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Dzhokhar tsarnaev pleaded not guilty in court today to charges in the boston marathon bombings. three people killed in the attack. more than 260 injured. canadian police say more than 20 people are confirmed dead in that train derailment over the weekend. 30 more missing. now back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." it's a battle of wills in the nation's capitol and it doesn't have anything to do with congress. the retail giant walmart had planned on opening six new stored in washington, but it's now saying they may back out at least some of them and that's because late this afterno...

Intentions three years ago to build six stores in underserved d.c., it was welcomed with open arms. wal-mart polling showed 73% of the residents favored it. d.c. mayor vincent gray wrote, disagreement represents unprecedented agreement for a citywide retailer. wal-mart agrees to be a good corporate neighbor. three stores are under construction with two slated to open in the fall but at the 11th hour the d.c. council introduces what is calls the large retailer accountability act that requires retailers that do over a billion dollars in corporate sales to pay a minimum wage of $12.50 an hour. th...

It would make sense. >> bret: dc city council has now thrown a wrench into some plans for three wall matters under construction in washington, d.c. sorely needed according to the people polled by wal-mart, 73% saying wal-mart saying, quote: despite the consensus among d.c. stakeholders about the economic value our stores would bring, some council members are now advancing an 11th hour effort to undermine our efforts and change the way business like wal-mart must operate in the city. the long and short of it, there is this act the large retailer accountability act which requires businesses that...

>> he have to convince cal mart to serve as anchor tenant. >> reporter: with three under construction, the city council last may through a wrench into the plans by introducing the large retailer accountability act which requires businesses that do over $1 billion in correspondent sales in spaces of 75,000 square feet or more to pay a super minimum wage of $12.50 an hour. that's $4.25 more than the district's minimum wage. the council made up of 11 democrats and two independents exempted unionized grocery stores from the bill. final approve came this afternoon. >> the big passes 8-5. >> reporte...

In business news, team mobile today announced it's launching a brand new plan this weekend that will let customers upgrade their cell phones as often as twice in a 12-month period, all new stuff here. other major carriers make people wait as long as two years for a single upgrade. the new plan costs an extra 10 bucks a month. the d.c. counsel approved a bill that would require wal-mart and other big box chains to pay workers at least 12.50 an hour. that despite wal-mart's warning that it would drop plans to open three new stores there if the bill becomes law. a federal judge ruling apple collu...