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Archive Home > 2010 > December > 24 > This year's practical present? Groceries

This year's practical present? Groceries

By P.J. Huffstutter / The Bulletin
December 24, 2010

LOS ANGELES — Last Christmas, Karen Hoxmeier bought her brother a cashmere scarf and several pricey gadgets for his digital camera.

This year, she bought the out-of-work Hollywood cameraman something more essential: groceries.

With the nation's unemployment rate still high and the economy....

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