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Friday afternoon, Cyndi Landrigan answered questions at her Crossville, Tenn., Christmas tree farm, ARCY Acres, for about six minutes before customer demands pulled her away.

Artificial greenery has become so much the norm in holiday decorating, the occasional encounter with the pungent scent of pine is enough to cause an immediate flashback to Christmases past.

KNOXVILLE — When Butch Jones arrived in Knoxville as Tennessee's football coach, the program greatly increased its presence and emphasis on Nashville and the surrounding midstate area.

THOMASTON, Maine — Ken and Judy Carreras got up before sunrise and drove an hour to find their Black Friday treasure — an acorn-shaped birdfeeder crafted by an inmate at Maine State Prison.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Christmas trees likely will cost a little more this year, and growers like John Tillman say it's about time.

MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio — Some orders for chocolates have been halted after fire gutted a candy warehouse and distribution center in northeast Ohio.

WASHINGTON — The United States is appealing a World Trade Organization decision that would make it harder for U.S. consumers to know where meat in the grocery store came from.

MOSCOW — The Russian Navy on Friday successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile for a second time in as many months, proving its reliability following a troublesome development.

FERGUSON, Mo. — Demonstrators temporarily shut down two large malls in suburban St. Louis on one of the busiest shopping days of the year Friday, as rallies were held nationwide to protest a grand jury's recent decision not to indict the police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson.