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Women Sue to March Topless During Protest in Daytona Beach ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Two women who plan to lead a topless protest in Daytona Beach on Sunday sued the city and its mayor Friday in a pre-emptive move to stop police officers from arresting them. Elizabeth Book and Shirley Mason asked a judge in U.S. District Court in Orlando to issue a restraining order prohibiting city police officers from arresting marchers during a topless protest on the last day of Bike Week, the annual gathering of motorcycle aficionados. No one answered the phone at U.S. District Judge Gregory...

<p>Looking back to that night, Michael Rodriguez still has trouble believing the situation he faced when he was stocking shelves on the overnight shift at the Sam's Club in Corpus Christi, Tex.</p> <p>It was 3 a.m., Mr. Rodriguez recalled, some heavy machinery had just smashed into his ankle, and he had no idea how he would get to the hospital.</p>

<p>Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest discount retailer, said Tuesday it is in final negotiations to lease space in the Brandywine Town Center.</p> <p>Should Wal-Mart open in the 5-year-old shopping center off Concord Pike and Naamans Road, the giant retailer would be going head-to-head against aggressive rival Target Corp.</p>

 Old West vs. Big Retail as Horses Invade Wal-Mart April 11, 2002 8:55 am EST LITTLE ROCK (Reuters) - The Old West clashed with the world's largest retailer when two horsemen rode their mounts through a Wal-Mart in the southern Arkansas town of El Dorado, police say. The horses left a pile of droppings and a wake of startled shoppers but did no other damage despite getting well into the food section. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, is based in the northern Arkansas town of Bentonville. "We get some weird stuff down here," Lt. Terry Ward of...