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Retail Sales, Oil Worries Push Stocks Lower

NEW YORK – Stocks fell Thursday, weighed down by retailers’ stocks after a wave of July sales reports that largely lagged Wall Street expectations. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) fell 87.49 points, or 0.82 percent, to end at 10,610.10. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index (search) slipped 9.18 points, …

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Base-Closing Panel Decides to Shut Walter Reed

WASHINGTON – The federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission has recommended to close the world-renowned Walter Reed Army Medical Center outside Washington, D.C. as part of the Pentagon’s plan to restructure military bases across the country. If the plan is approved, the hospital would move most staff and services to …

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King Memorial Foundation Launches New Pitch

WASHINGTON – Backers of a permanent National Mall memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. (search) said Monday they are more than a third of the way toward their $100 million fundraising goal. “He is the foundation and the moral compass for our youth,” Sheila Johnson (search), owner of the WNBA’s …

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