1.   And shoppers jammed store aisles, snapping up canned goods and batteries, while wondering whether to believe the hype.

2.   Shoppers jammed stores in the official kickoff of the holiday sales season.

3.   Shoppers jammed stores today, eager to take advantage of widespread sales at the start of the holiday retail season.

4.   Shoppers jammed the downtown shopping district, and security forces mostly avoided IRA strongholds in West Belfast.

5.   In a scene replayed throughout South Florida, shoppers jammed the aisles of a Publix supermarket in western Dade County buying up water, batteries and canned goods.

6.   Shoppers jammed the few operating supermarkets and convenience stores, often waiting hours to get inside.