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In an attempt to open the doors of a New York Wal-Mart at 5:00am on Black Friday a temporary Wal-Mart worker was trampled to death by frantic customers. The union the represents retail workers has said that the accident could have easily been prevented by the store. Jdimytai Damour was the unfortunate man who lost his life whilst doing is job at the Long Island Wal-Mart reported police. Bruce Both, the president of New York’s largest grocery worker’s union said, “This incident could have been avoidable.” He stated his questions to the press about where was security when the store was opening, why was there no safety barriers and why the store management failed to recognise the dangerous number of customers banging at the doors in an unsafe way? Both said, “This is not just tragic; it rises to a level of blatant irresponsibility by Wal-Mart.” Wal-Mart gave no response to the union’s comments but referred them to a statement made on Friday claiming that they had added extra security, barricades and had been working with the local police in anticipation of heavy crowds.

The world’s oldest person, Edna Parker, died at the age of 115 years and 220 days on November 26, 2008.  She passed away at a nursing home in Shelbyville, Indiana. She is verified by the Guinness World Records to be the oldest recognized person and one of only twenty-one people authenticated to have reached the age of 115. Parker became a widow at the age of only 45 and lived longer than her two sons. She also had five grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. During her long lifetime, her diet was simple and mostly consisted of meat and starch; she never drank alcohol or smoked. In her later years, she enjoyed reading poetry. She read the newspaper everyday, enjoyed cards from supporters and often sent autographs to people requesting them. She lived a relatively basic and healthy life which may be the reason she lived till the age of 115. Her relatives said that she was always a thin person and did not worry much about things which, according to them, was perhaps the reason she lived till 115.

Authorities said on Monday that WalMart stores will cut $3 off the price of all the item that were overcharged to California customers because of a price scanner problem. Investigators found scanning errors in about 164 stores in 30 counties. On average, customers were overcharged $8 at the check out. The investigation began in December 2005 in WalMart stores in California when they were charging higher prices than those shown on the price tag. Furthermore, WalMart agreed that if an employee found that customer has overpaid, they will give customers a $3 price off on the item they bought. Wal mart also agreed to pay $1. 4 million as civil penalties, and reimbursement for investigative costs.