US shopper pepper-sprays rivals

A shopper in Los Angeles pepper-sprayed her competition for an Xbox and scuffles broke out elsewhere around the US as bargain-hunters gathered for earlier-than-usual start to Black Friday, the day that marks the start of Thanksgiving holiday shopping.

A Walmart store had brought out a crate of discounted Xboxes on Thanksgiving night and as a crowd waited for the video game players to be unwrapped, a woman fired pepper spray at the other shoppers "in order to get an advantage", police said.