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RURAL REFLECTIONS Pre-Holiday Cleaning
I plan to celebrate Christmas with four columns as is my tradition. Prior to those columns, I would like to empty the shelves of any topics that might exceed their use-by date prior to the New...
Posted on 11/25/12 at 6:37 AM
CUTE N' COMFY Day 11: Is Black Friday out of control?
For day 11 of the 30-30 style challenge, I wore a business-casual look for Thanksgiving dinner at my grandma's. After a delicious dinner, pumpkin pie and family time, Robert and I headed home in the...
Posted on 11/23/12 at 3:05 PM
STAFF BLOG NIE ROCKS! Black Friday
Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early and offer prom...
Posted on 11/23/12 at 9:42 AM
STAFF BLOG THE AREA VOICES COMMUNITY You can't be too rich or too thin, right?
That's the famous saying isn't it? And at no time during the year do we think this more frequently than the holidays. We spend too much and we eat too much and we'd love to turn it all around. Two A...
Posted on 11/19/12 at 5:34 PM
IT'S SIMPLY GRAND! Black Friday shopping and Thanksgiving dining hours in Greater Grand Forks
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Posted on 11/19/12 at 12:46 PM
Black Friday creeps into Thanksgiving permanently? 
Despite an outcry from some employees, both stores and shoppers seemed to like it. Some people went shopping with a full belly, going straight from the dinner table to the stores. Others slept off their big meal and went to the mall before daybreak on Black Friday.
By Anne D'Innocenzio , November 23, 2012
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For Black Friday shoppers, blowing snow is no big deal
Temperatures dipped below 20 degrees Thanksgiving night in Grand Forks, but that didn’t keep shoppers from lining up for deals outside of local retailers.
By Brandi Jewett , November 23, 2012
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Shoppers line up outside stores in the Dakotas
Shoppers hoping to get a good deal on Black Friday have already started lining up outside stores in North Dakota and South Dakota.
By Associated Press , November 22, 2012
Big box stores start Black Friday sales even earlier, but not everyone cheers
Black Friday, the annual day-after-Thanksgiving sale for many retailers, is starting even earlier this year in Grand Forks and around the nation. But the earlier hours aren’t being cheered by everyone.
By Stephen J. Lee , November 17, 2012
Target has earlier start for Black Friday kickoff
Target Corp. will open its doors at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving, three hours earlier than a year ago, to kick off the holiday shopping season.
By Associated Press , November 12, 2012
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Best Buy roars back on Black Friday TV sales
Shares of Best Buy rose 3.4 percent Monday after surveys showed that consumer electronics -- especially big TVs -- were the hottest item on Black Friday.
By Tom Webb , November 29, 2011
Stocks surge
Initial reports show a record number of shoppers hit the mall or bought gifts online during the holiday weekend. Thanksgiving weekend is a make-or-break time for many retailers. For the past six years, Black Friday has been the biggest sales day of the year.
By Francesca Levy , November 28, 2011
BLACK (AND BLUE) FRIDAY: How did main shopping day come to this?
Pepper-sprayed customers, smash-and-grab looters and bloody scenes in the shopping aisles. How did Black Friday devolve into this?
By Chris Hawley , November 27, 2011
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Black Friday, Thanksgiving prelude bring out shopper scuffles, elbows ... and pepper spray
VIDEO: Bottom of articleA shopper in Los Angeles pepper-sprayed her competition for an Xbox and scuffles broke out elsewhere around the U.S. as bargain-hunters crowded malls and big-box stores in an earlier-than-usual start to the madness known as Black Friday.
By Anne d'Innocenzio and Mae Anderson , November 25, 2011
Not exactly your 2010 Black Friday: Earlier deals, longer hours woo shoppers
VIDEOS: Bottom of articleFor three days starting on Black Friday, 152 million people are expected shop, up about 10 percent from last year, according to the National Retail Federation. That's good news for retailers, many of which depend on the busy holiday shopping season for up to 40 percent of their annual revenue.
By Mae Anderson and Anne D'Innocenzio , November 25, 2011
Police: Woman, trying to get upper hand, pepper sprays other Black Friday shoppers
A woman shot pepper spray to keep shoppers from merchandise she wanted during a Black Friday sale in a crowded Los Angeles Walmart, and 20 people suffered minor injuries, authorities said.
By Associated Press , November 25, 2011
Shoppers line up early for Black Friday deals
Line began forming Wednesday night in front of Best Buy in Grand ForksOpening for the first time at midnight on Black Friday, the Grand Forks Best Buy store drew a line of early-bird shoppers looking to be first in line for the deals.
By Brandi Jewett , November 24, 2011
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Grand Forks stores prep for Black Friday rush
Target and Best Buy asked for police presence and plan to slow the rushBoth are opening at midnight, much earlier than other years. Police don't expect much trouble, though, and, in Target's case, a metering system used at other Black Fridays have proven effective.
By Brandi Jewett , November 23, 2011
Paul Zettler, Grand Forks, letter: Keep Black Friday out of Thursday
As I read about Anthony Hardwick, the Target employee who will not spend Thanksgiving with his family because the retailer has scheduled him to work, I felt sympathy because my family faces the same problem: We’re unable to celebrate what should be a special family holiday because relatives are scheduled to work.
By Paul Zettler , November 22, 2011
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