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U.S. Black Friday Shoppers Beat Last Year's Pace

Black Friday sales were little changed, rising 0.3 percent, from last year, as U.S. retailers’ efforts to lure customers by opening early failed, ShopperTrak said.

The early holiday sales and promotions boosted sales and traffic for the first two weeks of this month through Nov. 13 by 6.1 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, ShopperTrak said in a statement on its Website.

Shoppers nationwide spent $10.69 billion yesterday, Bill Martin, founder of Chicago-based research firm ShopperTrak, said in the statement. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. and the traditional beginning of holiday season buying.

Hundreds of people lined up at individual stores across the U.S. to take advantage of special deals as they face down a slow economic recovery. Sears Holdings Corp. and Toys “R” Us Inc. started their Black Friday “doorbuster” sales on Thanksgiving Day to attract consumers after two years of dampened shopping enthusiasm since the recession.

do you know who is willie nelson?

Willie Nelson Biography

Singer, songwriter, actor, and philanthropist. Born on April 30, 1933, in Abbott, Texas. During his extensive career, Willie Nelson has written more than 2,500 songs and has released close to 300 albums. He is recognized worldwide as an American troubadour and icon, transcended musical genres, and has remained relevant through five decades through his music, his acting, and as the face of such social causes as Farm Aid, development of bio-diesel, and the legalization of Hemp.
The son of Myrle and Ira D. Nelson, Willie Nelson and his older sister Bobbie were raised by their paternal grandparents during The Great Depression. With their grandmother, Willie and Bobbie attended their town's small Methodist church where they were first exposed to music. "The first music we learned was from the hymnbooks. Willie had such a beautiful voice," his sister Bobbie told Texas Monthly in 2008. Both grandparents loved music and encouraged Willie and his sister to play. Nelson's famous gospel song "Family Bible" refects the influence of his musical beginnings. He sold the song for $50 to his guitar teacher.

Brazil forces fight Rio gangs

Gun battles continue as security forces prepare to storm another shantytown in Rio de Janeiro.
Police in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro have intensified a crackdown on drug gangs in the city's sprawling shantytowns, that has resulted in the death of at least 45 people and the detention of 192 others since the operation began last week.

Amid intermittent gunfire, security forces on Saturday were preparing to enter Alemao, another major shantytown or "favela" in the city's north, a day after troops entered Vila Cruzeiro, a neighbouring slum.

Soldiers in camouflage, black-clad police from elite units and regular police held their ground at the entrances to Alemao, a grouping of a dozen slums that climb up small slopes where more than 85,000 people live, according to the Brazilian government.

Cyber Monday 2010 Electronic Deals From Best Buy Released

The Black Friday 2010 sale is definitely over but shopping stores in the United States will have a second wave of the Thanksgiving Sale or Holiday Shopping Season Sale this weekend until next week on the Cyber Monday 2010. Several shopping stores which also participated on Black Friday are having weekend sales and Cyber Monday Deals like Best Buy, Meijer, Macy’s, Amazon, Kohl’s, eBay and more.

Willie Nelson Arrested After Pot Found on Tour Bus

Living country music legend Willie Nelson was charged with possession of marijuana after six ounces were discovered aboard his tour bus in Texas, according to a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman.Nelson's tour bus pulled into a routine checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas -- approximately 85 miles east of El Paso -- around 9 a.m. on Friday. When an officer noticed a suspicious odor coming from the bus, a search turned up the marijuana, police said.
Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West told the El Paso Times that Nelson, 77, claimed that the marijuana was his. According to police patrolman Bill Brooks, a sheriff from Hudspeth County was contacted and Nelson was among three people arrested at the scene. Nelson was held briefly and paid a $2,500 bond before being released.

Ohio State Vs. Michigan: Points Aplenty In Second Quarter

The second quarter of the 2010 Michigan-Ohio State tilt is taking on qualities resembling a football game with lurching, frustrating speed. The Buckeyes' first drive of the game that's lasted longer than three plays is slowed by a 10-yard penalty and an incomplete pass by Terrelle Pryor on 3rd-and-10. Devin Barclay kicks a 34-yard field goal, and with 14:47 remaining in the half, somebody's on the board.

Michigan goes three-and-out on three Denard Robinson plays, and Ohio State puts the ball back in Pryors' capable hands. After two fruitless plays, he first hits Taurian Washington for a 13-yard third-down conversion, then converts the next set of downs himself on an 11-yard run. A 7-yard pass to Dane Sanzenbacher nets the first touchdown of the game, and it's 10-0, Buckeyes.