JFIFddPhotoshop 3.08BIMtoys15p1PhoFILEFIN1578009 FinancialWIRES020040114(NOV. 29, 2002 FILE PHOTO-DAY720021129P JOHN SUCHOCKIUMBRZ SPRINGFIELD_MAeUSAiKB TOYSnAPsTHE SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICANx** FILE ** A shopper leaves a KB Toys store in Springfield, Mass., in this Nov. 29, 2002 file photo. KB Toys Inc. filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, blaming a fierce holiday price war in toys. The privately held retailer had stiff competition during the holidays from discounters, primarily Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Last month, it informed suppliers that it was slowing down payments because of sluggish sales. (AP Photo/The Springfield Republican, John Sushocki)zKEJg CCI8A14SHHKC  !"$"$C" Q !1A"Q2aq#$3BR4br&6CET %s9!1AQaq"2#B3Rb ?6Fұܶ u]&Q'723GAScmTFN1 D}k~ fIhp^n&u>;$Ok68Q՟`M$RH5˜8@gA;S&eX7VD=9=u' Vu@)l;)p8TǼblֈ"OOEa{Vx[EaVC|Rت˦ßl KTM$tghXCާv-MV١TI<R 6`hKLTygvwbja6pt0X^A}a'ԠdYOPj599mcq *) Z9s:=ĩb@VLGǿ?IT2[~Iݹ&Wi!kv7Dn£&2?^.ܱB>~k0lk}nΚl6+u mB̈r_ :Gxi y}-Oo^ iAOy`@@iJ]PO+iܾxpՅ!RUvݗ=R/W{X,5?_#gYϸ/SET")hUH ,ŝY"طM߱"nZJLc[e(ܔZ]U  v2eEǷ $n5K^,U]{գ6}lܵXj (SC +vbpIw A?3p|*GN8 bt>a\]_*-A.a;rb_uH_uix;-\j6IP(jbe5bO2~8Ǧ>&w/`A9lyvOd:7Ƶ2iFb۔epZo*E kSv@gΣ j{=R+ YN>]~ِ[_Z9?a?u@RC -`~n*T q_͏50ۢ7U#Sݘ? FU9O緔S K[dDP8?Zvx^3g?͗s蓎<.6_ϢmzZ7}Z] @.{Ԉ!dABeCn!ѹu;2T\/]4}G?Nظ:w:mETܿU%DMGPD*d~cPۢ4w5Cʎ NrǯUKvcI`1L9CJ~j9i_nZݝ<䨐TzE * o'aMuɸ7mm$3_>GcHRGDo}a_E0  ^R22ެ#}ZZmh >Y`ʣ? fMRk1'y_,bXiu mIAqcyb7"EdTS=TwbY:!OeYY#QMsխ[m 3%z*ˁ;F#ؑ.7Moq^jjy,G"rA'S2x+\^+Y}|1N7zUªAAQ kRSR9YeɥeA7ŹnoY6|IEZ ,f,=yv./J6h9  '?\^~_wmPVKVWvW^L9`35)A!Zms3{$Y ]rm~!Y iJy)K&U>]e=E=4ԡe'Vle%X/_IY`lJ,xUPTk2Y0[ 8)X:׮ lԫ&̺9eQ ̝k[&ֲ] AM5xӖ_٬{aL;a#K^Eux]0-_D'WM,W k KTڮ~g*Fđ02OOkU&4q1òG! q8$ Ni`7&I7AUțH5OC4Q&ݿQFmR0dd!叔u3r 3v=WL^Zt>EIh1~[SjOڮ?;nqr)HRX`@U+?xN<6].>np*$z+ĔBc$GT88*mlYZn:`pn㯢n?֧ ~]>6u֮I=)o4^ |iH`AoZJ8=CoV-7)0fjr,^98''Y{*{H1RD*)uu{ [;ƫmj UQFjppde ,uSp5UmuomD)4F *PT.:zFWٚXך9\kOW_`k+iO%CGJuƅASn[mK*X–Pg'T;IZQibd:G.B;kTmtjxj@%r;YOWi7"6t3q1CnuljRe R=?vc宪KYn[|Xj ,t UX_y|!Y!ofM{yc8v&cnဩrw5Wo\*gzx㕢Tb'nl990I[c1K5л$~^dhp&8ֶ]v ?F͋=GR_̮ErϡsƳErǒ?ZV݇-1 \lZ~z<]iۭ5%%Qr eAx}Tt,V&YR$SH.US! @'ixZkmB0fG~1m{mZVqz ,T ̫#-sӧr"BƬ q5/MD$9Dl|ϸ?OIGwx`@RTVJhk` 4F22 d$k;Җk%KĊBȪÖ_ '3(B0 gV{6/tQ *VC'Th9yڷ'K\hey<T ?^Sߦ;*l5W T>7-Ib[cy?[dY<,1 #ij$[b? ݩ *W2ɂ͓zdOlq\X&(1U 9 !=3=3mo]o\.IyA~ɐ}8'&={-dkSCFV`PT]䂳>Ri@5;*n;\c0,T0> ^:M79ZJ4f(\|<;| :">ތմ٫ d": A_A3pm.7_*H$kMAFG!0ޙU,vrَIDXPCWwZkI* ʌ0Lge?#0lYvՍ.ȱME Lʲp0>kY|DvUP )J\zMRg8sO覆W,.F֏% Cr#R؊>C1O+x# x$ } [pnl?[.Uvb)s@$}F;.{&T~ۚ"^*T:tJ$-lSw[&Əu?HU$ ($ Mca7jէrJň;6H@w0v~u 6@sd 쬪=O0϶iv$;I YewyapG,tNI8ݶY&}QZRXkdeO(b,jwK5Gy bNajdk[my6*'$H㬃lũ pZlwE>HiV &fuj~+sk;s\:@iY$UUv\}x=h+~7ߨIO6&P$s- ۼ V?p~[! i /ƹ0}3{qf܇UXyWT`0̑p9ٹêۿyfj^^cS?6<@zjf+D5w[jFFiR)E;0bB6t2ڬUED5T$~Pi1^ɟCCßSߢ"CPbûT_*V+U]h5-Tlg0~ۢqM骠2#Du)qbs69{<*ej~3=5LQU O e'Y2rtui/F*i&^fh0'?ɡ\6;D8Kqj5>gqU)t 1Uȑ#HXC$t޷pRޞ9*#E-#TD y2q<=QCo*gMe@rbb 8ԖٵuΞ U-i%E4nX}Q {pul-J8:4. oY7e E0Wp|Tˬs.޲ ە2Z4(N"4[h˷6S^|NIpNzTw:D[lTWC+ IQ-\b7AA7"}3DD$yx*Jk_TT"iT)d|dnnz=骣RyS*Iϑ^!Sgx$TV(ڞJjzJFe\,0 gSm{OO"UU{2ۏsR55!Qhe|G1bu[43%tSC qQC26j8+=kQSLVSLi^AI3ǹ':{᥶O],T f!"|% !ӛק/lZۼ*uwn Y?{EPt p^CJDz!LJhخh {R#k;fݩA4)mDiJ/4fyXȩF:8>-[smSIQHxH''طQA\2'R5LI̽O3>:8*a;4Xk#ozJlTkMpYU]j(uTfXR0r8'Vݣ{Gy]$7 '.~fF02װ{!_uY 0퐌?xGfRO:W(*NCk\Xd:pVw`"{M I!(ݒQ@\X\zG@k]i>USɪ`$`7@Vn-5I4QyuS%1%A\t=5#IMLuE \uzvtLۊTEsbֹ xI8.EPKqfi,?l|U<[΂;žԛnh'\5zѲ UCL꺊SgȜr(1Q0j,9}c8g0ׇ>>M2anvV߀tw]ոb䩘4AH.b8Ɍɘȣ8 $nn˞ޒI-ZGjWJy4fEpOdd`so:}eڊ᫣J '~Ïs>R>':ʝp<ї+@H Of{Bxrp;y{vh4bOe!P1mɷ.WKkmn6XQV,S,6H:zmǺpת?5W1lHZ?Wj-'quhʌ{!T}026\!«hֻ<;z"^(cv(z{cF?׷ղ02A!Kqn'AȵWgާY(aAk{&ފ\Red B?k%m6"a@Kr&lKO5j]p[DLO:<|pI##Ѝ m 7nӒY( y8G[?sV [Nk\U'JKQ#4*#gǍgnźpELo 3=MQR̅"# j M9Yp-}d֐g(O嫪ܸc$WzQN8I$k(aFwďRzW>Dk{,24q6up#d^/ZJW qNA#$+65r^,qB@llp=5W+uS%%d%Zm t\-u5CqBĭ8 dc#C=Զ^UW@[TD&e(Wz+VrqL_˻dMR%cewMƾ}\ZPdKaLuOSm͂gn, cSMU t`Y$uMECM3I>}ZP4RSIe ]r:nՁ:#"QL[taY"ři gb1N=5nI(ieR* xz={fZgWy*?#:cBϺR!@'8>VeG/v\[8vy 33K>:1ϩμך #ڷFvΆHB;3~z-S4tP 0Ξf9Ӷ9ՙn[](ʏ$)'8'kPSp$cHa mUY>✓ 1g:aTm"ȥ_Α$K|cHckU;6rG AC۪+m}ᩪ$!2 ɹdj7tϟI 1mrW5gtAÉPy$z:i4u%ntXxI'T1QfHXwjYDYe>cԭ֖ZF51ol :a`5.0{6)j8 {d^ѯjߊ9X-Z3 hbJbp2zS N%SƘU ~ԗޛmݳoܶ=-Q(x3+,#*Z5˽v";-KSj}z?Kn䦻UjJvE#n\+6xg9b2=<#cx,5%Du*=FHu'g!fZ7.p:V'4 p C̶VU/srUڅ֎d(4U&CqcO-%}q^a(I8qgz>~o=kMgfN[Y]TtHgc9eU R GdOkBoXnGXEV'SJ< L&<|4S\7 5 4q=G||G[V>ZXG՗?{vmpdJBP W< R`OZn ]dRL\r,cA#UF, @ P C(d@Yhld/3ս7%v#H_̌D咮[N0p|H vZ]i3e<785*cݺ_,?"t߿| 7j5ۏp U=e% 2WNXHo}5]`@M[U%o$N!GՒ@{YN0NH'kTu`%^Aۗ8A믧?N@iNdbsyOua0R,G9A |ek)6Z颊(b&t PA83ElU5QKq $*+ ԭUеz{}3N-0\g7Sj}L:L#ET.^/4Z\#%2~ 00=ɯWI-nZ*<ةdPgS,UT Щ5*7/\R >`{zLjy$I%$K:;$^19?h;=o&y9,{j/WF;yKhlGdᓂ~HOݠz=XY!ZZ(8@c k!H{鴹:1(*y#yA/*/-Sg m<~JI2=ݮ-hE*[R3GP(~BIVp[r=x{ǹΣ{=ku|K~xz*{|kBF8'X'kqB7O:MҚnQ$3d锏B5"ep\&009 d}dn'D|PMvMŠC=},tSgS͵`;C:;H#UPc3Ңx,yeT_Kjk:xZIUsΧdgcJM;9%}vmYi 1Mr2K9~$sF:Wm*X)‘*lZzޚTLV(U1` `#O#wS1Bh$M+TrSO&۾U}V*eh·`B8^lmվp9Fd7ļǘq=6rX`J3O'|t=r#|T"+ЭDUM g*>x&aݵDM`ڷ[ui'X)r*@\r꥟/dz1BKOO!=cL{}fɤj=WA\#2 qlio>u :%g7[Rst}8Xfm6I weT\.i9F pI8#8CV U*R[$\\nwym׽2F**H~xAO)yf|$=Ul#UiL:yRD#XT$:9,N}^t tz\jjw K̐E"Ѽ@j>5Xx!.e5a D+5)*1-:"~r ieqE=+^|i 8In=F5/{_SU]=DQTZ*i2F)|#TͺZ-&1-D c}O vvӹԭsdx =3 z}BFHpwi_7fNpo*g>z{ ]7ͳ6-.V1UYdq>`t7CN*c=z޵&zd)R@}uoKtpR;~A⥇s颠9*Ȩ0bz#>'kvɐ.ҠKm^MEhf " Źh%D}\DsX`(F+&'%.VU93S$ԅoc Og04"^ao7)IQ!9| ?/2#y ~jJF}_pǢ=ӢTU3q,:gTV@|TN5 ̕%qQjbF,Ue>ٮ JBET8?QˍP!UAbGm"Q[~? `OGüi⫫tPחO?/ZXDSwɴYiaaT\_IJZ/ѥk)*4@!^?!COՙѭUBlB1Q@Zp --WpɘW8Dg߬L--Ryg Ty8V#$~å](߿(Δ *9=xvrNKSRh%anǡw S?V"}EwluVAgZb3#p` 8z_~iih``y,<~2?KKVC蝇c CM[x ^Y_˲]iijNMr6N?`?Bɫ--SE /A#Uz$񾖟9h$;rUC.. ^~i4ɗ }An)V-G#{d Buޟ;rQ񕵟@#' _|f`}OLiik +DOXUC7oK|akO zmx‹_n#祥03斓b^ZZZ"