Dispatches from the Checkout Lines

First , and now this: A man in a Frosty the Snowman costume was arrested at last Saturday's annual Christmas parade in Chestertown, Md. WTSP reports that 52-year-old Kevin Michael Walsh scuffled with police and kicked a police dog while being escorted away from the crowd.

Know of any web sites offering deals on lords a-leaping? According to the annual Christmas Price Index compiled by PNC Wealth Management, the total cost of the 364 items mentioned in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" exceed $100,000 for the first time--$101,119, to be precise. That's a 4.4 percent increase over last year, a rate greater than inflation of all consumer products.

According to IBM, the iPhone and iPad were responsible for more than 10 percent of all online sales on Black Friday, Electronista reports.

An exhausted Target employee who worked the night shift on Black Friday drove her car into a canal in Pahokee, Fla. Unable to swim, the 38-year-old woman called 911 and was rescued safely. Several retailers made the controversial decision to begin Black Friday earlier this year.

Black Friday shoppers at a Target in South Charleston, W. Va., stepped around a man who collapsed while shopping, and continued on their hunt for bargains. Walter Vance, a 61-year-old pharmacist, later died at a hospital.

On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, a 38-year-old man in Newport, Tenn., stabbed himself in the abdomen with a turkey thermometer. According to Newport Plain Talk, the man told EMS crews he wanted to see whether he was done.