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Black Friday 2011: JC Penney Offers Best Deals

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American department store chain, JC Penney has posted their Black Friday deals for 2011. The Texas-based company will be opening its door by 4:00 AM and will be giving out free Disney snow globes to the early shoppers.
UPS driver T.J. Dellasala delivers two packages from Amazon.com in Boston, Massachusetts

UPS Raising Rates in 2012 by at Least 4.9 Percent

United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) plans to increase 2012 rates by 4.9 percent for ground package shipping, air shipping and, U.S.-origin international shipments, the company announced Friday. New pricing takes effect Jan. 2, 2012.
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Daylight Saving Time 2011: Airline Schedules Will Change

Daylight Savings Time, for most people in the U.S. and Canada, ends on Sunday at 2 a.m. Remember, at that time, to turn all clocks back to 1 a.m. local time. Airline schedulers see Daylight Saving Time as yet another headache.
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NASA Readying Giant Antennae to Take Photos of Passing Asteroid

Asteroid 2005 YU55 is scheduled to skirt Earth on Nov. 8, giving astronomers an unparalleled opportunity to make observations about the space rock. Over four hundred yards across, the asteroid is large enough to cause damage on a regional scale if it were to make contact. Luckily, it will just miss Earth, whizzing past at the decidedly cozy distance of 201,700 miles - closer than our own Moon.
Actor Antonio Banderas poses on the red carpet upon his arrival at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Doha

North America box office goes to Puss in Boots

Animated movie Puss in Boots landed on its feet with a $51 million global debut over the weekend and likely set a Halloween weekend record for a domestic opening, according to studio estimates released on Sunday.
Actor Antonio Banderas poses on the red carpet upon his arrival at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Doha

North America Box Office Goes to 'Puss in Boots'

Animated movie Puss in Boots landed on its feet with a $51 million global debut over the weekend and likely set a Halloween weekend record for a domestic opening, according to studio estimates released on Sunday.
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Daylight Saving Time 2011: When, Where and How to Change the Clocks

Though most areas of the U.S. currently observe daylight saving time, Arizona, Hawaii, and the territories of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands are exceptions. But in Arizona, the Navajo Nation observes daylight saving time.
Clocks turn back this Sunday as daylight saving time ends

Daylight Saving Time Ends Nov. 6 in U.S.: Is it Healthy or Harmful?

For some countries around the world, it's time to turn the clocks back, marking the end of the Daylight Saving Time (DST). But for the U.S. and Canada, there is yet another week to go. The practice of DST has been criticized and reported to cause problems for farming and other occupations tied to the sun. What about its impact on human health? Is it healthy or harmful?

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