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WASHINGTON – Retail sales in August posted the weakest showing in two months as worried consumers tightened their spending habits. The Commerce Department reported that the nation’s retailers saw a tiny 0.2 percent increase last month following a much bigger 1.4 percent rise in July. It was the weakest performance …

ATLANTA – The Home Depot Inc., the nation’s largest home improvement store chain, says it is hiring more than 1,000 new employees across the country as part of its latest effort to improve its stores. The Atlanta-based company said in a hiring advisory it issued Monday that it is seeking …

LONG BEACH, Calif. – More than three dozen men have been arrested in a sting operation that targeted adults who use Internet chat rooms to try to have sex with minors, police announced Sunday. The 38 men, ranging in age from 22 to 50, were caught during the three-day undercover …