Shopping

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OGDEN — ’Tis the season for shopping, and with Black Friday right around the corner, local business owners and city officials are hoping holiday shoppers will buy local.

Ogden city and the council recently adopted a joint resolution encouraging residents to do all of their holiday shopping and dining within Ogden city limits.

The city says making a conscious effort to purchase within Ogden fosters local economic growth, enhances product convenience, makes shopping areas more vibrant and less susceptible to crime, and reduces environmental impacts that come from traveling to shop.

Priya Narasimhan has a vision: a robot helping shoppers find everything on their shopping list in grocery and other stores.

Walking through the Carnegie Mellon University campus bookstore on a recent day, she was accompanied by just that -- a 3 1/2-foot robot resembling R2D2.

MILWAUKEE -- The other morning, I told a woman at the gym about my $5 dress from Gap. I wasn't wearing it at the time. The dress just came up in conversation.

She shot out an arm for a high five.

I wear cheap on my sleeve. I also keep it in the dining room, where we eat at a Knoll conference table I scored for $50. The living room boasts a vintage Westnofa lounge chair purchased for $40, and a floor model lamp picked up from Pottery Barn for less than half its original price.

The picture opens with an eerie shot of a dark cul-de-sac in the early morning hours. The only illumination comes from the house lights in the sleepy Pleasant View neighborhood. Then the headlights of the suspect vehicle appear in the distance. The music starts softly and grows louder as the headlights approach the hidden surveillance camera.

The trap is set, with the bait stacked in the driveway. The vehicle pulls up and stops. The music gets louder.

SALT LAKE CITY — A local lawmaker’s bill to allow gold and silver coins to be used as legal tender in Utah is gaining momentum.

The Senate voted 24-4 on Wednesday to adopt HB 317, sponsored by Rep. Brad Galvez, R-West Haven, to allow the precious metals to be used in retail transactions.

OGDEN — The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers about a new scam that tries to trick people into claiming fraudulent refunds on their tax returns.

The scam artists promise refunds to people who normally aren’t required to file for taxes because they have little or no income, which means senior citizens tend to be the targets, according to a news release from the IRS.