In Virginia, a school was selling 4 year-old Apple iBooks for $50 each, since they were being replaced with new computers.

"Officials opened the gates at 7 a.m., but some already had been waiting for hours in line. When the gates opened, it became a terrifying mob scene. People threw themselves forward, screaming and pushing each other. A little girl's stroller was crushed in the stampede. Witnesses said an elderly man was thrown to the pavement, and someone in a car tried to drive his way through the crowd. One woman went so far to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line."

The best quote: "Jesse Sandler said he was one of the people pushing forward, using a folding chair he had brought with him to beat back people who tried to cut in front of him. 'I took my chair here and I threw it over my shoulder and I went, "Bam,"' the 20-year-old said nonchalantly, his eyes glued to the screen of his new iBook, as he tapped away on the keyboard at a testing station. 'They were getting in front of me and I was there a lot earlier than them, so I thought that it was just,' he said."