Black friday News
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Findlay -
Christians in Findlay, Ohio, are preparing to celebrate Christmas this holiday season, along with believers around the world. Some are handing gospel tracts to store clerks, feeding the hungry and sharing the message of the Bible with prisoners.
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A woman attacked 20 people with pepper spray to get ahead of others to be the first to have a chance to buy an Xbox on Black Friday at her local Walmart. A boy was trampled by shoppers attempting to buy a video game.
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Based on the long lines, maddening crowds, and general human insanity observed in stores across the U.S. last month on Black Friday, consumers clearly still have a passion for finding deals in this post-Thanksgiving retail ritual.
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Recession-weary shoppers used smartphones and tablet computers to home in on the best deals, but the 2013 Christmas shopping season still got off to a disappointing start, analysts say.
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Bloomington -
A man who says he was just trying to spread holiday cheer ended up being arrested on Black Friday for "making it snow" dollar bills onto the heads of Mall of America shoppers.
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Avon -
This year’s Black Friday was a resounding success financially, but protests raged across the nation. Activate CT organized one such protest in Connecticut. Two of the organizers discuss the protest in detail with Digital Journal.
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How did American shoppers deal with Black Friday madness? Find out why some doctors are bumping fists instead of shaking hands. The double suicide of an elderly French couple has provoked emotional debate across the world. Welcome to this week's TopFinds.
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If you plan on searching YouTube for viral videos of crazed shoppers toppling over one another to get into a store, you may be sightly disappointed this year.
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Toronto -
Police conducted several raids, arrested 21 people, and seized more than $6.5 million worth of counterfeit goods including drugs, cosmetics, electronics, and transit tokens.
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For some reason, certain businesses in Spain have decided to follow the US tradition of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, in trying to get shoppers to spend plenty of "dinero" before the festive season.
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On Thursday a police officer responded to a call of alleged shoplifting at a Chicago store. The officer shot the driver of a car that was dragging another cop.
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This year's "Brown Thursday" and "Black Friday" events have been riddled with chaos and violent altercations. One example is a fight over a parking space in Virginia that ended in a man being stabbed.
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For some, Black Friday just hasn’t been worth braving the angry crowds to save a few bucks in the past few years. But online retailers open the sales up for even the most crowd-phobic among us. Get your coupon codes, right here.
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Black Friday is shortly around the corner and the deals are coming. Make sure you do not miss out on the latest consumer electronics price cuts. These deals apply to Canada and United States residents only.
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Labor Day, as a meaningful and impactful holiday, has been stolen from us. But the new labor movement in the United States could take the bold move and steal the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday. We could rename it Labor's Day.
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HP and Intel are teaming up this holiday season to deliver some nifty hardware at rock bottom prices. More specifically, the HP Mesquite will be the featured item in several major retailers.
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On Friday, April 15, 2011, the American Government shut down on-line poker and branded its operators criminals. Is this still the case?
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Oceanside -
Mark Dice, a well-known online personality in the conspiracy theory world, not only heckled Black Friday shoppers on Thursday night, he also asked Best Buy consumers about their credit card debt on Friday.
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New York -
As Thanksgiving weekend comes to an end, it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas in New York City. Walking through the streets of the Big Apple, holiday shopping is in full swing and the decorations can be seen inside and outside of many buildings.
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Despite protests by union-backed workers over wages and working conditions, Walmart declares best ever Black Friday event.
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Springfield -
Springfield police in Massachusetts say that a man, who went bargain hunting for a 51" flat screen television at K-Mart, left behind his toddler in the backseat of the vehicle. Police broke into the car and took the boy to the hospital.
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It's only been a few hours since the madness known as Black Friday began, but some videos are already making their way onto YouTube. One video shows shoppers going berserk over cellphones, while another shows a consumer cussing out the store.
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Black Friday starts the holiday shopping season in earnest. This year, as every year, shoppers have a choice between the big box retailers and the smaller more local stores. Every dollar can make a difference to which stores make it and which don't.
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Toronto -
A new poll from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) found that only one in ten Canadian consumers will take advantage of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping deals, while most will use a debit or credit card.
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Reports are surfacing many retailers have intended to start their "Black Friday" sales earlier this year. While some stores have not made any formal announcements yet, ad leaks are showing the start times retailers are offering for Black Friday.
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The affair of the Black Friday domain seizures is said to be nearing closure, but while some poker sites have survived and even prospered, others have not been so lucky.
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Sunday is Easter Day, but there could be a real world resurrection in the on/off saga of Full Tilt Poker. Don't stake your bankroll on it though.
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Although Full Tilt Poker is the major victim of the Black Friday domain seizures, it was not and is not the only one. Now, the long arm of American 'justice' is reaching out to the Island of Malta.
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Los Angeles -
The woman who made headlines after using pepper spray in a California Walmart during this year's Black Friday madness will not face felony charges, however could still be slapped with a misdemeanor, pending examination by Los Angeles city prosecutors.
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Canadian shoppers are readily embracing the shopping traditions of their cross-border counterparts, according to new data released by Canada's leading debit and credit processor.
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With permission by Reuters / Mary F. Calvert
U.S. President Barack Obama shops with daughter Malia at Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Washington, November 30, 2013
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A YouTube screengrab of a Mark Dice video.
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People shop at The Grove mall in Los Angeles. About 140 million Americans were expected to shop over the Black Friday weekend, according to the National Retail Federation
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This year, Black Friday started earlier than ever, with some retailers opening early on Thanksgiving evening. About 140 million people were expected to shop over the four-day weekend, according to the National Retail Federation
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DC USA, Target, Black Friday
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A young girl looks up at a toy sales display in a JC Penney store during Black Friday sales in New York
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File photo: Shoppers line-up outside an Apple Store on Fifth Ave. in New York
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Shoppers checking out the merchandise in the princess displays in the Disney Store
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A shopper carries an Apple product at The Grove mall in Los Angeles November 26, 2013. This year, Black Friday starts earlier than ever, with some retailers opening early on Thanksgiving evening. About 140 million people were expected to shop over the four-day weekend, according to the National Retail Federation
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U.S. President Barack Obama shops with daughter Malia at Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Washington, November 30, 2013
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Customers shop for Christmas ornaments at a Walmart store in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles
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