Fri Jul 25, 4:08 PM ET

The Pennington family from Colorado Springs, Colorado, view a stuffed animal exhibit at Cabela's, a sporting and hunting outfitting store outside Omaha, Neb., Thursday, July 24, 2008. Consumer spending is down and gas prices are up. That's bad math for the scores of destination retailers across the country that want customers to fill up the tank for a gas-guzzling day of retail therapy. From left: Johnny Pennington, 17, Alex Pennington, 7, James Pennington, Mary Pennington and Jayla Pennington, 22 months-old. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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