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Spain train crash kills at least 68; Walmart cuts Thanksgiving basket

Walmart's Holiday Meal Basket feeds ten people with twenty-six items, eighteen percent more than last year, and the company says it costs twelve percent less than the same items did then.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSpain's prime minister has declared three days of mourning after at least 68 people were killed when two high-speed trains collided in central Spain this morning.

  2. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe train from Madrid to Seville ran into the back of another, and about eighty people were hurt.

  3. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTransport Minister Óscar Puente blamed a failed control system.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOne survivor, a sixty-two-year-old man, told The New York Times he and others used pieces of the wreckage as stretchers to move at least a dozen wounded passengers.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn other news, Walmart's Thanksgiving basket feeds ten people for thirty-five dollars, its lowest price ever, with twenty-six items.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThree-fifty a head.

  7. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe turkey is thirteen and a half pounds at ninety-seven cents a pound, same as last year.

  8. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's the rest of the basket that got cheaper.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd Anthony Rizzo says Rays fans sounded louder for the Brewers than for Tampa Bay in the World Series. The Rays won in twelve innings and still trail three games to one.

  10. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorDisappointed fans, down three games to one. That's a familiar Tampa mood.

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The story so far

  1. Archaeologists discover major Roman roadside station in Spain · HeritageDaily
  2. Largest collection of Roman cave inscriptions found in Spain · FOX Weather
  3. Ten reported dead after two trains collide in Spain · The Guardian
  4. At least 30 killed in train collision on high-speed line in Spain · ABC News
  5. At least 30 dead as high-speed train crashes into stopped train in… · CBS News
  6. Spain train collision toll rises to 64 · The Guardian
  7. Spain train crash kills at least 68; Walmart cuts Thanksgiving basket (this story)

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