It wasn’t visions of sugar-plum fairies dancing through her head that kept Kaytlin Myers awake until 4 a.m. It was the thought of buying those Ugg boots and the clothing sale at Torrid that motivated her to get up before dawn and enter the Black Friday shopping fray in 33-degree weather.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — When his professors drone, Dan Kautz whips out his phone. Kautz, a senior at Wilkes University, might send a text to someone across the room – “I can’t wait to get out of here” – or make plans with his roommates. He’s so adept at texting that he can tap out a message without looking.
LONDON — Auctioneers overestimated the power of the dark side. An original Darth Vader costume from a “Star Wars” movie did not sell at auction Thursday when no bidder offered to pay the reserve price, Christie’s auctioneers said. The outfit was expected to sell for between $250,000 to $365,000. The costume is thought to have been made for “The Empire Strikes Back,” released in 1980.
SEATTLE — If you’re in the market for a new flat-panel TV, it’s a good time to buy. TV prices usually drop from year to year, and the decline will be sharp this season thanks to a supply glut. Consumers have been holding out all year for better deals, leaving lots of unsold televisions on the shelves. Prices for high-definition LCD TVs will fall more than twice as fast as they have so far this year as manufacturers and retailers clear out inventory, analysts predict.
Tulsa basketball has been alive and dribbling for 100 years now. Back in 1921, when it went by the name Kendall College, it won the AAU national title.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Derrick Jasper is a 6-foot-6-inch guard, but the UNLV senior played bigger than his size and filled every spot on the floor Thursday night.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos eloped to Vegas in May 1996. That’s not news. But this is:
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Mystery deepens: Monolith outside Vegas may have been in desert for years
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people