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Black Friday is the most critical shopping day of the year for most retailers.
Companies like Walmart, Amazon, Target, and others spend all year gearing up for the day-long shopping frenzy, which falls on the day after Thanksgiving every year.
One company refuses to take part in the Black Friday tradition, however.
For the second year in a row, REI is closing all of its stores on Black Friday and paying employees for the time off.
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The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, will fly to Moscow, Washington and Tehran in the coming days in a bid to secure access to civilians in Aleppo.
Hundreds of people have been killed since Tuesday in a concerted push by the government and its allies to quash resistance in the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo and re-establish control over what was once Syria's biggest city.
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Bernie Sanders believes the Democratic Party has some soul-searching to do in light of the 2016 election.
"The working class of this country is being decimated — that's why Donald Trump won," Sanders said at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Sunday night. The Vermont senator was there promoting his book, "Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In."
When a woman asked Sanders how she could become the second Latina senator in US history — Catherine Cortez Masto... Читать дальше...
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This faint mark on this shard of clay pottery is one of the oldest human fingerprints ever discovered.
Found at an archaeological site in northern Kuwait, it's approximately 7,300 years old, dating back to the Stone Age. At this same site, archaeologists have also discovered a town, a temple, a cemetery, and other evidence of the community that lived here thousands of years ago, says the director of Kuwait's National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters.
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No assurance from York he’ll be 49ers coach in 2017 In January, after Chip Kelly was introduced as the 49ers head coach, Jed York was asked what would happen if Kelly went 8-8 in his first season. Would York fire Kelly for a break-even record? In light of his record, Kelly was asked today if he’d received any assurance from York that he would remain the head coach in 2017. When told that might depend on the reporter’s upcoming performance review, Kelly said they had something in common.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer spoke to CNN's Richard Quest about the U.S. economy and monetary policy.
Trump venues offer the prospect a chance to curry favour or access with the next president.
Greg Biffle leaves Roush Fenway Racing after 14 Sprint Cup seasons. He first drove for Roush in the Truck Series in 1998.
Cal Newport is a millennial, a computer scientist, an author, a blogger and a Georgetown professor. Sounds like the kind of guy who’d also be out there tweeting and snapping with the rest of the selfie generation. But he definitely is not.
Cal Newport is a millennial, a computer scientist, an author, a blogger and a Georgetown professor. Sounds like the kind of guy who’d also be out there tweeting and snapping with the rest of the selfie generation. But he definitely is not.
Cal Newport is a millennial, a computer scientist, an author, a blogger and a Georgetown professor. Sounds like the kind of guy who’d also be out there tweeting and snapping with the rest of the selfie generation. But he definitely is not.
Cal Newport is a millennial, a computer scientist, an author, a blogger and a Georgetown professor. Sounds like the kind of guy who’d also be out there tweeting and snapping with the rest of the selfie generation. But he definitely is not.
After a tumultuous few days in which Kanye West walked off the stage three songs into his Saturday night concert in Sacramento and canceled Sunday’s at the Forum in Los Angeles three hours before showtime, the rapper has canceled the remainder of his “Saint Pablo” tour, according to a representative. West, known for his between-song diatribes in which he reveals his unedited self, had become increasingly erratic — no small feat — and on Saturday he pushed further when he ranted about a few longtime friends and acquaintances... Читать дальше...
DETROIT — A person with knowledge of the negotiations says the Detroit Pistons have reached an agreement in principle with the city of Detroit and Olympia Entertainment for the team to move downtown.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Now more than ever, Carolina Panthers players are being forced to confront the omnipresent dangers of repeated hits to the head amid a rash of concussions to key players.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Now more than ever, Carolina Panthers players are being forced to confront the omnipresent dangers of repeated hits to the head amid a rash of concussions to key players.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Now more than ever, Carolina Panthers players are being forced to confront the omnipresent dangers of repeated hits to the head amid a rash of concussions to key players.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Now more than ever, Carolina Panthers players are being forced to confront the omnipresent dangers of repeated hits to the head amid a rash of concussions to key players.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach holding papers that accidentally reveal part of his strategic plan for the Department of Homeland Security. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach inadvertently revealed some of his agenda for the Department of Homeland Security when he was photographed heading into a Sunday meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. Kobach, who is said to be a potential pick for Trump’s administration and is assisting him with the transition, was clutching a piece of paper titled “Department of Homeland Security... Читать дальше...
Energy and materials stocks lead the charge.
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A Yemeni man living in New York City was arrested on Monday and charged by U.S. prosecutors with attempting to provide support to Islamic State, including by expressing support for an attack in Times Square.
Mohammed Rafik Naji, who authorities say last year traveled to Turkey and Yemen in an effort to join the militant group, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in Brooklyn, where he lives.
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A woman has been found dead inside a car after it veered slowly off Batman Avenue and into the Yarra River in Melbourne's CBD.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Saying nothing is beyond the reach of God's mercy, Pope Francis told Catholics worldwide he is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of abortion — women and health workers alike — even while stressing that…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Saying nothing is beyond the reach of God's mercy, Pope Francis told Catholics worldwide he is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of abortion — women and health workers alike — even while stressing that…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Saying nothing is beyond the reach of God's mercy, Pope Francis told Catholics worldwide he is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of abortion — women and health workers alike — even while stressing that…
