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Nation & World

Published
November 28, 2011

Retailers report strong sales over four-day weekend

More Americans hunted for bargains over the weekend than ever before as retailers lured them online and into stores with big discounts and an earlier-than-usual start to the holiday shopping season. A record 226 million shoppers visited stores and websites during the four-day weekend starting on Thanksgiving Day, up from 212 million last year, according […]
Published
November 28, 2011

Union Leader endorses Gingrich

The support, boosting the former speaker's conservative credentials, is a blow to Mitt Romney.
Published
November 28, 2011

In Focus: Tensions rise after U.S. airstrike in Pakistan

The attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers deals the worst blow to date to the countries' relations.
Published
November 28, 2011

World/Nation Dispatches

BEIRUT Arab League will impose sanctions against Syria In an unprecedented move against an Arab nation, the Arab League on Sunday approved economic sanctions on Syria to pressure Damascus to end its deadly suppression of an eight-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad. But even as world leaders abandon Assad, the regime has refused to ease […]
Published
November 27, 2011

Pakistan restricts U.S. land, air access

Blocking of supply routes and expulsion from an airbase are retaliation for an erroneous NATO strike.

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Published
November 27, 2011

World/Nation Dispatches

CAIRO Protesters, security forces clash, leaving one man dead Fresh clashes between security forces and Egyptian protesters demanding the military step down broke out Saturday in front of the Cabinet building, leaving one man dead, as violence threatened to overshadow this week’s parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of the ruling military […]
Published
November 27, 2011

In Focus: Hype, stress feed shopping frenzy

Pepper-sprayed customers, smash-and-grab looters and bloody scenes in the shopping aisles. How did Black Friday devolve into this? As reports of shopping-related violence rolled in last week from Los Angeles to New York, experts say a volatile mix of desperate retailers and cutthroat marketing has hyped the traditional post-Thanksgiving sales to increasingly frenzied levels. With […]
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November 27, 2011

Reprieve was cowardly, death row inmate says

SALEM, Ore. – A condemned inmate who was scheduled to be executed next month is slamming Gov. John Kitzhaber for giving him a reprieve, saying the governor didn’t have the guts to carry out the execution. Two-time murderer Gary Haugen had voluntarily given up his legal challenges, saying he wants to be executed in protest […]
Published
November 27, 2011

Pepper-spray suspect turns up

LOS ANGELES – A woman suspected of showering Black Friday shoppers with pepper spray surrendered to authorities but was released pending further investigation after she refused to discuss the incident, police said Saturday. The woman, whose name was not released, is suspected of firing pepper spray into a crowd in order to clear a path […]
Published
November 27, 2011

Top U.S. taxpayers live in New York, IRS says

Federal tax filers in nine ZIP codes pay eight times their proportionate share of the filing population.