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Man, 64, beaten with walking stick in Glen Burnie robbery
A 64-year-old man was robbed and beaten with his own walking stick after a group of six teenagers and young men attacked him in a parking lot at the Glen Burnie Towne Center late Tuesday night, according to Anne Arundel County Police. The incident was...
Tags: Glen Burnie, Toy Industry, Theft
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EEOC claims Toys 'R' Us discriminated against deaf job applicant
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Toys "R" Us, alleging the company broke the law when staff at its Columbia store refused to provide a sign-language interpreter for a job applicant who is deaf. The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S....
Tags: Laws, Labor Legislation, Toy Industry, Trials, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Retailers test new formats during holidays
At GameStop Kids at White Marsh Mall, shoppers will find plush Mario book bags and Angry Birds hats mixed in with the Lego Star Wars and other kid-friendly video games, a mix meant to attract both serious "gamers" as well as those who've never played...
Tags: Electronics, Nabi, Family, Marketing, Target
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Small toy shops expect bright holiday
Just as Tom and Claudia Towles were opening their second Baltimore toy shop four years ago, the recession hit. The owners of aMuse Toys decided to cut back — not on staff or selling space — but on the number of manufacturers whose products...
Tags: Mattel Inc., LEGO Group, Sales, Ellicott City, Toy Industry
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First baby of 2013 belongs to Nicole Smith of Bel Air
One Bel Air couple spent New Year's Eve in the hospital for a very special event: their first baby, and Harford County's first baby of 2013. A little girl, Hanna Lyn Street, became the first baby born at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in the early...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), New Year's Day
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Toys for Tots Campaigns begin
Toy drives will be held this holiday season at Baltimore-area Giant Food stores and at Toys R Us in Glen Burnie. The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation has joined forces with Giant Food of Landover for the second year. Toys will be collected at all 170...Tags: Glen Burnie, Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, U.S. Marine Corps, Giant Food, LLC, Toy Industry
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Harford reactions mixed to Black Friday early openings
The Friday after Thanksgiving, known as "Black Friday," is typically the first day of the holiday shopping season. Traditionally, people got up early Friday morning to line up at their favorite stores so they can take advantage of special sales and rare...
Tags: Values, Toy Industry, Thanksgiving, Kmart, Gaming
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Black Friday shoppers may have done more browsing than buying
Domingo Catalan powered through the Thanksgiving night crowds to get his children toys. He methodically checked all the boxes on his relatives' wish lists on Black Friday. And before he goes to work as a data analyst for a government contractor on Cyber...
Tags: Media Industry, Thanksgiving, Cyber Monday, Target, Holidays
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Retailers say they are bullish on in-store and online holiday sales
Domingo Catalan powered through the Thanksgiving night crowds to get his children toys. He methodically checked all the boxes on his relatives' wish lists on Black Friday. And before he goes to work as a data analyst for a government contractor on Cyber...Tags: Media Industry, Thanksgiving, Cyber Monday, Holidays, Government
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Black Friday brings out crowds, some slopping over from Thursday
Diane Townes waited in line for 12 hours to get her door-buster deals — printers, a laptop and a 50-inch television — so imagine her chagrin when it looked like she wouldn't be able to squeeze it all into her car Friday morning. The Owings...
Tags: Hobbies, Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Inner Harbor, Media Industry, Kmart
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Black Friday gets a jump start on Thanksgiving night in Towson
The streets were quiet Thanksgiving evening. An empty bus rolled up North Charles Street, toward Towson, a town mostly rolled up for the holiday. But outside Target in the Towson Marketplace shopping center, a long line of was forming at 7 p.m. —...
Tags: Nikon Corp, Kmart, Computer Hardware, Apple iPad, Gaming
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Stores entice Black Friday shoppers with earlier openings, more sales
Consumers have come to expect the deep discounts that define Black Friday, but retailers hope to entice shoppers this year with more choices in how and when they buy. Responding to what they say is consumer demand, retailers have pushed store openings...
Tags: Electronics, Binney and Smith, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc., Thanksgiving, Holidays
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