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Retailers scramble after lackluster holiday sales Dec 26th 2012, 17:21 (Reuters) - The 2012 holiday season may have been the worst for retailers since the financial crisis, with sales growth far below expectations, forcing many to offer massive post-Christmas discounts in hopes of shedding excess inventory. While chains like Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Gap Inc are thought to have done well, analysts expect much less from the likes of Barnes & Noble Inc and J. C. Penney Co. The latest sign of trouble came from MasterCard Advisors Spending Pulse, which reported holiday-related sales rose 0. ... Media files: 2012-12-26T150300Z_2_CBRE8BP14NH00_RTROPTP_2_USA-RETAIL-HOLIDAY-BLACKFRIDAY.JPG (image/jpeg) Dakota Indians mark hangings of 1862 with trek on horseback Dec 26th 2012, 15:39 ST. PAUL, Minn (Reuters) - The day after Christmas will be somber for Dakota Indians marking what they consider a travesty of justice 150 years ago, when 38 of their ancestors were executed in the biggest mass hanging in U.S. history. Overshadowed by the Civil War raging in the East, the hangings in Mankato, Minnesota, on December 26, 1862, followed the often overlooked six-week U.S.-Dakota war earlier that year -- a war that marked the start of three decades of fighting between Native Americans and the U.S. government across the Plains. ... Media files: 2012-12-25T145213Z_1_CBRE8BO15B400_RTROPTP_2_USA-NATIVEAMERICANS-TREK.JPG (image/jpeg)

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