CHANGE OF HEART: Looks like $470,000 wasn't worth a week of bad publicity for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The retailer was criticized on MSNBC's "Countdown With Keith Olbermann," CNN and other major news outlets for suing Debbie Shank, a former Wal-Mart employee left severely disabled in a car accident, for $470,000, the amount the retailer paid out for her medical care as a part of her health benefits. Shank in 2001 was hit by a semitruck near her home, and after legal fees received $417,000 in a settlement from the trucking company, which was placed in a trust for her care. The company sued Shank for the $470,000 in medical fees and won, but the courts ruled that Wal-Mart was only allowed to pursue the remaining $277,000 left in the trust. As news broke of Shank's situation, Wal-Mart seemed determined to pursue the remaining cash from her.