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COPYRIGHT 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Byline: Benjamin Spillman
Nov. 25--Sin City's 24-hour reputation extended far beyond Fremont Street's bleary-eyed gamblers and the Strip's night-clubbers Friday.
Teachers, parents, nurses and security guards filled with turkey and fueled by caffeine mobbed stores and shopping malls several hours before sunrise, seeking any advantage in the annual bargain hunt known as the holiday shopping season.
Black Friday, the traditional start of the shopping season, opened well before dawn with thousands of shoppers huddled in lines outside major retailers by 4 a.m. or earlier.
They were lured by steep discounts and extended hours of stores determined to get as much as they can of the $457 billion shoppers are expected to spend before Christmas.
"It is the thrill of the chase today," said Susan Denning of Las Vegas, who was first in line outside Sears at the Meadows mall, 4300 Meadows Lane.
The chase got under way at Sears at 5 a.m. when retail manager Torey Hughes came out and told a line of several hundred people: "No fighting, no tripping, no killing. We're open."
Outside Toys R Us, 4550 Meadows...
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