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Wal-Mart to shutter 269 stores, 154 of them in the US

In the U.S., 154 locations will be closed, most of them small format stores called Walmart Express
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Political ads descend on viewers of “Wheel of Fortune”, “Jeopardy”, and morning shows

PAC's and candidates are expected to surpass spending $100 million on broadcast television spots and plan to spend millions more before voting in Iowa and New Hampshire next month
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Ben Carson loses another top another top adviser before Iowa

Parker's departure comes on the morning of one of the last two GOP debates before voting begins with the February 1 Iowa caucuses
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Judge grants release of video showing Chicago police officer shooting carjacking suspect

CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has granted the release of 2013 surveillance video showing a white Chicago police officer fatally shoot a 17-year-old black carjacking suspect. The judge lifted a protective order that barred the release after the city dropped its objections. Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration and the police force have come under intense…
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Former Rams’ running back found dead in prison cell

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips was found dead in his California prison cell early Wednesday, and officials said they suspect suicide. Guards at Kern Valley State Prison found Phillips, 40, unresponsive in his cell shortly after midnight. He was taken to an outside hospital and pronounced dead about 1:30 a.m.,…
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