FROM THE 1450 WNBY NEWS CENTER (12-01-14) Today is Cyber Monday, giving shoppers another chance to get big discounts, but this time, online, instead of going to a store. Since first being dubbed Cyber Monday in 2005, the Monday after Thanksgiving has become one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. While many shoppers will be scanning the internet searching for bargains this Cyber Monday, local retailers say if youre more a hands on shopper, you should head to your local shop. Michigan Retailers Association President and CEO Jim Hallan says some shoppers like to browse online but still like that face-to-face interaction you get at a local retailer. He says most people like to touch and feel a product before making a purchase and also knowing, if they have any problems with the product, it can be returned to their local retailer. A battle is underway in Lansing over a device that allows business owners to hide sales and reduce the sales tax owed to the state. A bill allowing the Michigan Department of Treasury to require certain business owners subject to the sales tax, to install equipment to prevent the use of such zapping devices, is now before the Michigan House. The goal of the bill is to crack down on any company which tries to rig cash register sales figures in order to avoid sending sales tax revenue to the treasury department. WNBY SPORTS!!! Pavel Datsyuk scored twice to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. Gustav Nyquist, Niklas Kronwall and Danny DeKeyser all lit the lamp for the Red Wings, who have won their last four. Jimmy Howard stopped 30 shots in the win. Linden Vey had two goals and an assist and Yannick Weber also scored for the Canucks, who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Ryan Miller allowed four goals on 29 shots in defeat, ending a personal shutout streak.The Wings (14-5-5) will host the Florida Panthers tomorrow. Former Spartan Draymond Green led a balanced attack with 20 points as the Golden State Warriors took down the Detroit Pistons 104-93 at The Palace of Auburn Hills last night. Stephen Curry finished with 16 points and 10 assists, and Klay Thompson chipped in 15 points for Golden State, which has won nine in-a-row. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope went for 23 points and Brandon Jennings scored 22 as Detroit dropped its eighth straight game to fall to 3-and-14. Josh Smith tallied 14 points and 12 assists in a losing effort.The Pistons play the Lakers tomorrow. Perry Ellis had 17 points and nine rebounds as No. 11 Kansas defeated 20th-ranked Michigan State 61-56 in the championship game of the Orlando Classic yesterday. The Spartans had missed eight straight tries from beyond the arc before Travis Trice pulled up from the left wing in transition and nailed a 3-pointer to pull them within 59-56 with 1:36 remaining. Denzel Valentine led the Spartans with 14 points with seven rebounds.MSU is back on the floor Wednesday at Notre Dame. Tomorrow, Michigan hosts Syracuse at the Crisler Center. The ACC-Big Ten Challenge tips off tonight. The action starts with Nebraska at Florida State and Rutgers at Clemson. There are 14 games total. Tuesday nights matchups are highlighted with Michigan welcoming Syracuse to Ann Arbor in a Final Four rematch from two seasons ago and Ohio State hitting the road to face Louisville. The marquee contest is Duke and Wisconsin on Wednesday. The same night Michigan State travels to South Bend to face Notre Dame, North Carolina hosts Iowa and Virginia and Maryland renew acquaintances in College Park. The two conference have tied the last two seasons, but the Big Ten won the three before that. The ACC won the first 10 times the conferences squared off. The Detroit Lions are looking ahead to Week 14 after defeating the Bears 34-17 on Thanksgiving. The Lions host the Buccaneers Sunday. Tampa Bay lost 14-13 to the Bengals yesterday to slip to 2-and-10. Detroit is 8-and-4. Week 13 proved to be another wild week in the NFL season. The Cardinals lost a second straight game as they fell to the Falcons, 29-18, on the road. They are now in a three-way tie for best record in the NFC with the Eagles and Packers. Green Bay took care of the Patriots, 26-21, at Lambeau Field behind 368 yards and two touchdowns from Aaron Rodgers. New England fell into a tie with the Broncos for best record in the AFC after Denver pounded Kansas City, 29-16, on Sunday Night Football. Atlanta is tied atop the NFC South at 5-and-7 with the Saints, who held on for a 35-32 win versus the Steelers from New Orleans. With Pittsburgh, the Ravens and Browns all losing, Cincinnati moved a game-and-a-half ahead of each in the AFC North after beating the Buccaneers, 14-13, in Tampa. Miami tries to stay in the mix for an AFC Wild Card spot tonight at the Jets on Monday Night Football. The tenth-ranked Michigan State Spartans are waiting to learn their bowl fate after ending the regular season with a 34-10 win over Penn State on Saturday. Michigan State is 10-and-2 and 7-and-1 in the Big Ten. Meanwhile, Michigan will not be heading to a bowl game after losing to Ohio State 42-28 over the weekend. They were 5-and-7 and 3-and-5 in the Big Ten. KARL BOHNAKS WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Snow showers likely, mainly between 8am and 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 14. Wind chill values between -5 and zero. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of around an inch possible. Tonight: Scattered snow showers, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 6. Wind chill values between -5 and zero. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Tuesday: A slight chance of snow before 11am, then a slight chance of snow after 2pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 28. Wind chill values between zero and 10. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:33:23 +0000
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