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Black Friday is traditionally America's No. 1 shopping day for enthusiastic and aggressive bargain-hunters. Commentator Pam Varkony visits a mall near her home in Allentown, Pa., to assess the shopping crowd and talk to some of the smaller retailers about how busy they are.

Forty years ago, Congress decided that existing anti-discrimination laws were not enough to overcome racism in the voting process. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. The law helped to tumble the segregationist status quo that kept black voters from the polls.

The rate of home foreclosure is now three times its historic rate — "so large that it threatens the entire economy." Congressional Oversight Panel chair Elizabeth Warren discusses the problem — and possible solutions.

Police are asking for the public's help

It was only after the freezer had been cleaned, that grandma warned her relations about the money she kept in it. The trash company picked through a truck-full of garbage and returned $25,000.

Fast-spreading blaze damaged Store and Lock on Kratzville Road

The bicyclist in front of the two leaders at the Quad Cities Marathon went straight instead of turning — veering them off course. But it steered Tyler Pence to a $3,000 first place prize.

Utility company American Electric Power has agreed to settle a lawsuit over charges that emissions from its coal-fired power plants polluted the air over several states. The settlement is viewed as a significant victory for the Environmental Protection Agency.

The work in Henderson is part of the I-69 bridge project