Teachers weigh in on Wal-Mart in Orange

In the classroom, at least, nobody wants to make the teacher mad.But dozens of America's educators are angry as hornets about Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s plan to build a Supercenter near a national park at the Wilderness in Virginia.This weekend, teachers visiting the Fredericksburg area from across the nation hurled ...

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Wilderness Picks Up New Advocate

America's oldest statewide preservation group has just faced off against the world's biggest retailer, doing battle in Orange County.Preservation Virginia, which has saved Jamestown and dozens of other historic sites from ruin, believes building a Wal-Mart at The Wilderness is a bad idea.The Arkansas company's plan for a 138,000-square-foot ...

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