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Is Thanksgiving Becoming Black Thursday?
Would you rather spend Thanksgiving Day with the family or look for discounts at retailers? You’ll have more choices this year as more and more chains are opening on the holiday. But others are striking back, staying closed and boasting that they’re more “family friendly.” Is opening on America’s Day of Thanks a kind of secular sacrilege, or should the marketplace decide?
By Warren Olney • • 18m ListenWould you rather spend Thanksgiving Day with the family or look for discounts at Target, K-Mart or RadioShack? You’ll have more choices this year as more and more chains are opening on the holiday. But Nordstrom, Costco and others are striking back, staying closed and boasting that they’re more “family friendly.” Is opening on America’s Day of Thanks a kind of secular sacrilege, or should the marketplace decide? Also, Governor Brown’s latest appointment will help re-shape the State Supreme Court. Why is it called a “mind blower?”
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2 storiesWill Thanksgiving Become "Black Thursday?"
“There was something terribly offensive… about this violent, gluttonous, materialistic shopping holiday eating up the one day we’re just meant to be thankful for what we have.” That’s according to Brian Rich, a marketing worker at a credit union in Idaho who’s “ Boycott Black Thursday ” page on Facebook is booming.
Read the story13 minJerry Brown Reshapes the California Supreme Court
When he was first Governor in the 1970’s, Jerry Brown appointed the first woman, first Latino and first black to the State Supreme Court. Two of them were later recalled by the voters.
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