The National Retail Federation says half of holiday shoppers will hit up stores on the last Saturday before Christmas, also known as “Super Saturday.” They say of those who miss the Christmas deadline, 46 percent say they will take their shopping back online. LSU Marketing Professor Dan Rice says even though many shoppers will be out, they still know websites are the best place to learn what deals are out there this weekend…:
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The NRF says about 126 million people, or 53 percent of consumers, plan to shop on Saturday.

The roads will be busy as a record number of travelers are out there. AAA’s Don Redman says most of the over 107 million people are hitting up warm weather destinations to wrap up the year…
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97.4 million people are expected to take their car.

For the seventeenth year in a row State Police troop E out of Alexandria will be delivering gifts to children who are stuck in the hospital for Christmas. The troop plans to meet Christmas Eve morning to start wrapping gifts to deliver to kids later that night. Master Trooper Scott Moreau says it’s his troops way of spreading a little holiday cheer..:
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He says the collect toys for the drive all year long.

The US House has passed an $81 billion disaster recovery bill, which includes a fix to the issue where flood victims who applied for SBA loans were not able to access Restore Louisiana recovery grants. Congressman Garret Graves, who is among those authoring the policy change included in the legislation, says the current guideline penalizes those who were proactive in trying to rebuild their homes. The fate of the bill is less certain in the US Senate.