The best deals these days, it seems, must be snatched well before the clock strikes midnight on Thanksgiving.

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Numerous self-inflicted crises loom, but cliff-jumping as the clock strikes midnight January 1 2013 is not one of them.

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The service didn't have the widespread impact that Google expected, however, so it's taking Health offline after the clock strikes midnight on January 1, 2012.

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Various Y2K experts predict that some of the nation's water supplies will fail when the clock strikes midnight because of computer problems, but the water utility industry strongly disagrees.

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Consumers will have the chance to be among the first in the world to purchase the Wii U console when the clock strikes midnight on Nov. 18 at Nintendo World in New York's Rockefeller Plaza.

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