December 2, 2011 Greg Benson and Ryan Smith came up with a prank to play on Target store workers. They wrote a list of silly items that don't exist. Then they traded lists without looking at them, went to Target, and asked the employees to help find the items
This was the most successful Black Friday ever in terms of sales. It also seems to have set the record for bad behavior. Here's a roundup of some of the things your fellow Americans did to save some money on various items.
America's political climate is taking a lot of heat after Jared Loughner's Tucson rampage. When a member of Congress gets shot, even if it's by a mentally unstable person, it's unavoidable to link the shooting to politics. And no one's wasted any time doing that.
