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Cloud hangs over Black Friday

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:25:51 GMT

As the hours tick down to Black Friday, the most-hyped shopping day of the year, the big question is more about safety than spending.
Source: MSNBC

Walmart "Black Friday" Family Got $400,000

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:22:11 GMT

Walmart "Black Friday" Family Got $400,000 (VIDEO) - Walmart offered the "Black Friday" Family $400,000, and put up over a million to change security measures, after Jdimytai Damour was trampled by bargain-hunting crowds while working security at the...
Source: The Post Chronicle

National Retail Federation, crowd control and Black Friday

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:22:11 GMT

National Retail Federation, crowd control and Black Friday (VIDEO) - This year, for the first time, the National Retail Federation has created a comprehensive set of guidelines for crowd control.
Source: The Post Chronicle

Sears Black Friday Build Up: FREE DVD Movies

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:19:13 GMT

Now that Black Friday 2009 is only a few days away, it is the ideal time to take a look at some of the great deals that stores are offering.
Source: In Entertainment

Easing roundabout traffic

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:12:09 GMT

ST. GEORGE - Transportation officials expect a pair of ongoing projects at the Bloomington freeway exit to improve traffic in the area considerably.
Source: The St. George Spectrum

Honolulu officials faulted for rejecting ground-level trains

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:07:58 GMT

The last time the city studied the viability of a ground-level train through Honolulu's urban core, there was no medical school or Kaka'ako Walmart and several high-rise luxury condominiums had yet to be built.
Source: The Honolulu Advertiser

Holiday horrors

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:56:27 GMT

Here's your chance to your speak out against the grinches of the season by sharing your story The holidays are a time of good cheer and good will toward fellow human beings, or so we are encouraged to believe and practice.
Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Student wins Rosa Parks essay contest

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:31:42 GMT

The award is given to an Alachua County student who writes the most compelling essay about the legacy of Parks, as judged by three members of the committee. And win, she did. Dominique will be honored, along with four winners of the Quiet Courage Award.
Source: Gainesville Sun

Quoted in 'Christmas in suburbia'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:30:28 GMT

said in Salon:

There is no 'box-store village' series in which to place that Starbucks next to the Chili's and the FedEx Kinko's, which could sit on zone 'pads' in front of a porcelain Super Target or 24-hour Wal-Mart ... There is no tiny Tammie flying down a tiny Dallas North Tollway in her tiny Big Red filled with tiny tubs of tiny garlands.

Dear Walmart

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:24:37 GMT

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Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:38:31 GMT

Wal-Mart Stores CEO Mike Duke (L) confers with and Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent (R) during the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Cinton Global Initative (CGI) in New York September 22, 2009.

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Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:23:55 GMT

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 22: Mike Duke, President and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores (L), and Muhtar Kent, President and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company participate in the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on September 22, 2009 in New York C...