Brett LoGiurato

Target experienced some controversy before the 2011 edition of Black Friday, and now the company's day has been tainted again after a death inside a Target store in West Virginia.

The first report of Black Friday 2011 sales has been released, with record numbers suggesting good news for retailers heading into the holiday shopping season.

Terrell Owens, noted wide receiver who holds a workout for exactly zero interested teams, is also apparently having trouble paying his child support though he uses Twitter as a means to attain money.

The NBA lockout is over. We want to play basketball, NBA commissioner David Stern said, perhaps forgetting that he actually didn't want to play basketball for the first scheduled month of the season.

The Wal-Mart customer who used pepper spray on other customers during the store's Black Friday sales has turned herself into authorities, Los Angeles police said Saturday.

Following success in the United States, Starbucks will introduce its mobile payment app for more than 700 stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland beginning next month.

Kathryne Dommermuth flipped through the Black Friday 2011 ads late Wednesday night. She had never ventured out with Black Friday crowds, but this year, something caught her eye.

Anthony Hardwick's tongue-in-cheek goal was 300 million signatures -- a signature from the entire United States population -- for a petition to Target president and CEO Gregg Steinhafel.

Wal-Mart had already heard from its customers about the successful reintroduction of its layaway program. Last week, it heard from its rival.

Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone blasted President Barack Obama Tuesday morning on CNBC, where he was a guest host on Squawk Box.

Jack in the Box Inc. reported earnings of $22.7 million (49 cents per share) Monday, a sharp increase from the same fourth-quarter period one year ago. In last year's fiscal fourth quarter, Jack in the Box posted earnings of $4 million (7 cents per share).

It was only a matter of time. Finally, some retailer (in this case, Kohl's) is attempting to market its Black Friday sales through Rebecca Black's Friday.

Tyson Food's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings fell 54 percent on a drastic decline in its chicken segment, the company announced in an earnings report Monday.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The sign outside Bernie Fine's home in nearby Fayetteville, N.Y., symbolizes the difference between the two recent college sexual abuse scandals that have rocked the country -- and which many say have no basis for comparison.

H.J. Heinz Co. saw its fiscal second-quarter net income dip 5.7 percent, as organic sales growth in emerging markets could not offset continually weakening sales in North America.

Dole Food narrowed its third-quarter loss year-over-year as stronger revenues offset a challenging period seen in its European market.

Two weeks after filing a complaint with the SEC, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) took another step in a legal battle with Smithfield Foods, one of McDonald's major pork suppliers for products like the McRib.

Netflix said Thursday it would refuse to join Wal-Mart in the settlement of a class-action lawsuit involving more than 25 million current and former Netflix subscribers.

The call awoke Mustafa Sav after 1 a.m. Tuesday morning. It was from his building manager, Alan Scott. He explained something Sav had already expected -- police had evicted Occupy Wall Street protestors from Zuccotti Park.

Would you want to eat your dog? No, of course you wouldn't. Look at him. Or her. Right now. Look. Just look at that face.

Staples Inc. saw its third-quarter earnings jump 13 percent as the company implemented effective cost-consolidating methods, but overall sales growth did not meet expectations from sluggish spots in Europe and Australia.

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. beat expectations and announced Tuesday the gaudy fourth-quarter profits that more than doubled.

Saks Inc. announced Tuesday its third-quarter net income plummeted 51 percent from the same period a year ago, but revenue increased and the company's overall performance beat Wall Street expectations.

That water bottle you're drinking out of right now and will throw in the recycle bin later - oh, you better throw it in the recycle bin - could be put to more renewable use.

Retailers are growing again, a new study shows, as companies start to embrace strategies like e-commerce and international initiatives.

In the aftermath of a sex abuse scandal involving former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and its fallout - including the firing of legendary head coach Joe Paterno - ticket prices for the team's football game Saturday vs. Nebraska fluctuated drastically.

Junior dos Santos defeated Cain Velasquez in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday night to capture the UFC heavyweight championship.

Former Penn State running back Franco Harris -- who went on to play for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers -- defended fired head coach Joe Paterno and embattled wide-receivers coach Mike McQueary on Friday for their roles in the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

Cam Newton, the star rookie quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, is listed as probable on the team's injury report and looks likely to play Sunday.