Nine arrests in Walmart protest, business still brisk  —  * Walmart, protesters disagree on number of workers striking  —  * Nine arrested after blocking street in California  —  * Wal-Mart says best ‘Black Friday’ ever, shares rise  —  Nine people were arrested near a Walmart store …

Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic Offers Black Friday Discount  —  A Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in souther Florida is offering a black Friday discount — including $10 off a visit to the abortion center today.  —  Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast offered the special …

Anything For A New TV: The Worst Of Black Friday Shopping Mayhem  —  The shopping tradition extravaganza that is Black Friday never goes off without a hitch.  And this year was no exception.  —  As shoppers braved long lines and jostled in big crowds late Thursday and into Friday …

BENGHAZI-GATE ENTERS NEW PHASE: THE COVER UP OF THE COVER UP  —  It now looks as though the White House's excuse for the pre-election Libya cover-up is itself a cover up.  Last week we were told by the Administration (and the compliant media) that during her now-infamous round robin …

Actor Larry Hagman, notorious as ‘Dallas’ villain J.R. Ewing, dies  —  Actor Larry Hagman posed during a press preview of a May 2011 auction of his personal antiques, fine and decorative art, furniture, and “Dallas” memorabilia in Beverly Hills, Calif.  —  of  —  apeppard@dallasnews.com

Muslim Brotherhood offices torched, Morsi on defensive  —  Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi defended his latest decree granting himself sweeping powers before supporters in Cairo as anti-Morsi demonstrators set fire to Muslim Brotherhood offices in cities across Egypt on Friday.

Saxby Chambliss takes aim at Grover Norquist  —  Sen. Saxby Chambliss took aim at Americans for Tax Reform head Grover Norquist on Wednesday, telling a local television station he's not worried about a potential primary challenge if he votes to raise taxes.  —  “I care more about my country …

Man dressed as clown dies during Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade  —  DEATH AT THE PARADE:Robert Blasetti is tended to by emergency workers after collapsing at the parade yesterday.  He was later pronounced dead.  —  A 67-year-old man dressed as a clown went into cardiac arrest and died …

Tea Party Seeks to Regroup  —  Movement Sets Sights on Ousting Republicans Seen as Not Conservative Enough  —  The tea-party movement is trying to regroup after taking some licks in this month's elections.  Several groups already are setting their sights on 2014 congressional races …

The GOP Turnout Myth  —  To win future elections, Republicans will need more than better get-out-the-vote software.  —  To win the next presidential race, the GOP will have to understand what went wrong in 2012.  To do that, they've got to come to grips with what did, and did not, happen with turnout.