...the sale, forcing workers to manually run credit card slips. ''It's the perfect Harry Potter night,'' said Grace Vermeer, 12, standing in the rain outside the store. She said she had planned a sleepover party with five friends. Hordes...

...themselves against the elements with umbrellas and raincoats. ''It's the perfect Harry Potter night,'' said Grace Vermeer, 12, Minneapolis, who planned a sleepover with five friends to celebrate the books release. Shortly after the store...