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The nation's shoppers took advantage of deals on toys and TVs with some renewed vigor in stores and online on Black Friday after a year of concentrating their spending on basic necessities.

Retailers reported a oestronga shopper traffic on Black Friday as discounts on televisions, toys and computers drew budget-conscious crowds across the U.S., the National Retail Federation said.

In 2000, a 54-year-old Wal-Mart worker named Betty Dukes filed a sex discrimination claim against her employer.

WESTBURY, N.Y. a " Police say a fire has broken out among Christmas trees for sale outside a Walmart on New York's Long Island during a busy holiday shopping weekend.Nassau County police say the blaze was reported around 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Westbury store.

Retailers are trumpeting great deals on televisions heading into Black Friday, but the steepest discounts this year are limited to a few sets as promotional activity is less frantic than a year ago.

Crowd control at all Walmart stores in New York appeared to run smoothly this Black Friday, a year after a security guard was crushed to death by a stampede of shoppers.

Share + Nov 27, 2009 7:07 am US/Central NEW YORK 1 of 1 Shoppers Jeri Hull, left, and Karen Brashear, right, wait in line while shopping at Toys"R"Us during the Black Friday sales event on Nov.

The nation's retailers are ushering in the traditional start of the holiday shopping season with expanded hours and deep discounts on everything from toys to TVs to lure crowds of shoppers.

U.S. shoppers turned out in strong numbers at the start of the holiday season Friday to hunt for bargains, though many said they were spending more selectively.

Canada's top court has ruled in favour of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in a dispute over union organizing efforts at a store in Quebec.

Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:27am EST - Pedestrians pass a shop window display advertising Thanksgiving sales in New York, November 25, 2009.

For the past few years, holiday cheer has been in short supply for electronics retail chains.

When the biggest shopping day of the year arrives at 12 a.m. Friday, the crowds are predicted to be as robust as ever.

The reason: Wal-mart-sytle greetings: Since 1979 the average number of bank robberies in the U.S. has been a dismaying 11 per 100 commercial bank branches.

The deaths of four U.S. infants spurred the recall of 2.1 million cribs made by Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc.

Sears Holdings Corp. said Thursday that its fiscal third-quarter loss narrowed after it controlled expenses and inventory and the Kmart U.S. chain saw its first positive same-store sales in almost four years.

Wal-Mart Stores' demand for rock-bottom prices from suppliers in the mainland means some of these companies are forcing their employees to work in sweatshop-like conditions, a new report said on Wednesday.

In November 2008, Nassau County police examine the front of the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y., where a temporary store worker died after a throng of shoppers broke down the doors on Black Friday.

The crowd rushing into a Sears mall store in White Plains, N.Y., at 5 a.m. on Black Friday in 2008.

Several years ago an embarrassingly large number of Americans spent their money with what seemed to be reckless abandon.