Read more big gifts stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2491/big-gifts.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:38:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/58991/grandparents-face-bitter-foe-other-grandparents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBaby boomers are joining the ranks of grandparents, and as usual, they want to be the best—which includes outranking other grandparents in their mutual grandchildren's affections. The competition is so fierce that it's an economic stimulus unto itself: 42% of gift spending is by grandparents, the Boston Globe reports....http://www.newser.com/story/58991/grandparents-face-bitter-foe-other-grandparents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 12:01:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46283/wade-gives-displaced-family-new-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChristmas seemed destroyed for Dawn Smith’s family after her nephew accidentally burned down their Florida home, but Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade has saved it. He helped Smith move into a new home on Christmas Eve, providing furnishings, clothes, and gifts for the holidays, the AP reports. Wade’s foundation will...http://www.newser.com/story/46283/wade-gives-displaced-family-new-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Dec 2008 12:48:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43987/just-in-time-for-holidays-no-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFew things ruin the holidays like losing a job. Yet that's what's happening to thousands of Americans just as they were planning to treat friends and families to gifts and holiday gatherings. The turnaround is excruciating as families struggle to save traditions on extremely tight budgets, reports the New York...http://www.newser.com/story/43987/just-in-time-for-holidays-no-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Nov 2008 5:03:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/33867/stevens-pleads-not-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlaska Sen. Ted Stevens pleaded not guilty today in federal court in Washington to seven counts of corruption, the Anchorage Daily News reports. At his lawyers' request, the judge set a tentative trial date of Sept. 24, more than 5 weeks before the Nov. 4 general election. He'll rule on...http://www.newser.com/story/33867/stevens-pleads-not-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 31 Jul 2008 12:57:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32202/cruises-welcome-kidmans-kid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTom Cruise’s clan sent a huge baby gift basket to his ex-wife Nicole Kidman in celebration of the birth of her daughter Sunday Rose, People reports. Contrary to reports that Cruise filled Kidman's Nashville hospital room with flowers, he and his brood—including their two kids together—sent the tot...http://www.newser.com/story/32202/cruises-welcome-kidmans-kid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Jul 2008 11:34:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/8701/all-i-want-for-xmas-is-a-16m-concert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA $1.6 million concert by the Kirov Orchestra is just one eye-popping highlight of Neiman Marcus' brand new Christmas catalogue, which is chock full of super-extravagant gifts most of us can only salivate over. The private concert for 500 includes a Steinway Concert Grand piano autographed by the musicians....http://www.newser.com/story/8701/all-i-want-for-xmas-is-a-16m-concert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Oct 2007 4:44:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/7260/uc-berkeley-gets-113m-to-corral-profs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUC Berkeley will announce a $113 million gift today, which the school will use to create 100 new endowed chairs—hopefully slowing the emigration of professors to the juicier paychecks offered by private universities. The gift is unusual in that it will go straight to ordinary activities rather than building...http://www.newser.com/story/7260/uc-berkeley-gets-113m-to-corral-profs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Sep 2007 8:35:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/2990/michael-moore-saves-exploits-his-enemy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe man behind an anti-Michael Moore website found himself on the right end of his target’s checkbook after the documentarian dropped 12K to cover the blogger's uninsured wife's medical expenses. Jim Kenefick received the anonymous gift after seeking help from visitors to Moorewatch.com, which aims to expose Moore's "deceptions...http://www.newser.com/story/2990/michael-moore-saves-exploits-his-enemy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 11 Jun 2007 9:19:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/2749/100-million-here-100-million-there.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnd, as Illinois' late Senator Everett Dirksen once said, you are talking about real money. Tom Siebel, University of Illinois graduate and founder of Siebel Systems, a customer management relationship software firm, pledged $100 million in his will to the U of I.http://www.newser.com/story/2749/100-million-here-100-million-there.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 Jun 2007 6:38:37 CDT