Saving money is on the minds of most Americans these days in a recovering economy, but how far is too far when it comes to seeking Black Friday’s slashed price tags? The day-after-Thanksgiving shopping extravaganza is becoming increasingly infamous and increasingly violent as shoppers used elbows, line-cutting and this year, even pepper spray to make sure they left with the items they came for.

Despite losing its last three conference matchups, the Baylor volleyball team received a bid to the NCAA tournament, the fourth ever for the program.

Wall Street protesters declared a minor victory Monday when they defied a midnight deadline to leave their tent city encampment around City Hall and police withdrew after surrounding the camp for six hours without moving in.

The Baylor Graduate School is launching a master’s degree program in nutrition sciences. Although courses for the program will begin this spring, the program’s first full-time students will officially start next fall.