BLACK FRIDAY. US Shopping Variations
The growing comfort with online shopping places additional pressures on conventional stores, which increasingly depend on the holiday shopping season.

BLACK LEADERS PRESSURE OBAMA. They Seek Tax Relief.
Saying they don't want the working class to bear the brunt of the fiscal cliff of tax increases and subsequent spending cuts.

WASHINGTON D.C.HOMICIDES. Capital Improvement.
The number of murders in Washington, DC is on pace to finish lower than 100 for the first time in fifty years.

EGYPTIANS AGAINST MORSI. Protesting Increased Powers.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING MADNESS. Consumer Marathon Begins.
Forget Turkey because US Thanksgiving focus has shifted the start of the annual holiday shopping endurance race, as more stores open on Thursday's national holiday to seek a bigger share of spending that is expected to grow.

US DROUGHT WORSENS. Lowest Rainfall In Decades.

ISRAEL HAMAS CEASE-FIRE. Thanksgiving Miracle?
As rockets and missiles continue to fall, another diplomatic round of talks appears to be gaining steam but airstrikes have not stopped..

US WAR ON AL-QAIDA. Taking New Tactics.
Defense Secretary Panetta says their campaign will feature small U.S. strike forces and partnering with foreign commando units.

EAST COAST CLEAN UP. Massive Sandy Wreckage.

GAZA WARFARE. Attempts To Stop The Violence.
While the White House insists that Hamas must cease firing rockets into Israel, UN engages Egypt on Gaza talks.

ROUTINE HIV SCREENING. Revolutionary recommendations.
Health experts suggest all ages 15 to 64 should get an HIV test at least once to make certain the virus is not present.

SCIENTISTS PUZZLED. Violent Deaths Fro Dolphins.
Why are so many mammals washing ashore along the northern Gulf Coast with bullet wounds, missing jaws and hacked-off fins?

HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS PROBE. Indianapolis Explosion.

What a way to ruin an upcoming holiday break. New York City Public School toppers have announced that all school days lost due to Hurricane Sandy will have to be made up before the end of this academic year.

NYC students have been told to report to school from 2/20 through 2/22. These days were originally scheduled off for a planned mid-winter recess. The last day will be made up June 4, originally supposed to be a clerical half-day.

School officials say sorry to the kids, but add that these step need to be taken due to circumstances beyond their control.

US Representative Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), a leader on Burma in the U.S. House of Representatives is delighted with president Obama visit to Burma.