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AZUZ: Time to find out who`s on the roll. All of these requests were made at CNNStudentNews.com.
We`re starting in the Mount Rushmore state of South Dakota. Tripp-Delmont School District is there and the Nighthawks of Tripp are watching.
In Bowling Green, Ohio, the Bobcats are on the prowl. Great to see Bowling Green High School.
And in Kobe, Japan, hello to all of our viewers at Nada High School. Thank you for making us part of your day.
In the U.S., today is traditionally a day of online sales known as Cyber Monday. The 28th was Small Business Saturday. The 27th, Black Friday.
Retailers hope these different terms encouraged Americans to shop as the holiday shopping gets into the gear right after Thanksgiving.
This year`s Black Friday sales were a mixed bag. Spending at brick and mortar retailers, so physical stores that people walk into were down more
than a billion dollars from last year. But online sales for Black Friday increased by more than $33 million from 2014.
Looking at Black Friday alone doesn`t give the whole picture, though.
forego some airstrikes.
U.S. officials tell CNN they need an agreement on how to proceed before the system is activate.
LT. GEN. MARK HERTLING (RET.), CNN MILITARY ANALYST: I think there`s a lot more talk going on at the tactical and operational level, while the heads
of state remain bellicose but it is just upping the ante and you never know when this might happen.
STARR: Putin remains furious, also saying the U.S. knew ahead of time the location of the Russian jets but did nothing to stop the shot down. Two
U.S. military officials tell CNN the U.S. did not know.