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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
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Kaylynn Toddei of Hinckley looks at toys on the shelves while shopping with her mom, Kimberly, at Super Target in North Aurora. (Sun-Times Media file photo)
Whether it's your first time or your fifth time trekking out to the malls and big-box stores early on Black Friday, retailers are asking shoppers to bring their patience -- as well as their wallets. Retailers and local law enforcement personnel say shoppers need to be patient and courteous if they want to keep the atmostphere festive.


PDF: Crowd control facts




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Panthers shake off cobwebs, corral Warriors with pressure
The opening night of competition following a trip to the state finals couldn't have gone any better for Oswego, as the Panthers used their experience and a bit of patience to overcome an early 10-point deficit and turn it into a 20-point romp over Waubonsie Valley in the Hoops For Healing Tournament on Monday night in Oswego.

Panthers shake off cobwebs, corral Warriors with pressure


Student tries using marketing to win wheels
DePaul University student Madison Hanna needs wheels. We know this because she says as much in the second video she made to promote her chance to win a brand-new, apple-red 2009 Volkswagen Beetle. "I consider myself a friend of the Earth, I really do," she says in her video appeal, now being shown on YouTube. “"I walk everywhere. But it's come to the point where I need some wheels -- desperately."

Local military personnel mark milestones
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East High has biggest NJROT in U.S.
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Retailers want safe Black Friday
Whether it's your first time or your fifth time trekking out to the malls and big-box stores early on Black Friday, retailers are asking shoppers to bring their patience -- as well as their wallets. Retailers and local law enforcement personnel say shoppers need to be patient and courteous if they want to keep the atmostphere festive.


PDF: Crowd control facts

Retailers want safe Black Friday
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No peace on earth: Holiday films go to battle
Holiday movie preview: Viggo Mortensen isn't roasting chestnuts but trying to keep from getting roasted in the cannibal-crazy "The Road." Earthlings aren't exactly welcome when they visit Smurf-colored aliens in James Cameron's "Avatar." Even Daniel Day-Lewis can't find any peace in "Nine." Hopefully for Hollywood all this strife will result in what they really want under their collective Christmas trees: A big box of envelopes that say: "And the nominees are ..."
Viggo Mortensen on 'The Road'

State Street Dance to perform 'Nutcracker'





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