A federal jury has found two men guilty of committing a hate crime for beating a black man outside a Nampa Wal-Mart last year. Michael Bullard and Richard Armstrong both face up to 20 years in prison when they are sentenced Oct. 19. Jennifer Hartpence was also accused in the hate crime, but the charges […]

Retailers — with Wal-Mart the notable exception — limped through a miserable November that even a surge of shopping after Thanksgiving couldn’t save, marking the weakest month since at least 1969 and deepening fears that the critical holiday period could be the most dismal in decades.

From Reuters:   NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man working for Wal-Mart was killed on Friday when a throng of shoppers surged into a Long Island, New York, store and physically broke down the doors, a police spokesman said.