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Costco Profit Rises Amid Fierce Battle With Wal-Mart

CHICAGO – Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST), the largest U.S. warehouse club operator, on Thursday reported a 12 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped by demand for gasoline and food. The retailer, which competes with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s (WMT) Sam’s Club, said net income rose to $215.8 million, or 45 cents …

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Man Creates Paris Hilton Christmas Shrine

CRANSTON, R.I. – See Paris Hilton in all her seductive splendor, striking a provocative pose for passing motorists and spreading hot Christmas cheer in a chilly Rhode Island winter. Blown-up images of Hilton and strings of pink Christmas lights adorn the front lawn of a home in a middle-class neighborhood …

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Belarus Cracks Down on Online Dating

MINSK, Belarus – Belarusian lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation that would crack down on Internet dating and online spouse searches in the latest in a series of stringent government controls backed by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Authorities say the measure, which was passed 101-1 by the subservient lower house of …

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