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Black Friday Live Blog

By Sun-Times Wire

Customers line up on Wednesday at a local Best Buy to prep for the big sales on Black Friday // Photo by Matthew Grotto-Southtown Star

We’ll be live-blogging all the chaos of Black Friday (which actually starts tonight, now right here. Follow along as our reporters from all over the metro area report on what they see.

If you see anything news-worthy, including traffic jams, tweet at us and let us know by using the hashtag #BlackChiDay.

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