U.S. Thanksgiving shopping binge brings Black Friday hangover
By Suzanne Barlyn, Phil Wahba, Marina Lopes and Dhanya Skariachan
U.S. healthcare website down for overnight maintenance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The website at the center of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms will be down for an extended period overnight on Friday as the government pushes to complete upgrades by a November 30 deadline, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said.
Seven hurt as New Jersey commuter ferry hits pier
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A commuter ferry crossing the Hudson River crashed into a pier in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Friday, causing bumps and bruises to seven of the 24 people on board, police said.
Firm says U.S. Navy suspension related to old billing dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A maritime services company that had millions of dollars in contracts suspended by the U.S. Navy this week says the action stemmed from a billing dispute probed by the Justice Department several years ago, and it hopes to resolve…
Mitt Romney’s son helps family of four after SUV crash
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Josh Romney, the son of 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, took to Twitter on Friday to share his role in helping a family whose SUV had crashed into a house in a Salt Lake City suburb.
Obamas welcome White House Christmas tree from Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – First lady Michelle Obama and her two daughters welcomed the official White House Christmas tree on Friday – an 18.5-foot Douglas Fir donated by a Pennsylvania farmer.
Fights, store evacuation mar U.S. holiday shopping rush
(Reuters) – The post-Thanksgiving shopping rush sparked incidents of violence across the United States as a police officer was injured breaking up a fight, a shopper was shot in the leg over a TV and a Walmart was evacuated, according to police and med…
Obama to look to Sasha to choose where they live after White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will take a cue from daughter Sasha on where to live after his second term ends in 2017, and that means that they might end up staying in Washington, ABC News reported on Frida…
Stores open early on Thanksgiving but shoppers in no rush
(Reuters) – Jill McCormack didn’t mind waiting in the cold for five hours on Thursday. She was frozen, but first in line when the Macy’s Inc flagship store in New York opened for the first time ever on Thanksgiving Day.
Gas pipeline explodes in Missouri, no injuries reported
(Reuters) – A 30-inch (75-cm) natural gas pipeline ruptured and exploded in Missouri just before midnight on Thursday, with no injuries or fatalities reported and no impact to customers shipping gas on the line, a spokeswoman for Panhandle Eastern Pipe…
