'Black Friday' shoppers clash in the U.K.

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• 'Black Friday' shoppers clash in the U.K.
• Ferguson protests move to retail stores
• Black Friday gets a little less frenzied
• Obama's plan to 'Power Africa' gets off to a dim start
• French Parliament debates recognizing Palestine
• Immigrants' chances tied to their state's policies
• Ferguson police block clean-up brigade from entering damaged area
• Christmas tree arrives at White House
• Black Friday shopping crowds thin after Thanksgiving rush

'Black Friday' shoppers clash in the U.K. Posted: 28 Nov 2014 08:34 AM PST Shoppers compete to purchase retail items on "Black Friday" at an Asda superstore in Wembley, north London November 28, 2014. Britain's high streets, malls and online sites were awash with discounts on Friday as more retailers than ever embraced U.S.-style "Black Friday" promotions, seeking to kickstart trading in the key Christmas period. In the United States the Friday following the Thanksgiving Day holiday is called Black Friday because spending usually surges and indicates the point at which American retailers begin to turn a profit for the year, or go "into the black". REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS ANNIVERSARY)

Ferguson protests move to retail stores Posted: 28 Nov 2014 10:10 AM PST Protesters interrupted holiday shopping at major retailers around the St. Louis area Friday to speak out about a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown.

Black Friday gets a little less frenzied Posted: 28 Nov 2014 11:48 AM PST Black Friday seemed a little less crazy this year. There were squabbles here and there, and elbows got thrown, but the Friday morning crowds appeared smaller than usual and less frenzied, in part because ...

Obama's plan to 'Power Africa' gets off to a dim start Posted: 28 Nov 2014 02:38 AM PST By Joe Brock JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Barack Obama last year told a cheering crowd in Cape Town that a $7 billion plan to "Power Africa" would double electricity output on the world's poorest continent and bring "light where currently there is darkness". A year later, the U.S. president's flagship project for Africa has already achieved 25 percent of its goal to deliver 10,000 megawatts of electricity and bring light to 20 million households and businesses, according to its annual report. But the five-year plan has not yet delivered the power. ...

French Parliament debates recognizing Palestine Posted: 28 Nov 2014 10:09 AM PST PARIS (AP) — France's government is pushing to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, amid growing pressure across Europe for recognition of a Palestinian state after decades of Mideast stalemate.

Immigrants' chances tied to their state's policies Posted: 28 Nov 2014 08:33 AM PST PHOENIX (AP) — If Christian Avila lived a few hundred miles to the west, he would have a driver's license and qualify for in-state college tuition and a host of other opportunities available to young people granted legal status by President Barack Obama two years ago.

Ferguson police block clean-up brigade from entering damaged area Posted: 28 Nov 2014 10:06 AM PST By Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister FERGUSON, Mo.(Reuters) - A group of people in Ferguson, Missouri, on Friday attempted to enter a main thoroughfare of the St. Louis suburb to clean up stores damaged in this week's racially charged rioting but a line of police blocked them from entering the area. West Florissant Avenue is home to a Walgreen Co store and other businesses that were looted or burned on Monday after a decision by a grand jury not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in August. ...

Christmas tree arrives at White House Posted: 28 Nov 2014 10:31 AM PST By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama received the annual Christmas tree delivery at the White House on Friday, heralding the start of the holiday season. Two horses pulled the nearly 20-foot (six-metre) fir tree to the front door of the White House late Friday morning as a small military band played the traditional carol "O Christmas Tree. ...

Black Friday shopping crowds thin after Thanksgiving rush Posted: 28 Nov 2014 11:37 AM PST WEST HARTFORD, Conn./CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mall crowds were relatively thin on Black Friday in a sign of what has become the new normal in U.S. holiday shopping: the mad rush is happening the night of Thanksgiving and more consumers are picking up deals online.

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