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• Ray Rice wins appeal, eligible to play
• Christmas tree arrives at White House
• Ferguson protests move to retail stores
• Black Friday shopping crowds thin after Thanksgiving rush
• Texas police kill man who fired at Austin buildings
• Second act of shopping frenzy gets started
• Black Friday underway across America
• Protesters target Black Friday sales in Ferguson
• Calm comes to troubled Ferguson; protests dwindle across U.S.
• Early-bird shoppers turn out on Thanksgiving
• Shades of Ferguson: family of NY teen shot dead by cop wins lawsuit

Ray Rice wins appeal, eligible to play Posted: 28 Nov 2014 12:26 PM PST Ray Rice has won his appeal of the NFL's disciplinary decision.

Christmas tree arrives at White House Posted: 28 Nov 2014 11:02 AM PST By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama received the annual Christmas tree delivery at the White House on Friday, heralding the start of the holiday season. Two horses pulled the nearly 20-foot (six-metre) fir tree to the front door of the White House late Friday morning as a small military band played the traditional carol "O Christmas Tree. ...

Ferguson protests move to retail stores Posted: 28 Nov 2014 09:22 AM PST Protesters interrupted holiday shopping at major retailers around the St. Louis area Friday to speak out about a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown.

Black Friday shopping crowds thin after Thanksgiving rush Posted: 28 Nov 2014 07:25 AM PST By Nandita Bose and Nathan Layne WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (Reuters) - Mall crowds were relatively thin early on Black Friday in a sign of what has become the new normal in U.S. holiday shopping: the mad rush is happening the night of Thanksgiving and more consumers are picking up deals online. Most major retailers now open their doors Thursday evening and offer extended holiday deals rather than limiting them to one day. The result is a quieter experience on what has traditionally been the busiest, and sometimes most chaotic, shopping day of the year. ...

Texas police kill man who fired at Austin buildings Posted: 28 Nov 2014 06:19 AM PST By Jim Forsyth AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Police in Austin shot and killed a man who opened fire on three major buildings in the Texas capital on Friday and also may have had some type of explosive device in his vehicle. Police received a call at 2:22 a.m. local time about shots being fired in the downtown area, Raul Munguia, the Austin Police Department's assistant chief, told reporters. He said the suspect appeared to be firing on the Austin Police Department headquarters, the Mexican Consulate and the Federal Courthouse. ...

Second act of shopping frenzy gets started Posted: 28 Nov 2014 05:46 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Stores are welcoming a second wave of shoppers in what has become a two-day kickoff to the holiday shopping season.

Black Friday underway across America Posted: 28 Nov 2014 02:27 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Before some people opened their eyes, Black Friday was already well underway.

Protesters target Black Friday sales in Ferguson Posted: 27 Nov 2014 11:44 PM PST By Edward McAllister and Daniel Wallis FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Protesters in Ferguson, Missouri began targeting Black Friday sales at major retailers overnight in a new tactic to vent their anger at a grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen. Kicking off their latest strategy inside a Walmart in another nearby suburb of St. Louis, about 75 demonstrators protested peacefully, chanting "Hands up, don't shoot!", bemusing bargain-hunters pushing their brimming shopping carts. ...

Calm comes to troubled Ferguson; protests dwindle across U.S. Posted: 27 Nov 2014 11:13 PM PST By Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Tensions eased in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson on Thursday after two nights of violence and looting sparked by racially charged anger over a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager. Protests also dwindled elsewhere in the United States as the Thanksgiving Day holiday and wintry weather kept many indoors. ...

Early-bird shoppers turn out on Thanksgiving Posted: 27 Nov 2014 04:44 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Early-bird shoppers headed to stores on Thanksgiving in what's becoming a new holiday tradition.

Shades of Ferguson: family of NY teen shot dead by cop wins lawsuit Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:39 PM PST By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Relatives of a Hispanic teen shot dead by a white New York police officer are headed back to court in January after winning a lawsuit in a case that could set the stage for the family of slain teenager Michael Brown. A day after a Missouri grand jury declined to indict the white police officer in Brown's death, a jury hearing civil cases in Bronx Supreme Court unanimously decided on Tuesday that the City of New York and NYPD Sergeant Robert Barnett were liable in the 2005 death of 19-year-old Leonel Disla. ...

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