store has once again opened a temporary discount shop, Michelle Jarboe writes in today's Savvy Shopper column.
The store offers discounts of 50 percent to 90 percent off clothes — including wedding dresses — typically priced from $80 to $500.
Timberland has 40% off online orders, according to Cheapstingybargains.com. Plus you can get $10 off $30 using Google checkout.
Get the Creative Muvo V100 2 GB MP3 player for $40 online after rebates including Google checkout, according to Dealspl.us. Shipping is free.
Best deal out there.
All I know is I want this.
Big Lots has a barware set featuring a tiny putting green with two putters.
Three shot glasses on each side. It's on sale for $10 (regular $20). Don't know much beyond that. But I've got lots of questions. Can you actually putt? Does the ball go in a little hole? Do the putters work?
I wonder if Tiger uses this for practice.
Circuit City has a 42-inch Sylvania plasma HDTV for $1,000 (regular $1,500) until Saturday. (Model # 6842THG)
Dealnews.com mentions eight stores that are still taking online orders with a guaranteed delivery by Chritmas.
Dashing through Sera, my snub pistol at bay
Over the corpse we go
Laughing all the way
Shots at locusts ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to kill locusts
In Gears of War tonight
A must-have game for Xbox 360 lovers: Gears of War , a third-person shooter game that focuses on soldiers doing battle with the evil Locust Horde on the planet Sera. (Developed by North Carolina-based Epic Games.)
It's getting killer reviews.
Best Buy has it on sale today only for $45 (regular $60).
Getting to use the Hammer of Dawn, a beam-like weapon that obliterates monsters? Priceless.
By the way, you can listen to next week's GameBuzz podcast show , which comes at a great price (free), here:
Best Buy has some cool movies for $5, inluding one of my all-time favorites: Terminator 2.
Others worth checking out: Tin Cup, Lawnmower Man (it's actually not bad. Little campy.), Spider-Man and First Blood
Time to fire up the grill because a lot of stores this week have steaks on sale.
Kmart has packages of New York strip steak (bone-in) for $4 a pound. Food Lion has New York strip steak for $6 a pound (regular $9.50). Harris Teeter has rancher beef boneless New York strip for $6 a pound (save at least $8). Lowes Foods has boneless New York strip steaks for $5 a pound.
Stephanie's in Greensboro is this week's Cheap Eats fav in Go Triad Magazine. Best bet is a grilled chicken sandwich with fries and a drink for $5.15.
So I'm reading Freakonomics and they're talking about how the Internet is empowering people when it comes to finding bargains. Or at least finding out if they're getting ripped off. Not that that's exactly breaking news, but an interesting result mentioned in the book is the falling price of coffins.
I mentioned this to News & Record reporter Katie Reetz, who just so happens to be doing a story profiling a funeral director. She mentioned Costco, no less, is in the coffin-selling business.
But Katie said you can’t ship them to North Carolina just yet - only 26 states allow caskets to be mailed. But you may still be able to buy urns and other funeral accessories.
Costco has this baby for $925.
Best Buy has a 120 GB external pocket-size hard drive for $100 (regular $150). Deal ends Saturday. (You save $51).
