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...combat because America condones homosexuality. Albert Snyder, the father of a Marine killed in Iraq in 2006 whose funeral was protested by Westboro parishioners, sued the group for inflicting intentional emotional distress and won nearly $11 million in damages in 2007. (The award was later reduced.) But the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down that ruling in September, saying that while the speech was "repugnant," it was protected under the Constitution...
...fourth solid showing for 20th Century Fox's moppet movies. With Wimpy following Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Tooth Fairy and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Fox has cemented its rep as the tween baby-sitter studio. Paramount's 20-something version of the wimp-hero theme, She's Out of My League, held well with a modest 38.5% drop from last weekend to finish fifth. Together, Wimpy and She's Out of My League could forge a new in-person social network: the nerd date movie...
...division duo of senior skipper Liz Powers and sophomore crew Marie Appel outdid their A-division counterparts, as the pair took home a fourth place division finish, claiming three victories amongst the 17-school field...
Walmart, the world's largest retailer, has seen better days. Yes, profits rose 22%, to $4.63 billion, in the fourth quarter of '09. Even coming out of the Great Recession, many consumers are trading down to shop at the discount superstore. However, for the third straight quarter the store saw negative same-store sales growth; during the last three months of 2009, same-store sales dropped 2%. Overall traffic in Walmart stores was down too. To Walmart executives and investors, this disturbing trend has to be reversed; despite the earnings growth, Walmart's stock fell 1.1% on the day earnings...
...Despite the country's recent economic gains, Slovaks do tend to have an astonishingly poor view of their nation. In a 2006 study based on polling by the International Social Survey Program, for example, Slovakia ranked as the fourth least patriotic nation out of 33 countries surveyed -the U.S., not surprisingly, was number one. Slovakia's angst began when Czechoslovakia split up in 1993 and Vladimir Meciar became Prime Minister of the new Slovak nation, ushering in four years of autocratic and isolationist rule. The country was considered such a backwater during those days that then-Secretary of State Madeleine...