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Black Friday Approaches With Plenty Of Deals And Plenty Of Leaks

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Black Friday, that day that gets thousands to line up in the cold for a chance at scoring some deep discounts, is fast approaching and many deals have already been leaked. Should retailers be concerned about these leaked deals in the weeks leading up to Black Friday?
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Black Friday Online Sales Jump 26%: comScore

Online retail sales in the United States on the post-Thanksgiving shopping day known as Black Friday jumped 26 percent this year, led by Amazon.com Inc, comScore said on Sunday.
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Shoppers spent more cash over Thanksgiving weekend: NRF

More people headed to stores and websites over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and average spending per person rose 9.1 percent as bargain-hunting shoppers scooped up discounts on everything from gadgets to hoodies, a National Retail Federation survey on Sunday showed.
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Black Friday Online-Sales Growth Lags, Year on Year

Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc., and other online commerce companies had a strong Black Friday, but the industry's growth rate lagged last year's surge in online buying on the traditional first day of the holiday shopping season.
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Lady Gaga Posed Nude for Tony Bennett

During Lady Gaga's charming Thanksgiving special A Very Gaga Thanksgiving, the pop icon revealed that she had stripped down for a nude sketch by legendary crooner Tony Bennett, who is also a talented painter and sketch artist.
Wall Street: Worst Thanksgiving Week Since 1932

Wall Street: Worst Thanksgiving Week Since 1932

There's not much to be thankful for if you were working on Wall Street this week. Stocks tumbled for the seventh session in a row, helping push the Standard & Poor's 500 down 4.7 percent.
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Thanksgiving Ushers Competitive Retail Season

The holiday shopping season is in full swing on Thursday, with retailers hoping consumers will spend big despite worries about the fragile economy and their own precarious finances.
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Megyn Kelly Pepper Spray Backlash: Martha Stewart Tries 'Food Product' [VIDEO]

In a Thanksgiving special for NBC's The Today Show, Martha Stewart took Megyn Kelly up on her assertion that the pepper spray used on UC Davis students is just a food product, essentially. The kitchen guru sprayed a Thanksgiving turkey with fake pepper spray (watch video here), saying it was a fabulous trick I learned over at UC Davis.
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Superstition Mountains Plane Crash: All Six Confirmed Dead in Arizona Tragedy

All six passengers on board the plane that crashed in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona are confirmed dead, authorities report. The passengers were three young children, whose mother was the ex-wife of the pilot flying the aircraft, and two male relatives. This is their entire family, Sheriff Babeau said of the group, traveling for Thanksgiving. Our hearts go out to the mom.
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Top 10 Thanksgiving Day Themed Apps

If you've finished off the last bit of gravy and green beans on Thanksgiving, and you're not ready for a nap or a football game, check out these fun apps. This list of 10 is not complete, but there apps for both Apple and Android devices, including games, cooking apps and, of course, shopping apps.
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Macy's Unveils Thanksgiving Day Balloons

On the dreary Thanksgiving eve, thousands of people came out to see the famous Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons being inflated near the American Museum of Natural History. One of the most poignant parts of Thanksgiving is Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade, the balloons have been a staple to the parade since 1927.

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