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Until the Lions get reinforcements on the line, they’ll struggle, but the talent level and Linehan’s mind will just have to combine for at least one heroic, late-game drive this year.The Steelers fans who piled into their vehicles and made the trek to Detroit went home happy.You can only wonder when you can start saying that with any consistency about the hometown folks, whose twenty, thirty minute jaunts have seemed longer than the one from Detroit to Pittsburgh in recent years. This article is also featured on Out of Bounds. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.(NYSE: WMT) committed today to reduce phosphates in laundry and dishdetergents in the Americas region by 70 percent by 2011. Phosphates from detergents are a significantcontributor to phosphate-based water pollution."Our reach around the world puts us in a unique position to drive sustainablechange across national boundaries and into the global supply chain," saidCraig Herkert, Wal-Mart president and CEO of the Americas. "By furthercoordinating efforts throughout the region and sharing best practices, webelieve we can help our customers save money on the products they need, whileimproving communities and the environment."According to Matt Kistler, Wal-Mart senior vice president, sustainability, "Itis exciting to see our international markets join efforts to drivesustainability progress. Together with governments, our suppliers andcustomers, we are making great strides in lessening our impact on theenvironment."Continuing its push toward more sustainable packaging, the company will bringits U.S. initiated packaging scorecard to the Americas by the end of 2009. The SVN will bringtogether leaders from Wal-Mart, supplier companies, academia, government andnon-governmental organizations to explore challenges and develop solutionsthat benefit our business and our communities.The announcements were made during the company's quarterly sustainabilitymilestone meeting, held to track company progress on a number of environmentalfronts.

Wal-Mart suppliers and associates from around the world attended theevent at the Wal-Mart Home Office in Bentonville and watched via webcast.Attendees also heard from world renowned architect and designer Bill McDonoughon the importance of product and supply chain innovation.After Wal-Mart's U.S. business, Wal-Mart Americas is the company's secondlargest business unit. It includes Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, CentralAmerica, Brazil and Argentina, has more than 2,300 stores in 10 markets andemploys more than 364,000 associates.NOTE: The complete sustainability milestone meeting can be viewed atwalmartstores /milestoneAbout Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (NYSE: WMT)Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart discount stores, Supercenters,Neighborhood Markets and Sam's Club locations in the United States.

TheCompany operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador,Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the UnitedKingdom and, through a joint venture, in India. The Company's securities arelisted on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WMT. More informationabout Wal-Mart can be found by visiting Onlinemerchandise sales are available at and Stores, Inc.Jami Lamontagne of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 1-800-331-0085. EUROPE-JAN26-SWITZERLAND-DAVOS PREPS EUROPE: STORY 1153EU DAVOS PREPS DAVOS, SWITZERLAND JANUARY 26, 2009 NATURAL DURATION: 1.43 SOURCE: REUTERS TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS: NONE FEED HISTORY: INTRO: Davos prepares for forum in shadow of global economic crisis. Davos gets ready for thousands of global political and financial leaders expected to descend for 2009's World Economic Forum. SHOWS: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (JANUARY 26, 2009) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1 RESORT OF DAVOS 2 SWISS FLAG FLYING 3 CHURCH SPIRE 4.

EXTERIOR OF CONGRESS CENTRE WHERE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF) WILL BE HELD 5 FLAGS 6 PEOPLE WALKING PAST WEF POSTERS 7 MAN PAINTING WALL OF CONGRESS CENTRE 8 VARIOUS OF POLICE TALKING 9 TRAFFIC WARDEN DIRECTING CAR 10 CLOSE ON WARDEN DIRECTING TRAFFIC 11 CARS ON ROAD OUTSIDE CONGRESS CENTRE 12 JETS PATROLLING SKIES OVER DAVOS 13 HELICOPTER IN SKY 14 GROUP OF POLICE WALKING 15. SECURITY PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY/ HELICOPTER IN SKY STORY: Preparations were underway in Davos on Monday (January 25), for the World Economic Forum, the annual meeting of the world's business and political elite in the exclusive Swiss mountain resort. Political leaders and central bankers are expected to dominate the forum, which begins on Wednesday (January 28), as a chastened business elite is sidelined in the drive to reboot the world economy, improve global security and slow climate change. Over 2,500 participants from 96 countries will descend on Davos this week, including 41 heads of state, and 36 finance ministers. About 1,400 business executives will also be in Davos but fewer top bankers and captains of industry are expected as they struggle to keep their businesses afloat and themselves in a job, mindful of the event's glitzy image in more austere times. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday will open the four-day meeting that is being organised under the title "Shaping the Post-Crisis world".