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December 17, 2005
Shoppers are crowding the malls as they wrap up their Holiday gift buying. Electronics are the big buy for gifts as retailers mark the last week of holiday season shopping with hopes of high sales. Today is what's known in the retail world as "Last Saturday," the final Saturday before Christmas. Dec. 24 falls on a Saturday, but most malls and national chain stores will close early that day because it's Christmas Eve.
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November 25, 2005
The rush for deals on Black Friday led to an altercation at an Orlando, Florida Wal-Mart. While waiting in line to get laptop computers, a man cut in front of other patrons, prompting security guards to wrestle him to the ground, reports WFTV-TV
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August 30, 2005
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August 17, 2005
In a bizarre incident, people are injured, thrown on the pavement and beaten with folding chairs, after a rush to buy used laptops at $50 turns into a stampede in Virginia. "This is total, total chaos," 19-year-old Latoya Jones, who lost one of her flip-flops in the commotion.
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