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MIDDAY-MidwestDigest-05-25-17

Max Armstrong talks about hockey in Nashville and living in Wal-Mart. (audio)

Nashville, Tenn., has hockey fever. It will cost you $825 for nosebleed seats for June playoff game. Center ice tickets are going for $7,000.

America's oilfields are cranking out output and nation's of OPEC are capping production through next March. OPEC nations control 40% of world's oil supply. 

Dairy farmers may need to turn off their faucets. Milk price remains under pressure. Milk output up 2% from year ago. 24 pounds above April of last year. Nation's dairy farmers are milking 69,000 more cows than a year ago.

What is it like to stay in Wal-Mart store for 48 hours straight? Two men tried it. They played every game, they read books, attracted dirty looks from security staff and bought stuff every three hours. They ate at Subway and got haircuts in the salon. They talked to the greeter on the way out.

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