Early-bird shoppers find long lines, even in the wee hours on Black Friday.

Publication: Newsday (Melville, NY)

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Byline: Lauren Weber

Nov. 26--Caezer Ulysses of Saint Albans, Queens, never made it to sleep Thanksgiving night. Instead, he and his girlfriend pulled an all-nighter, driving from Queens to Riverhead to shop for specials at Wal-Mart before venturing to the Tanger Outlets. They arrived at Wal-Mart at 3:30 A.M., and already there was a line.

"It was crazy," he said, standing at Tanger's Timberland outlet several hours later. "I'm not doing this again," he said firmly.

Ulysses was one among thousands of avid bargain hunters across Long Island who squared off yesterday with retailers in the annual ritual known as Black Friday, the...

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