Last-Minute Shoppers Gobbling Up Deep Discounts

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NEW YORK (AP) - The nation's shoppers - taking advantage of deep discounts and expanded hours - jammed stores over the last weekend before Christmas to try to grab a hard-to-find Wii or scoop up bargains on other items. But the spending surge might not be enough to offset what is shaping up to be a mediocre December for some retailers.

Based on early reports on Sunday, mall operators including Macerich Co. said they were pleased with the spending spree over the weekend, but they were still counting on Christmas Eve and post- Christmas business to meet holiday sales goals in what has turned out to be a nail biter of a season.

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Last-Minute Shoppers Gobbling Up Deep Discounts

Meanwhile, even as shoppers continued to snap up fl...

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