August is here which means back-to-school season has officially begun.
Most families spend upwards of $500 per child on school necessities according to Huntington Bank?s Annual Backpack Index. ??
Starting today, families can save and extra 6-7% off of selected school items. These include school supplies like paper and pencils, clothing, software, and computers under $1000.
Certain department stores are even offering additional coupons to New Mexico residents for shopping at their businesses this weekend. Starting Friday, 3 p.m. to close and Saturday 9 am ? 1 pm, JC Penney offers $10 off purchases of $25 or more on select apparel, shoes and accessories, and $10 haircuts for kids inside JC Penney salons. Kohl?s is offering coupons for an additional $10 off of every $50 spent.
Most stores will hold longer hours in order to accommodate the large crowds of shoppers that are expected to be out, and they recommend shoppers get to the stores early. Sale items tend to sell out quickly due to the holiday.
However, for those who want savings but would rather avoid crowds, the tax free incentive is also extended to online shopping.
JC Penney has two locations in Albuquerque, one Coronado Center and one at the Cottonwood Mall.
Kohl?s has three locations in Albuquerque, one at the Coronado Center, one located at 6800 Holly Ave NE, and one location on the Westside at 3715 Ellison Rd NW.
FILE - In this Jan 20, 2013, file photo, Tottenham Hotspur's Clint Dempsey celebrates after scoring a goal against Manchester United during an English Premier League soccer match at White Hart Lane stadium in London. Dempsey is returning to Major League Soccer, ending his six-year spell in English soccer.The 30-year-old Dempsey played for the New England Revolution from 2004-06 before joining Fulham in 2007. He moved to Tottenham last summer and scored 12 goals in 43 games, but wasn't a regular. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
FILE - In this Jan 20, 2013, file photo, Tottenham Hotspur's Clint Dempsey celebrates after scoring a goal against Manchester United during an English Premier League soccer match at White Hart Lane stadium in London. Dempsey is returning to Major League Soccer, ending his six-year spell in English soccer.The 30-year-old Dempsey played for the New England Revolution from 2004-06 before joining Fulham in 2007. He moved to Tottenham last summer and scored 12 goals in 43 games, but wasn't a regular. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
LONDON (AP) ? Clint Dempsey is returning to Major League Soccer, ending his six-year spell in English soccer.
The 30-year-old Dempsey played for the New England Revolution from 2004-06 before joining Fulham in 2007. He moved to Tottenham last summer and scored 12 goals in 43 games, but wasn't a regular.
"We have reached agreement with Major League Soccer for the transfer of Clint Dempsey," Spurs said in a statement Saturday. "We wish Clint every success for the future."
Tottenham didn't say what team Dempsey was going to, but reports had him linked to the Seattle Sounders. The Sounders cleared one of their three designated player slots earlier this week when midfielder Shalrie Joseph restructured his contract to no longer be counted as a designated player.
The team website also asked fans to arrive 15 minutes early to Saturday night's game against FC Dallas for what the club called a "special presentation."
Dempsey raved about Seattle when the city hosted the U.S. against Panama in a World Cup qualifier in June.
"It's great to see the game is building and there are markets like this where people have so much passion for the game," he said.
A star for the U.S. national team, Dempsey wasn't a regular in Andre Villas-Boas' starting lineup. Even so, his move is somewhat surprising because Tottenham could also lose forward Gareth Bale this offseason to Real Madrid.
One of the most successful Americans to play in England's top league, Dempsey was first sold from the Revolution to Fulham in 2007. Dempsey spent five years playing at Craven Cottage, where he scored 50 goals in 184 league appearances and became a fan favorite. Last year with Tottenham, Dempsey scored seven goals in 29 Premier League matches, scored three times in two FA Cup matches and had two more goals in 10 other games.
As his stock in Europe rose, so did Dempsey's role on his national team. He's played in eight games in 2013 for the United States and scored five times. His next international appearance for the Americans will be his 100th, and he's served as the U.S. captain most of this year when Landon Donovan was out.
Dempsey came to England as an attacking midfielder but has developed into a potent forward in recent seasons, starting up front for the U.S. too.
This weekend, Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint will appear on ?Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace? to review the week?s top news stories.
Appearing with DeMint on the panel will be Bill Kristol from the Weekly Standard, Howard Kurtz from ?Fox News Watch,? and Juan Williams, a Fox News policy analyst.
The panel is expected to cover the recent debate between Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). DeMint will likely discuss subjects that range from the viewpoints on?recent National Security Agency leaks?and the efforts to?stop Obamacare.
Sunday?s show will also feature interviews with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and a discussion with former NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden and Representative Justin Amash (R-MI).
Check local listings?for when ?Fox News Sunday? will air in your area. Follow the conversation on Twitter:?@Heritage?and?@foxnewssunday.
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The Mustang aficionados at MustangG6 have come across a handful of prototypes at a hotel in Arizona.
While the cars are heavily camouflaged, the pictures suggest it will feature a prominent grille, slender headlights and new door mirrors. We can also see the model will likely have a similar roofline to its predecessor.
The interior photo doesn't reveal much but we can make out a three-spoke steering wheel and handful of metallic accents. ?Despite our limited view, the 2015 Mustang is expected to have a higher?quality cabin with upgraded technology.
The endless stream of rumors makes it hard to sort fact from fiction but the general consensus suggests the model will be offered with a 2.3-liter four-cylinder EcoBoost engine that develops 350 bhp (261 kW) and a 5.0-liter V8 that produces approximately 450 bhp (335 kW). There have also been rumors about an entry-level V6 and range-topping Shelby GT350 with "substantially more" than 450 bhp (335 kW), but nothing is official as of yet.
Nearly one quarter of the 162,000 jobs added nationwide last month were in the retail sector.
According to the National Retail Federation, America?s retailers hired 37,000 workers in July, which is approximately 23 percent of the 162,000 the Bureau of Labor Statistics says were added to the economy.
The NRF does not break out the numbers by geographic region.
Those retail jobs came in sectors such as general merchandise, food and beverage and building and garden supply stores.
Hiring in those areas may indicate that people are more confident and willing to spend, as well as go out to eat. Increased hiring at building and garden supply stores also points to improvements in the housing market.
?In spite of continued rancor and uncertainty from policymakers in Washington, the private sector economy continues to add jobs,? NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said in a statement. ?While unemployment remains stubbornly high, with millions of Americans jobless or underemployed, retailers are adding to their ranks and payrolls.?
With the third quarter under way, retailers will likely evaluate their hiring needs and continue to add workers ahead of the all-important fourth quarter.
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SIPTU president Jack O?Connor at the Philip Ross ?pop up? art exhibition in McDevitt's old wool factory in Glenties after his address to the MacGill Summer School
John Mulligan, Donal O'Donovan and Fiach Kelly ? 03 August 2013
THE head of the country's biggest trade union is standing by his comments comparing AIB chief executive David Duffy to the head of the Nazi propaganda machine.
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SIPTU president Jack O'Connor made the controversial link between Mr Duffy and Joseph Goebbels, who was Hitler's minister of propaganda. "If Goebbels had that man (David Duffy), Hitler would have won the war," Mr O'Connor claimed.
He made the comments after Mr Duffy had claimed that one in five homeowners in arrears was "strategically defaulting". The bitterness is set to intensify as one of the Central Bank's most senior figures warned of a "turbulent" few months ahead as the banks increase the number of home repossessions.
Fiona Muldoon, head of banking supervision at the Central Bank, also said lenders had to watch out for people
who may be "trying it on" in seeking debt deals. She said the Central Bank had set "ambitious" targets for the banks to deal with troubled homeowners in order to "force the issue".
Ms Muldoon added that it was "inevitable" there would be some reaction and repercussions from home repossessions.
The heads of the other main banks weighed into the debate. Ulster Bank chief executive Jim Brown backed Mr Duffy's view on "strategic defaults" but Bank of Ireland's Richie Boucher voiced his doubt that large numbers of people in arrears were "cynically" defaulting in the hope of securing a debt deal.
However, it was Mr O'Connor's linking of the head of a state-owned bank and the Nazi Party that really caused shockwaves. The SIPTU chief was speaking at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Co Donegal.
Mr O'Connor said he had heard the AIB boss speaking on the radio this week regarding the bank's first-half results.
Last night he told the Irish Independent that he stood by his comparison with Goebbels but distanced himself from suggesting any links with fascism.
"I'm not in any way suggesting that David Duffy is in any way remotely aligned with Nazism," said Mr O'Connor.
"If the man was offended or if he interpreted it in any way other than the way I meant it, I don't wish to imply anything other than what I meant."
He stressed that he was deeply concerned that the level of evictions looked set to rise.
"We all as a society have an obligation to support those at risk of losing their family home," said Mr O'Connor. And he accused AIB of trying to stigmatise people who genuinely could not make ends meet.
A spokeswoman for Mr Duffy said he would not be responding to Mr O'Connor's comments.
The controversy erupted after Mr Duffy had claimed that as many as one in five homeowners in deep debt arrears was a so-called "strategic defaulter" ? meaning they earn enough to repay their home loan but are using it to cover other expenses, such as credit card debt.
His bank said it had sent letters to thousands of defaulting borrowers threatening legal action, including repossession.
And Ulster Bank chief executive Jim Brown told the Irish Independent that he "shares a similar view" to Mr Duffy about the level of so-called strategic default and that his bank was also planning an "uptick in legal activity".
However Bank of Ireland's chief executive Richie Boucher said it was impossible to know the level of strategic versus more genuine defaulters.
"It's not possible to break it down scientifically," Mr Boucher said. "Is it (a case of default) absolutely deliberate? I can't sit here in my bunker and put myself in someone else's mind."
