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Claim: Walmart Background Checks Exceed Federal Requirements

Federal law allows gun dealers to sell a gun once a background check is passed or after a three-day extended check fails to turn up the information necessary to resolve a “delay” from the system. It was in the latter scenario that alleged Charleston shooter Dylann Roof was able to purchase his gun.

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Walmart Apologizes for ISIS Cake

Corporate chain Walmart has apologized after a store in Louisiana baked a cake bearing the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) flag following its refusal to bake a cake with a Confederate flag.

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Facebook Overtakes Walmart in Stock Value

The world’s biggest online social network knocked the world’s largest retailer out of the top 10 list of the highest-valued companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index on Monday and the gap widened on Tuesday.

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Six-Year-Old Joins Mother in Violent Walmart Fight

In a Beech Grove, Indiana, Walmart, video was taken of two women brutally assaulting each other; a boy who appeared to be the child of one woman was told by the woman to punch the other woman in her “****ing face.” He obliged, throwing punches and kicking. Witness told the boy to move away, but the boy responded, “You can’t tell me to stop.” According to WTHR, the boy is six years old.

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Obama Praises Walmart CEO for Wage Hike

Barack Obama, pleased that Walmart CEO Doug McMillon raised the wages of his employees, called the CEO from Air Force One on Wednesday to praise the decision. Obama was en route to Miami, where a town hall meeting was scheduled to discuss immigration.

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Bloodied Felon Arrested With Gun and Drugs at Texas Walmart

The suspicious behavior of a man wearing bloody clothing and body armor drew the attention of Montgomery County, Texas, law enforcement officials who later arrested the man. Christopher Longoria, 27, was reportedly circling the Porter, Texas, Walmart in an SUV and was seen wearing a camouflaged jacket and body armor.

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Measles Panic Spreads at Bay Area Costco, Walmart

A Costco location in Gilroy, California is one of the latest sites exposed to the measles outbreak that began at Disneyland in mid-December. A measles-infected shopper visited the store while contagious, according to a Santa Clara County health official and NBC News Bay Area.

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Grayson Forgot He Made His Millions From Big Business

Multi-Millionaire Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) is once again backing President Obama’s “spread the wealth around” message. During a recent interview with the liberal website, Salon, Grayson targeted Walmart, again, as being the “machine” that solely exists “for the purpose of

The Return of Black Friday Shopping Brawls

Once again tempers flared as Black Friday shoppers from coast to coast headed to the stores this Thanksgiving holiday, and fists flew from California, to Indianapolis, to the East Coast. Even a few shoppers in England got into a tussle

The Return of Black Friday Shopping Brawls

Black Friday Madness Comes To Britain

Two years ago, almost no British people had heard of it, but this year Black Friday has become the latest American craze to cross the pond. At shops up and down the country punters fought to get their hands on

Black Friday Madness Comes To Britain

Hollywood: Happy ‘Bangsgiving’!

On Tuesday night, FOX celebrated Thanksgiving with all the spirituality and authenticity it could muster: it aired an episode of the Zooey Deschanel-starrer New Girl, subtly titled “Bangsgiving.”  The show revolves around a set of singles living in an apartment together

Hollywood: Happy ‘Bangsgiving’!

BREAKING NEWS: Live From Ferguson, Night Two

After a Ferguson, Missouri grand jury decided not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for shooting eighteen year old Michael Brown in apparent self defense, Ferguson erupted in protests, some of which unfortunately became violent. Protesters looted stores, set buildings on fire,

BREAKING NEWS: Live From Ferguson, Night Two

Black Friday Shopping Catches on in UK

LONDON (AP) — Halloween and Mother’s Day have become staples of the U.K. shopping calendar. Now Black Friday looks as though it may be the next big retail import from the United States. Shopping on the day after Thanksgiving is

Black Friday Shopping Catches on in UK

Is Bloom "Greenwashing" the Public?

New data gathered by public agencies and a data analysis by NBC Bay Area News reveal that Bloom Energy, which makes the Bloom boxes that supply power and supposedly act as cleaner producers of energy, may be hoodwinking the public

Is Bloom "Greenwashing" the Public?

Five Compromises Obama Should Embrace to Boost the Economy

If Republicans win the Senate, President Obama risks another bruising recession if he doesn’t embrace compromise and abandon ineffective populist prescriptions. Slower growth in Europe and emerging markets like China and Brazil threaten U.S. exports and demand for American-made products.

Five Compromises Obama Should Embrace to Boost the Economy

Ferguson Protesters and St. Louis Rams Fans Clash

FERGUSON, Missouri–Tempers flared late Monday night among St. Louis football fans and pro-Mike Brown supporters outside Edward Jones Dome. St. Louis Rams fans exited the stadium after    witnessing a loss to the San Francisco 49’ers. One woman who had just