How much crazier can Black Friday get? (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111127/ap_on_re_us/us_black_friday_what_s_to_blame"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111126/capt.b212798f2a7149948e55951f71cab395-6147529b08144e52b6fb580f56e31d7b-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=kg30Z2nBP6Oy1bg_q7V_rA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, photo, shoppers stop to look at a display while shopping at Dadeland Mall, in Miami. As reports of shopping-related violence rolled in this week from Los Angeles to New York, experts say a volatile mix of desperate retailers and cutthroat marketing has hyped the traditional post-Thanksgiving holiday sales to increasingly frenzied levels. (AP Photo/ Lynne Sladky)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pepper-sprayed customers, smash-and-grab looters and bloody scenes in the shopping aisles. How did Black Friday devolve into this?</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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