Triple-A estimates that nearly a third of Americans will travel during the Christmas and New Year’s Holiday. Triple-A spokesperson Don Redman says that equals 115-million people. Redman says 105-million travelers will hit the road and…
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Redman says the busiest travel day in the skies will be December 26th.

The state’s Gaming Control Board approves a plan for Lake Charles based Isle of Capri riverboat casino to move on land, the first facility to make the jump 18 months after the Legislature ok’d such moves. The plan is to shutter the riverboat and build a 112-million dollar facility nearby. Chairman Ronnie Jones says the facility will have more than just gambling…
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The new facility will have 72,000 square feet of gaming space.

The National Retail Federation Estimates nearly 148-million U-S consumers will shop on super Saturday. That’s up from 134-million last year. LSU marketing professor Dan Rice says the last Saturday before Christmas has become the biggest shopping day of the year
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Rice says men and younger consumers tend to be the biggest procrastinators.

A rash of stories about dangerous counterfeit toys has inspired Senator Bill Cassidy to co-author the SANTA Act, which demands online retailers to detail exactly where children’s products come from. Currently, online retailers only have to provide the name of their company, and little else, but Cassidy wants them to reveal more…
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