Reporter Global Super Star George Michael launched into Pop Culture History in 1984 as half of the british duo wham. Singing Careless Whisper. Time can never mend the Careless Whisper reporter by 1986, michael launched an incredible solo career. His number one album faith raising eyebrows with the first single. The risque lyrics and provocative Video Drawing sharp criticism of those wanting to bring awareness to the growing Aids Epidemic and the need for safe sex. I gotta have faith faith producing four number one singles. Including Father Figure. I will be your Father Figure reporter one more try. You
the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. My heart knows out to his family and all of his fans. Of course, he was known for his music, but he was also known for his advocacy for the Lgbt Community as well as aids awareness. Poppy, don. Ian lee, thank you so much. Obviously, his music, but his advocacy. He came out later in life and did a lot for the gay community. Do you re
has some suggestions. giftcardgranny and cardpool. they let you sell your gift cards for around 90% of their value. you can buy gift cards from other stores on the site. coinstar and many target locations will actually make you an offer on your gift cards from other retailers. as for those presents you can live without, consider returning them sooner rather than later. that way you won t have to deal with the expiring return dates. if you go to the stores today to return everything, which is the suggestion, you re going to be battling those lines. poppy? it s don. but that s okay. you know what, i have gift cards from like 1975. i never use those darn gift cards. maybe buy ryan that tie. i ll have to use it. i m just joking with ryan. turn to some serious news now. a deadly plane crash killing some of russia s top musicians.
cnn business correspondent alison kosik with the details. tally up how the holiday shopping season went. would you believe that americans unloaded hundreds of billions of dollars on gifts. the national retail federation forecasts a 3.6% jump in sales from last year. that total amount spent an incredible $655 billion. now, it was estimated that americans had planned to spend an average of $935 on gifts. that s second to last year. now, i m thinking that some of what was spent on you for things that you really don t want. let me give you a cheat sheet in return. let s begin with gift cards. if you got a gift card you don t want, meaning you got a gift card to a story you don t shop at, you have some options. nerve wallet has outlined these options to trade in some of these gift cards. giftcardgranny and cardpool are two websites that let you sell your gift cards for around 90% of their value. you can buy cards from other
sneakers. you can get $10 off $50 at sports authority. you re looking at other deals at finish line like $15 off $75. i found sneaker deals on sale. you can use coupons on top get moving. spas too. now that you paid down your debt with your tax refund maybe you can sphrurg splurge on yourself. next week is spa week, you can go to spaweek.com to see which spas are participating and see what deals they have available. you can go to giftcardgranny where they have discount spa gift cards to help you stretch those funds even more and get an extra massage or two. coming up, the nation s biggest police force getting rid of its muslim
i think we have the right to health care, but i don t think we have the obligation to accept health care. i don t think it s right for people in washington to tell us what people in georgia are going to have to do when we go to the doctor. a montana man accused of trying to board a plane with four handguns. harold waller reportedly was carrying a loaded gun and two knives when he went through security at sacramento international airport. tsa screeners say they found three more semiautomatic guns in waller s carry-on bags. an waller was arrested investigators found eight more guns in his car. no word on what the motive may have been. six children and two adults are dead after a fire swept through a house in charleston, west virginia. investigators are looking for a cause but say it does not look suspicious. one adult managed to escape, a seventh child son life support. public outrage over the trayvon martin shooting is growing. protesters are railing across the country d