Black Friday started with a bang across the Bay area as retailers reached out to pre-dawn shoppers, helping them navigate deals even while they stood in line and taking their cue from big-box stores and mall anchors to open earlier than ever. ...more

November 27, 2009

The bargain hunters were out early this morning in Brandon hoping to save on everything from TVs to vacuums. ...more

November 27, 2009

Millions, including the minions fawning over the popular, blood-sucking Dracula, may lift their "Cross-equivalent," perhaps one of the vampire's long, sharp teeth, against the politically incorrect, "right wing" thoughts bared here. ...more

November 27, 2009

There are two times throughout the year that I can't stand being on the road: the first day of school and during the holidays. ...more

November 25, 2009

There are two times throughout the year that I can't stand being on the road: the first day of school and during the holidays. ...more

November 25, 2009

Ida Lillies mixes vintage with mod plus creative classes. ...more

November 23, 2009

Santa's fine-tuned his list of who is naughty or nice, who hasn't called and who forgot to write. Turkeys will thaw for Thanksgiving Day and it won't be long before it's Black Friday. ...more

November 22, 2009

For a brief window, we're living in a remarkably cheap moment in grocery shopping. ...more

November 20, 2009

In George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation, he suggested we obey and be grateful to the "great Lord and Ruler of Nations." He also asked God "to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best." ...more

November 20, 2009

A year after an unruly crowd trampled a worker to death at a Walmart store, America's retailers are preparing for another Black Friday, the blockbuster shopping day after Thanksgiving. Along with offering $300 laptops and $99 navigation devices, stores are planning new safety measures to make sure the festive day does not take another deadly turn. ...more

November 12, 2009