By KRWG News
Las Cruces – Black Friday has come to southern New Mexico as thousands lined up at the mall and big box stores hoping for extreme deals on electronics and gifts.
The Las Cruces Sun-News (http://bit.ly/uLYkWJ ) reports Kmart opened at 6 a.m. Night sales began at 10 p.m. for the Outlet Shops of El Paso and at Walmart, with Best Buy, Kohls, Old Navy and Target opening their doors at midnight on Friday.
JCPenney and Sears followed, opening at 4 a.m., Barnes and Noble and the Mesilla Valley Mall at 6 a.m., and Harbor Freight and Dillards at 7 a.m.
Julio and Arely O'Hara of El Paso set up their tent Wednesday at the Best Buy in El Paso and slept in front of the store Wednesday night. They were ready before midnight to buy one of the store's 20 42-inch Sharp LCD TVs for $199.
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Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News, http://www.lcsun-news.com
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