Cars and Trucks are piled on Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas Thursday Nov. 22, 2012. The Texas Department of Public Safety says at least 35 people have been injured in a more than 50-vehicle pileup. (AP Photo/The Beaumont Enterprise, Guiseppe Barranco)Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
1. WHY BLACK FRIDAY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
Americans’ growing comfort with online shopping puts more pressure on brick-and-mortar stores, which depend so heavily on the holiday season.
2. BLACKS SEEK TO CASH IN LOYALTY TO OBAMA
African American leaders do not want the middle and working class to bear the brunt of the looming “fiscal cliff” of tax increases and spending cuts.