Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Hobbies published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 1490
» View wsbt.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-125
•
Next >
-
Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes...
Tags: Lobbying, Belief and Faith, Plan B (drug), Employment, Justice System
-
Small business owners support online sales tax plan
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND - Nothing irks Jack St. Pierre more than when someone comes into his shop, looks at one of his cameras, asks a bunch of questions, then goes home and buys the thing online. "Don't get me started," said St. Pierre, owner of Gene’s Camera...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Photography and Video, Photography Supplies and Services, E-Commerce Industry, Services and Shopping
-
Cyber Monday likely to be busiest online sales day
NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday is a distant memory. Small Business Saturday is long gone. Now, it's Cyber Monday's turn. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving...
Tags: Queens (New York City), Sears, IBM, Apple iPad, Cyber Monday
-
Stores borrow from fast-food industry's playbook
NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts of up to 70 percent off to lure shoppers during the busy holiday shopping season. But the...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Throw Pillows, Target, Services and Shopping, Macy's, Inc.
-
Judge: Hobby Lobby must offer morning-after pill
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.'s request to block part of the federal health care overhaul that requires the arts and craft supply company to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after and week-...
Tags: Belief and Faith, Lobbying, Healthcare Laws, Abortion Issue, David Green
-
Holiday sales to rise 4.1 percent
Associated PressNEW YORK – Americans are expected to spend more during what's traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, but they're not exactly ready to shop 'til they drop like they have been in the past two years. The National Retail Federation, the...Tags: Stock Market, Labor Markets, Toys "R" Us, Inc., Gallup, Inc., 401K
-
Hitting the water this weekend? Better stay sober
WSBT-TVIf you plan to spend any time boating this weekend in Michigan, you better be sober. Michigan is launching Operation Dry Water, a yearly campaign to enforce the state’s boating laws and educate boaters about the risks of operating a water vessel...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Lifestyle and Leisure
-
Market Basket: Round 2: Local business owner revives Auto World brand
As a boy, Tom Lowe frequently ordered slot cars and model kits from the Auto World catalog that arrived in his family’s mailbox. And like many other youngsters who built and collected model cars, Lowe says he dreamed of visiting the company’...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Vehicles, Auto Racing, File Sharing
-
Bracing for Black Friday: 2011 holiday shopping forecast
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY – Ready or not, Black Friday is right around the corner.
Stores are in full swing preparing, but are you ready for the holiday shopping season?
Some shoppers have been saving up all year for this; others said they're only...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Lobbying, Black Friday (shopping), Target Brands, Inc., Meijer, Inc.
-
Lingering economic downturn helps keep gardening boom going
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Home gardening has been booming in recent years as millions of Americans try to save money by growing their own food. The National Gardening Association says the number of households that planned to grow at least some of...Tags: Gardening, Pennsylvania, Lifestyle and Leisure
-
Kate Middleton's family photos go online
LONDON (AP) — A small batch of photographs from Kate Middleton's early years have hit the Web, giving the world a glimpse of the soon-to-be royal's early years. The five pictures from the Middleton family album show her as a pigtailed toddler, a...Tags: Westminster Abbey, Christianity, Anglicanism, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Lifestyle and Leisure
-
Marilyn L. Coy, 82
Lifelong area resident Marilyn L. Coy passed away Thursday morning, May 23, 2013, at Charlevoix Area Hospital. Marilyn was born Dec. 24, 1930, in Petoskey to John Paul and Oliva (Burnett) Beal. She grew up in Bay Shore and was a graduate of Petoskey...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure
May 23, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
Nov 27, 2012
|Story| WSBT-TV
Nov 25, 2012
|Story| AP Indiana
Nov 21, 2012
|Story| AP Broadcast
Nov 20, 2012
|Story| AP Indiana
Oct 3, 2012
|Story| AP Broadcast
Jun 22, 2012
|Story| WSBT-TV
Sep 24, 2011
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Nov 11, 2011
|Story| WSBT-TV
Jun 20, 2011
|Story| AP Broadcast
Mar 7, 2011
|Story| AP Broadcast
May 24, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Original site for Hobbies topic gallery.