Every year Black Friday brings dramatic price slashing, massive media coverage and hordes of shoppers. This year is no exception, with reports of a women deploying pepper spray against rival bargain-hunters. Some 150m people are expected to hit the stores looking for deals this weekend. But the concept is a relatively modern one. The term [...]
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November 26, 2011
Black Friday sales: moments of madness
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June 28, 2011
Jurors Liked Blagojevich, but Didn’t Believe Him
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CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors who convicted Rod Blagojevich of corruption Monday said it wasn’t that they didn’t like the ousted Illinois governor — they just didn’t believe him. Speaking to reporters after the verdict, one of the jury’s 11 women said she found the chatty Blagojevich personable, while another called parts of his seven days [...]
June 28, 2011
Wisc. Supreme Court Fight Gets Physical
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A fight between Wisconsin’s divided Supreme Court justices led Monday to a criminal investigation and calls from the governor and others to resolve longstanding differences and restore public confidence in the institution. Liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that conservative Justice David Prosser tried to choke her during an argument in [...]
June 27, 2011
Wisconsin Justice Says Reports of Clash False
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MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice says reports that he placed his hands around a fellow justice’s neck during an argument in her office are false. Justice David Prosser told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the allegations involving him and Justice Ann Walsh Bradley “will be proven false” once a “proper review of [...]
June 27, 2011
Biden Warns GOP on Debt Ceiling Talks
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday the Obama administration wouldn’t let middle class Americans “carry the whole burden” to break a deadlock over the national debt limit, warning that the Republican approach would benefit only the wealthy. Addressing Ohio Democrats, Biden said there has been great progress in talks with Republican lawmakers [...]
June 21, 2011
Emails Rebuke Maine Gov for Labor Mural Removal
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to remove a mural depicting the history of the labor movement in Maine struck a raw nerve as critics lashed out in correspondence that poured in from all corners of the country, with several dozen writing letters vowing to cancel summer vacations. The raw outpouring of emotion, [...]
June 21, 2011
Israel Asks US to Let Spy Attend Father’s Funeral
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis are rallying behind convicted spy Jonathan Pollard like never before, urging the U.S. on Sunday to let the former Pentagon analyst leave prison to attend his father’s funeral. Israelis widely feel that after 25 years behind bars, Pollard has been excessively punished, and they seem puzzled over the U.S. refusal to [...]
June 19, 2011
Union Official Apologizes for Calling Christie Adolf Hitler in Heated NJ Budget Battle
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TRENTON, N.J.— Labor leaders rallying for collective-bargaining rights in New Jersey went on the offensive Thursday — with one even comparing Gov. Chris Christie with Adolf Hitler and two Democratic legislative leaders to his generals, then apologizing amid widespread criticism. The stinging criticism came one day after the three agreed on a deal to sharply [...]
June 18, 2011
Group Gathers 714K Names to Repeal Ohio Union Law
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Opponents of Ohio’s new collective bargaining law say they have collected hundreds of thousands more signatures than needed in their effort to let voters decide whether to repeal the measure this fall. A spokeswoman for the group We Are Ohio said Friday it has gathered more than 714,000 signatures. They still [...]
June 17, 2011
Wis. Assembly Passes Controversial 2-Year Budget
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MADISON, Wis. — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin state Assembly approved a two-year $66 billion state budget that cuts spending early on Thursday morning, sending the bill to the Senate, where it may be debated soon, lawmakers said. The vote was 60-to-38 along party lines and came at about 3 a.m. local time, following a debate on [...]
June 8, 2011
5 Arrested as Wis. Supreme Court Hears Collective-Bargaining Arguments
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Five people were arrested at the Wisconsin state Capitol on Monday as the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether a bill taking away collective-bargaining rights passed the Legislature legally. Four people were arrested and cited for disorderly conduct after trying to enter the building without stopping for police clearance through metal detectors, Capitol Police Chief [...]
June 7, 2011
Lawyer Asks Wis. Court Not to Take Union Case
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A county prosecutor is trying to convince the Wisconsin Supreme Court that Republicans should appeal a judge’s ruling overturning the state’s polarizing union rights law through the normal process. Republicans have asked the high court to take the case early, but Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne asked the justices during [...]
June 5, 2011
Wisconsin’s Newest ‘City,’ ‘Walkerville,’ Protests Budget
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The tense times over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget measures have evolved into to tent time for some in the state capital, in a protest village that organizers are calling “Walkerville.” A Madison city commission approved plans for a tent city in which folks who oppose the Republican governor’s budget measures will camp along downtown [...]
June 4, 2011
Wis. County GOP to Sue Over Illegal Taping of Meeting
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Fallout from Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget-cutting measures continues with another legal twist in which the La Crosse County Republican Party plans to file a lawsuit because somebody illegally taped the group’s recent monthly meeting. The taping captured discussion of the possibility of running a spoiler candidate against a Democrat who is challenging GOP Sen. [...]