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Shoppers pack stores as holiday season revs up

... shopper are allowed inside Toys "R" Us in Camp Hill, Pa., late Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) APBlack Friday holiday shoppers James Trichler, left, and Ashley Trichler second from left, both of New Cumberland, Pa., wait in line in the rain at Toys "R" Us in Camp Hill, Pa., late Thursday night, Nov. 26, 2009. The store opens their doors at midnight. (AP Photo/Carolyn...

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Penn State Defeats Sacred Heart 87-75

More photos » by Carolyn Kaster - AP Browse more photos » After a disappointing 1-2 trip to the Charleston Classic, the Nittany Lions were hoping to find some offense and get back to winning games in the friendly confines of the Jordan Center. Though the crowd was pretty subdued due to most of the students gone for Thanksgiving break, the Nittany Lions found all the scoring...

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Rush starts as holiday shopping season revs up

Last updated November 26, 2009 9:20 p.m. PTRush starts as holiday shopping season revs upBy ANNE D'INNOCENZIOAP RETAIL WRITER Black Friday holiday shoppers James Trichler, left, and Ashley Trichler second from left, both of New Cumberland, Pa., wait in line in the rain at Toys "R" Us in Camp Hill, Pa., late Thursday night, Nov. 26, 2009. The store opens their doors at midnight. (AP Photo/Carolyn...

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Around the SB Nation: a numerical justification for HATE

by Carolyn Kaster - AP View full size photo » Football Black Shoe Diaries goes the full 100 yards and discovers a statistical basis for Penn State fans to hate each and every team ranked above the Nittany Lions in the polls . In prototypical fashion, EDSBS is the first with a prototype in response to PETA asking Georgia to replace Uga with a robot instead of a live Bulldog. Crimson...

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Toyota to replace gas pedals that could jam in 4 million vehicles

Toyota is replacing the accelerator pedal, at right in a 2010 Toyota Camry, in more than 4 million vehicles because it could get stuck in the floor mat. (Carolyn Kaster, The Associated Press )Moving to correct what federal regulators have termed a "very dangerous problem," Toyota Motor Corp. said it will modify and replace gas pedals on 4.26 million cars and trucks to reduce the vehicles'...

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Spartans Take Umbrage With Odrick

More photos » by Carolyn Kaster - AP Eastern Illinois quarterback Jake Christensen (11) closes his eyes and prays Jared Odrick will show mercy and not kill him. Browse more photos » In typical classless Sparty fashion, they can't just congratulate a good player for winning an award. They have to be outraged that their player didn't get it. This morning The Only Colors , SBNation's...

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Bowling for Dollars

More photos » by Carolyn Kaster - AP Browse more photos » Sure, it's incredibly overused (the headline) but we're in a hurry to get the conversation started. If you follow this sort of thing you know that Iowa is in the running for four bowls (in no particular order): Orange, Fiesta, Capital One, and Outback. The goal, of course, is to be invited as an at-large to one of the...

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Three Mile Island radiation caused by pipe cutting

... Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania Saturday afternoon, 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Officials are trying to determine how workers cutting a pipe stirred up radioactive dust at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.Plant spokesman Ralph DeSantis said Monday that the public was not endangered Saturday, when a dozen workers were exposed...