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Wal-Mart bloggers tell it as they see it, even if it's no good
Is it really all that and a bag of chips?" he wrote on his blog. "My life has not changed dramatically -- well, for that matter, it hasn't changed at all." His public burst of candor was not isolated. On the same blog, a video-game buyer for Wal-Mart slammed a "Star Wars" film as a "debacle" even though Wal-Mart still sells the movie. Known for its strict, by-the-books culture -- accepting a cup of coffee from a supplier can be a firing offense -- Wal-Mart is now encouraging its merchants to speak frankly, even critically, about products the chain carries. This unusual new Web site, which was quietly created during the holiday shopping season, has become a forum for unvarnished rants about gadgets, raves about new video games and advice on selecting environmentally sustainable food.
Tortured by memories
They would just chalk up his moodiness and drinking to his years in a native residential school, like a war veteran tortured by memories of combat. "We never went to the police about him," Williams, 67, said from his home in Hazelton, B.C. "The other fellows kept telling me we should have, but I'd tell them nobody would believe us and then we'd be put in jail." .
Who Has What It Takes to Be Commander-in-Chief?
The presumed recipient of highly compartmented briefings profiling our most secret intelligence, Clinton is far too gifted to have misunderstood that we are at a historical tipping point where victory or a particularly bloody and ignominious defeat looms as an equal possibility. But does she display unblinking courage, telling us which difficult course we should choose and her candid judgment about the consequences for the nation if we do? While she talks a good game about such verities as caring for wounded soldiers and their families, these are easy touchdowns. More fundamentally, Clinton has tied her presidential ambitions to the defeatist MoveOn.org wing of her party. Any flag officer contemplating the prospect of serving under her command can do so only after recalling the icy contempt with which she sneered that the Senate testimony of Gen.
A Philadelphia star: Urban Outfitters reported record fourth-quarter ...
Also, it said, some currently popular fashions "can more readily fit a pregnant woman early in her pregnancy" than could previously popular styles. Rebecca Matthias, president of the chain, said the popularity of these pregnancy-friendly fashions was diminishing and would be less of a negative factor "as we move into the spring selling season." The chain's brands include Motherhood Maternity, A Pea in the Pod, Mimi Maternity and Destination Maternity. Bon-Ton Stores, of York, said same-store sales at its Bon-Ton and Carson's stores were off 1.3 percent during the four weeks ended Feb. 2, compared with the same period a year ago. Tony Buccina, vice chairman and president, said that customers had responded favorably to spring merchandise in late January and that the chain's inventories were down 4 percent on a comparable-store basis.
Financial Straight-Talk
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Bills report: Inside slant
Wilson said the move is being made to cultivate new fans and corporate support in North America's fifth largest city, making the Bills more viable in Buffalo and Western New York. However, he reiterated what he has said in recent years concerning the long-term fate of his team after his passing: his heirs will sell it to the highest bidder and he can't guarantee the team will remain in Buffalo. It's logical to assume one of those bidders will be Wilson's new Canadian friends, the team of Ted Rogers and Larry Tanebaum. Rogers owns the Toronto Blue Jays and Rogers Communications that owns the Rogers' Centre, where the Bills will play. He is Canada's third-richest man with a net worth of nearly $5 billion. Tanebaum is chairman of the board of Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment, which owns the NHL's Maple Leafs and NBA's Raptors.
Gavel-to-gavel coverage: The latest from the Rezko trial
Judge Amy St. Eve has punctuated her questioning of jurors with several so-called sidebars as she, the three-member prosecution team and Antoin "Tony" Rezko's two attorneys huddle in a corner of the courtroom poring over what look like information sheets about the jury.
One lengthy sidebar took place before the morning session began. As the judge and lawyers talked, Rezko sat quietly -- and alone -- at the defense table. Today he is wearing a smartly tailored blue-gray suit, one of several from his wardrobe that his defense team has brought to court for him to change into when brought each day from a federal jail in the Loop.
So far, 59 prospective jurors have been interviewed and another 17 are scheduled to be quizzed this afternoon and more tomorrow. Before breaking for lunch, St.
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