Black Friday sales figures won't come in for several more days, but we've already got some very good news to report.

No one died at Wal-Mart.

During Black Friday 2008, shoppers trampled a worker to death on their way into the store.

Thanks to beefed-up security -- see the cattle-herding fences, bullhorns, and guys ominious black hoodies in the post-apocalpytic pic right -- that didn't happen this year.

See the NYT's slide show, featuring more photos by Robert Stolarik >

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See Also:

• Wal-Mart Trying New Black-Friday Tactics So That Nobody Dies This Year (WMT)
• Early Reports Point Toward A Nationwide Black Friday Shopping Frenzy
• Black Friday Sales Frenzy Explodes As Americans Kiss Recession Goodbye

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