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...their pains, fans like Clark had a front-row seat as übercrushes like Pattinson all but dived into the crowd. With two sweating security guards keeping very close tabs, the British heartthrob went to work signing everything in sight with a furiously wielded black Sharpie. (Many happy fans walked away with what appeared to be a rolling R.) As the evening headliner and top scream inducer, Pattinson worked the red carpet for 90 minutes before one last audience thrust at the theater door, which sparked one final frenzy. (Read "It's Twilight in America...
Read "Retailers Gear Up for Black Friday...
...opposed to 21% in 2008, say they will leave stores that are short-handed or have long lines at the register. If cash-strapped customers already feel a little guilty about shopping to begin with, they'll look for any excuse to head home. (See the top 10 Black Friday gifts...
...general, retailers realize that shoppers don't have as much money," says John Vincent, founder of BlackFriday.info. "They know you're not going to spend $1,000 on a TV. So they are emphasizing deals for smaller, more practical, more giftable items." Vincent points to Target, which on Black Friday will be selling $3 coffeemakers, toasters and sandwichmakers. Not exactly stuff that tugs at the heartstrings on Christmas morning, but hey, it's the thought that counts (and if the toast is crispy, even better). In its Black Friday circular, Kohl's blankets shoppers with 50%-60% discounts for watches...
Kilpatrick's story is, by any measure, tragic. He was born into one of Michigan's powerful political families. His mother Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick was until recently chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus. Tall and brawny, he played football at historically black Florida A&M University, studied law and rose quickly as a young representative in Michigan's legislature. By 2001, he was elected Detroit's mayor at age 31, partly by energizing this city's disaffected youth. His flashy suits, diamond-stud earrings and inaugural "club crawls" proclaimed his comfort with being called "America's first hip-hop mayor...