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Top Cop: Wal-Mart May Be To Blame For Worker Death Nassau Detective: Investigation Focusing On Individuals In Crowd And Badly Thought Out Security Protocols ME Confirms: 34-Year-Old Man Died Of Asphyxiation Reporting Lou Young MINEOLA (CBS) ― A top Nassau County police official called it a recipe for disaster. Wal-Mart advertised the sale, announced supplies were limited and then -- he says -- did little to control the surge of people as they funneled through a single door. Cops also said. everyone who got into the Valley Stream Wal-Mart when it opened on Friday morning stepped over, around or on...

Frankfurt, Germany – France's rejection of the European Union constitutional treaty by a majority of 54.9 percent is a severe blow to European integration and threatens to depress European economy back into eurosclerosis as in the 1980s, warns Deutsche Bank in a research analysis published Monday. "Financial markets have put pressure on the euro. The new member states, and particularly Turkey, are at risk of being affected in terms of an increase in exchange rate volatility and a widening of interest rate spreads," warns the report by Germany's biggest bank. "Financial markets were influenced by the prospect of a French...

THE SPANISH BAIL-OUT MARK A SITY 12/1/02 Although it hasn't happened yet, there are sure to be calls for the USA to help Spain clean up its oil-soaked beaches. No doubt groups are working on picking our pockets for this cause. Yet, where does the fault lie here? From what I have heard, the Captain of the ship has been charged with environmental damage. Yet, unlike the Exxon-Valdez, this Captain was not sleeping off a drunk in treacherous waters. He realized he had a serious problem, an oil leak, and sent out a distress call, looking for a port where...