If you are reading this newspaper on Friday, November 28 – “hot off the press” –  it probably means you are not traipsing around Wal-Mart or another department store in search of “Black Friday” bargains.

Like it or not, Mexico has leaped into the 21st century and Wal-Mart is here to stay. Here’s what some Lakesiders have to say.

When reality sinks in after Barack Obama’s historic victory and the new president is ensconced behind his desk in the Oval Office, millions of people around the world will be looking for a sign that all the hope they have invested in him will receive an early payback.