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New Nike space-themed shoes create a ruckus in some cities

By Jessica Gresko

 |  Associated Press  

  February 25, 2012

Sneaker fanatics who lined up outside stores overnight got their first crack Friday at a new outer-space themed Nike basketball shoe, getting so unruly in some cities that police were called to restore order. More than 100 deputies in riot gear quelled a crowd in Orlando, Fla., where the release of the $220 Foamposite Galaxy coincides with this weekend’s NBA All-Star Game. In at a mall in Hyattsville, Md., one person was arrested for disorderly conduct.

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