This is A-P News Minute.(AP Photos)SHOPPERS ARE EXPECTED TO POUND THEIR KEYBOARDS LOOKING FOR BIG BARGAINS TODAY -- CYBER MONDAY. ANALYSTS SAY IT MAY BE A BIG ONLINE SUCCESS, WITH AMERICANS EXPECTED TO SPEND $1.5 BILLION, UP 20 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR. (AP Photos)OFFICIALS IN MASSACHUSETTS SAYS A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION THAT DAMAGED 42 BUILDINGS AND INJURED 18 PEOPLE IN SPRINGFIELD WAS A RESULT OF "HUMAN ERROR." THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS A UTILITY WORKER ACCIDENTALLY PUNCTURED A HIGH-PRESSURE GAS PIPELINE WHILE LOOKING FOR A LEAK FRIDAY NIGHT. (AP Television)THOUSANDS OF BANGLADESHI WORKERS ARE DEMANDING JUSTICE AFTER A GARMENT-FACTORY FIRE KILLED AT LEAST 112 PEOPLE. OFFICIALS SAY MANY WORKERS WERE TRAPPED IN THE EIGHT-STORY BUILDING, THAT LACKED EMERGENCY EXITS.(AP Television)A NEW REPORT SAYS BARRIERS PERSIST FOR DISABLED AMERICANS WHEN IT COMES TO ONE BASIC HUMAN RIGHT: BEING A PARENT. THE REPORT FOUND DISABLED PARENTS STILL RISK LOSING THEIR CHILDREN. BUT EXPERTS SAY WITH ADEQUATE SUPPORT THAT CAN BE PREVENTED. Jon Belmont, The Associated Press with AP News Minute. (****END****)
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