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Here's A Black Friday Stampede To Make You Glad You Didn't Leave The House

Dan Seitz — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:00:52 +0000

Here’s the Saturday-after-Thanksgiving tradition: a smartphone video of a Black Friday riot. This is in Moultrie, GA, and the swarms of people are grabbing cheap pay-as-you-go smartphones. But it’s not the only shame to be happening, as the clip you’ve seen elsewhere isn’t legit. The Daily Telegraph, you know, an august news organization paid to [...]

New Kimmel Holiday Special: 'It's Black Friday, Charlie Brown'

Kyle Dowling — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:20:52 +0000

Leave it to Jimmy Kimmel and his crew to make America’s favorite comic strip characters into greedy, dirty-mouthed misanthropes, just like the rest of us Black Friday shoppers!The Late Night talk show host’s hilarious Charlie Brown remix mocked the Black Friday shoppers of the past: the tramplers, the crazies, and the “I’ll-do-anything-to-get-what-I-want” shoppers. And as outlandish as [...]

Watch: Black Friday Shoppers Descend on Victoria's Secret

Tom Blunt — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:15:41 +0000

It’s not just the big-box stores like Walmart and Target who get mobbed by ‘Black Friday’ shoppers. Here you can watch as hundreds of women prepare to trample each other for fancy underwear at their local Victoria’s Secret. Shot at a mall in Overland Park, Kansas, this video captures police and store management attempting to [...]

The Funniest Black Friday Memes

Emerald Catron — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:15:06 +0000

It's Black Friday, and you know what that means -- hiding in your home away from the world while people desperately claw at each other's faces to buy a Wii U for their kid. The madness is not for everybody. Some of us like to eat cold turkey all day and wonder how a person could be so hungover. For those of us who would rather spend time with our TVs watching 'Star Wars' than rioting over discounted athletic socks, we present these Black Friday memes to make you feel like you've made the right choice.

I'd Rather Be Sleeping Than Shopping….Deals or No Deals [VIDEO]

Jon James — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:19:37 +0000

This was the pre-dawn crowd at K-Mart in Augusta as I pulled in to get ready for the show this morning and they were still lining up in droves. Apparently K-Mart didn’t get the memo…. Most of the other stores in Maine like Wal-Mart, Target, et al, opened at midnight. These folks in line (I [...]

Do You Approve of 'Black Friday' Starting on Thanksgiving Day? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:28:42 +0000

The big gimmick this Thanksgiving season is retailers beginning their Black Friday sales on Thursday, a day previously reserved for turkey and football with the family. This has understandably annoyed retail employees, who now have to work on what was previously a holiday. It also isn’t necessarily winning over consumers. According to a survey from Google [...]

Where to Find the Best Thanksgiving and Black Friday Deals

Mike Adams — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:21:12 +0000

Holiday shoppers have been sharpening their skills for weeks in anticipation of all the Thanksgiving and Black Friday deals that are schedule to go down before most holiday dinners are even digested. For that particular breed of deal-hungry lunatic, many retailers are offering bargains on merchandise for about 40 percent off the everyday “sane” price, according [...]

Watch Some Deer Get a Head Start on Black Friday

Donald Deane — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:52:09 +0000

Everyone knows that the day after Thanksgiving -- aka Black Friday -- is the busiest day of the year for shopping. But apparently three wild deer got a bit confused as to the date and showed up at Kohl's department store four days early.

Large Box Stores Can Not Open on Thanksgiving in Maine

Greg Michaels — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:30:44 +0000

Be assured you can let the Thanksgiving turkey digest, watch the Patriots game and maybe even get a bit of sleep as well. I know many people are perusing the “Black Friday” ads on-line right now. Many larger stores are advertising that they are opening on Thanksgiving with huge deals. A heads up for some [...]