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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0628_paula_deen_article_jcpenny_tmz_3\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/06/28/0628-paula-deen-article-jcpenny-tmz-4.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paula Deen&lt;/strong&gt;'s officially the least popular kid on the playground ... &lt;strong&gt;JCPenney&lt;/strong&gt; just severed ties with the celebrity chef in the wake of her n-word scandal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A rep for the department store released a statement today, saying, \"We can confirm that jcpenney has decided to discontinue selling Paula Deen branded merchandise.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JCP had sold Deen-brand kitchen products ... which is good news for Martha Stewart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The retail giant is the latest to run for the hills -- Target, Home Depot, QVC, Kmart, Sears, and Walmart (to name a few) have already dumped Paula."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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