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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Cousins Karen Wilson (left) and Vernita Calbert are ready to camp out for bargains tonight. They bring chairs, a cooler, sandwiches, blankets and newspaper ads.
(Keith Hale/Sun-Times)
Early shoppers brace for rush of Black Friday deals Cousins Karen Wilson and Vernita Calbert have proudly sat in the No. 1 or No. 2 lawn chairs outside the 5 a.m. Black Friday opening of Toys R Us or Target for seven years. They head out at midnight or 1 a.m. with necessities in tow: sales coupons, copies of their favorite stores' e-mailed sneak-preview alerts, a store map, lawn chairs, picnic basket and a plan to quickly grab the best door-buster deals.

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Last Walgreen retiring from drugstore giant's board
The last member of the founding Walgreen family to serve on the company's board, Charles R. "Cork" Walgreen III, is retiring from the post, along with two other board members.

Area jobless rate reaches 10.4%
The jobless rate in the Chicago metropolitan area rose to 10.4 percent in October from 10.1 percent in September and spiked from 6.1 percent in October 2008, the Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Wednesday.

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It was cheaper to buy a house again this week as the average 30-year, fixed mortgage rate hit the lowest level in nearly seven months, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac.

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