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Historians Battle Wal-Mart Over Civil War Site

Local officials have approved new store location in northern Virginia

(Newser) - Renowned historians and preservationists are primed to take on Wal-Mart in a legal battle over the placement of a new store: in a rural northern Virginia town next to the site of a key Civil War battle. Wal-Mart won approval for the location from a local board in 2009, but...

Wal-Mart to Make Its Food Healthier

It teams with Michelle Obama, who declares 'victory for our children'

(Newser) - Wal-Mart is embarking on a plan that could have a big impact on American nutrition: It will modify its house brand to make the food healthier, and lower costs for items such as fruits and veggies, and products made with whole grain. The initiative is the result of collaboration with...

Why Is One School Taking a Field Trip to Walmart?
Why Is One School Taking
a Field Trip to Walmart?
OPINION
Jan 20, 2011 12:01 PM CST

Why Is One School Taking a Field Trip to Walmart?

It could be a learning experience, but not the way they're doing it

(Newser) - Field trips just aren’t what they used to be. Case in point: In his Roanoke Times column, Dan Casey points to an elementary school field trip to … a Walmart opening. “It’s an experience form of field trip,” the principal explains to him, because the students...

Customer, Century-Old Wal-Mart Greeter Scuffle

But it's right back to work for Lois Speelman after customer dispute

(Newser) - Lois Speelman may be 100 years old, but she’s not letting a dispute with a customer that left her “stiff and sore” keep her from going back to work this week. Speelman was working as a Wal-Mart greeter in Milwaukee Sunday when she tried to make sure that...

Walmart Rolls Out Free Shipping

No minimum purchase. Online retailers gulp.

(Newser) - Walmart just got cheaper: The retail giant today rolls out free shipping on its website with no minimum purchase, reports the New York Times. With cost-conscious consumers 55% somewhat likely to back out of a purchase if they have to pay for shipping, the move puts a ton of pressure...

Wal-Mart to Storm Big Cities With Small Stores

Retailer makes a pitch to urban America

(Newser) - Wal-Mart is looking to take Manhattan—as well as large US cities—by opening a slew of small- and mid-sized stores in urban America, the Wall Street Journal reports. Wal-Marts as small as 30,000 square feet—six times smaller than the average "supercenter"—are headed to unfamiliar...

iPad Coming to Wal-Mart This Month
iPad Coming to Wal-Mart
This Month
Oct 9, 2010 1:25 PM CDT

iPad Coming to Wal-Mart This Month

Apple covering all bases ahead of holiday shopping season

(Newser) - Because those Christmas rushes on Wal-Mart weren't crazy enough: The world's largest retailer will have the world's most popular tech gadget on shelves in plenty of time for the holiday shopping season, reports MacRumors . A company email sent to store managers says about 1,000 stores will be carrying the...

Wal-Mart Sells Anti-Gay Kids' Book
Wal-Mart
Sells Anti-Gay Kids' Book
Oct 8, 2010 12:44 PM CDT

Wal-Mart Sells Anti-Gay Kids' Book

Its big lesson: Homosexuality is a sin that can be overcome

(Newser) - Wal-Mart is selling a book for kids and parents that makes the case that homosexuals can overcome their "sin" and revert to heterosexuality, Q Salt Lake reports. Chased by an Elephant, the Gospel Truth about Today’s Stampeding Sexuality is by Janice Barrett Graham—the wife of Stephen Graham,...

Medical Marijuana May Cost You Your Job

Companies say buzzed employees are a 'safety issue'

(Newser) - Talk about a buzzkill: Americans using doctor-prescribed marijuana are losing their jobs when they, somewhat predictably, fail drug tests. Though medical marijuana is now legal in 14 states, it remains unclear if employers are legally bound to keep pot-toking employees, notes the New York Times . '“It’s a safety...

Wal-Mart Asks Supreme Court to Block Gender Bias Suit

Mammoth suit shouldn't go to trial, company argues

(Newser) - America's biggest retailer wants the Supreme Court to reverse a decision exposing it to America's biggest class-action employment lawsuit. Wal-Mart has asked the court to overturn a decision from a lower court allowing a massive gender discrimination suit against it to proceed, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The plaintiff class...

Don't Touch That Receipt! It May Be Toxic
Don't Touch That Receipt!
It May Be Toxic
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jul 31, 2010 6:00 AM CDT

Don't Touch That Receipt! It May Be Toxic

40% of receipts tested were slathered with bisphenol A

(Newser) - Sheesh: The same toxic chemical—bisphenol A—that's shown up in baby bottles and canned goods is apparently also all over the receipts you get from stores and restaurants, and in much greater amounts. BPA was found in the coating used on cash register receipts in 40% of businesses tested,...

Wal-Mart Will Track Your Undies
 Wal-Mart Will Track Your Undies 
Jul 23, 2010 5:57 AM CDT

Wal-Mart Will Track Your Undies

Privacy advocates slam garment chips

(Newser) - Wal-Mart's plans to insert a tracking chip inside individual pairs of jeans and underwear has privacy advocates worried. The retail giant says the RFID chips will make inventory control much more efficient, but privacy groups warn that the chips—which can be removed, but not turned off—could be misused...

Wal-Mart Sued Over Medical Pot Firing

Worker sacked for using prescribed pot for cancer

(Newser) - The ACLU is suing Wal-Mart on behalf of a Michigan man fired for using medical marijuana to ease the symptoms of sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor. Joseph Casias, a 30-year-old father of two, was fired after failing a drug test. Casias—a legally registered user of medicinal marijuana...

'Baby-Seller Dad' Beaten in Jail
'Baby-Seller Dad'
Beaten in Jail
Jun 28, 2010 1:44 AM CDT

'Baby-Seller Dad' Beaten in Jail

He suffers cracked ribs, black eye, cuts

(Newser) - A dad busted for allegedly trying to sell his baby daughter for $25 outside a California Wal-mart has been treated for cracked ribs and cuts after a beating in jail. Patrick Fousek, 38, and Samantha Tomasini, 20, were busted last week getting high on meth after offering to trade their...

Parents Busted Trying to Sell Baby for $25

Meth Dad offered daughter to Wal-Mart shoppers

(Newser) - A California couple have been arrested for allegedly trying to sell their baby to Wal-Mart shoppers for the bargain price of $25. Police say Patrick Fousek, 38, offered his 6-month-old daughter to two women outside the Salinas store, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The women called authorities when they...

Wal-Mart Wants to Conquer Rest of World Now

Slow domestic demand shifts megastore's focus abroad

(Newser) - Wal-Mart may be quintessentially American, but the chain's focus is becoming increasingly international. With the US consumer listless and purchasing power growing—despite the recession—in many developing countries, Wal-Mart is following demand abroad. Its international division reached $100 billion in sales last year, and the company will soon have...

Wal-Mart Unloading iPhones for $97

Probably to make room for 4G

(Newser) - Wal-Mart must really want to get rid of its iPhone 3GS stock, because it's slashed the price on the 16GB model of the phone to a mere $97—that's $100 off, and that's for a brand new one, not a refurbished model. Gee, why would Wal-Mart offer such a spectacular...

Wal-Mart Yanks Toxin-Tainted Miley Cyrus Jewelry

AP investigation finds high levels of cadmium

(Newser) - Wal-Mart is yanking a line of Miley Cyrus bracelets and necklaces after an Associated Press investigation turned up dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in the jewelry. Long-term exposure to cadmium, a known carcinogen, can lead to bone softening and kidney failure, and hinder brain development in the young. It's only...

Wal-Mart Facing Massive Sex Discrimination Suit

Court gives suit from up to 1M women class-action status

(Newser) - An appeals court left the world's biggest retailer facing the biggest class action lawsuit in American history after ruling yesterday against Wal-Mart. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided that women who have worked at Wal-Mart stores since 2001 can sue the chain collectively over claims it paid them less...

As Sales Slump, Wal-Mart Cuts Prices

Watchers see ploy to hold on to middle class post-recession

(Newser) - Wal-Mart will discount around 10,000 items in the face of dipping sales, even as other retailers report increases in business. The move could be a ploy to hang on to middle-class shoppers, who flocked to the big-box behemoth in the depths of the recession but have been upgrading as...

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