1 Internet research firm comScore Inc. reported a 22 percent gain in online sales on the day after Thanksgiving compared with the same day a year ago, The Associated Press reported. Sales totaled $10.3 billion on Black Friday despite economists’ predictions that consumers would shop less this year because of a slow U.S. economy.
2 By beating Minnesota on Saturday night, the second-ranked Michigan hockey team defeated the Golden Gophers in Ann Arbor for the first time since 1997 and won the College Hockey Showcase for the first time since 2002.
3 Wolverine Access registration appointments for the Winter 2008 term begin today for undergraduate courses.