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Shoppers line up for stores to open; retailers open holiday season with bargains, early bird specials
Published: November 24, 2001
Shoppers looking for things like Harry Potter games and Microsoft's Xbox hit the nation's malls at first light Friday as the Christmas rush began amid tight security and fears this could be the worst holiday shopping season in a decade. In a scene played out across the country, 300 people lined up outside a Toys R Us store in Little Rock, Ark., before the doors opened at 6 a.m. Among the crowd was Elizabeth Phifer, who was in search of a Diva Starz pet plush dog for her 8-year-old daughter. by The Associated Press