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...death of a Wal-Mart worker in Long Island who reportedly got trampled to death by bargain hunters. But by mid-morning on 34th Street, many stores were half empty and some sales staff said they had noticed that shoppers were holding back this year. (Looking for the perfect Black Friday purchase? See TIME's list of the 10 best gift ideas...
...20th century when it changed from being a very poor peasant society to a very rich one." The detective is popular, he reckons, because "he's very flawed but very human. People identify with Erlendur maybe because of loneliness and failure. He's a horrible family man, but a perfect policeman...
...Harvey Milk story needs little Hollywood embellishment; it's already the perfect outsider fable. A Manhattan investment banker raised on Long Island, Milk arrived in San Francisco in the early '70s. He opened Castro Camera in the run-down Castro district, which was fast becoming an enclave for the not-yet-outspoken gay culture. With the aid of an unlikely ally, the Teamsters, he organized a boycott of Coors Beer, which at the time refused to hire gays. After three losing runs for a city supervisor seat, he won in 1977, and a year later he helped defeat Proposition...
...Using phylogenies to think about interesting patterns of bioevolution and global [climate] change just seemed like a perfect avenue to think about this pattern of species loss using a novel evolutionary perspective,” Davis said...
...known, as well, pulling down eight of his 12 boards in the second half, including seven offensive rebounds.Three freshmen started for the Crimson last night, including Wright and guards Oliver McNally and Max Kenyi. Kenyi was the only other Crimson player in double digits, notching 13 points, including eight perfect free throw attempts.Senior forward Evan Harris chipped in nine points and eight boards for the Crimson, but his defensive presence was also dominant as he blocked three Crusader shots, not including a couple that were called back for goaltending.Holy Cross forward Greg McCarthy also notched a career high in points...