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THURSDAY

A Wisconsin man pulled a foot-long butcher knife on a fellow guest at a Thanksgiving Day dinner after she ignored his claim to a specific chair at the dining table. The woman defended herself with a broom and was unharmed. Kendrick Carr, 23, has been charged with attempted homicide.

Black Friday got its earliest start ever, as retailers such as Wal-Mart and Toys R Us opened their doors Thanksgiving night instead of the traditional pre-dawn Friday openings.

The U.S. Army’s oldest living four-star general, Ralph Haines Jr., died of natural causes at San Antonio Military Medical Center,...