lesli foster, 9news now. >> just don't count on any sleep. don't worry if you miss any of lesli deals, she has all of the deals on our website, the maps, a list of offers, all on wusa9.com. >>> in a bit more than 48 hours, some stores will be opening their doors for the beginning of the black friday shopping ritual. but for the first time some folks are pushing back asking why should stores open at midnight on thanksgiving? derek says good luck with that. >> yes, anita, do you know what, this is capitalism at its magnificent and horrific bet. you open yours at 4:00 a.m., i'll open mine at 2:00. anything to get to the customers first. target, macy's, best buy, kohl's, all opening at midnight. wal-mart will open at 10:00 p.m. toys "r" us will open at 9:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day. it's retail competition. it's the american way. now, 190,000 people did sign a petition that respect the bird thing asking target to back off for the sake of its workers. but what's that compared to the 152 million expected holiday shoppers? wages are down, money is ti

lesli foster 9news now. >> well, in addition to their big deals, sports authority and macy's are alsoiable donations this holiday season. tomorrow lesli is going to keep the big deal reveal going for us. she'll tell you about mall hours, floor plan and a plan to hit your favorite stores. she knows what she's talking about. >>> okay. the credit rating agency says it will not downgrade the u.s. government aers credit rating because -- government's credit rating because of the failure for the super committee to come up. the cuts will take effect in january 2013. in august s&p cult its u.s. treasury securities from one notch from triple a to double a+. >>> so lots of frustration that the super committee couldn't get the job done. but derek says perhaps we should have seen this coming. >> well, anita, first of all let me say i was wrong. i really thought this whole divided come thing was going to work out. that both parties figured they had so much in stake that an agreement to fix the long-term money problems was if not inevitable certainly a pretty good bet. but what i was not counting o

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. >> lesli foster has more on a local company that adds up the true cost and the true savings. >> reportersan wants to change the is energy in her kitchen. she starts with a trip to her local hardware store. >> i've had the same coffee maker for about 15 years. it's time for an upgrade. >> reporter: that upgrade is easier now thanks to these first of its kind rating labels for small appliances. >> come down this aisle and see for yourself. up to now, there has never been any information on how much it costs to run a microwave oven, a coffee maker or any other item. >> reporter: to get those numbers, bethesda based sebenia labs heads up with electronic's reliability housed at the university of maryland. >> you can look at an appliance and notice the features, but it's very hard to know how much energy it's going to use. >> reporter: researchers test every day items in the same way you might use them. testing coffee makers to see how much money it costs you to percolate a full or half pot. results are clearly marked on the product's labels. to help people like susan make a more informed deci

i'm lesli foster. >> i'm anita brikman. thanks for joining us on this special edition of 9news now.ng some holiday cheer to the men and women in uniform who sacrificed so much for our country. we are calling it turkey for troops and derek mcginty is with a special phone bank to help make this happen. >> thank you. this veterans day we teamed up with the u.s.o. of metropolitan washington to provide thanksgiving and christmas food baskets to members of the service community. a special way to say thank you for their service. a real tangible way that goes way beyond words. so if you want to take your thank you way beyond words and donate to the turkey for troops