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SHOPPING SPREE — A customer makes her way to the checkout counter at the Salvation Army's newly opened thrift store on San Juan Avenue. The store is more than four times the size of the old store and offers a wider variety of goods for sale. (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
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The Montrose Salvation Army thrift store is moving to a bigger location.
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Property tax abatements delivering a 12 percent annual return are hailed by some as a savvy investment strategy.
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AP - Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering from complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., with his family at his bedside, the hospital said.
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AP - Michael Jackson's doctor has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star.
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AP - The world's tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and casting doubt over plans to welcome its first permanent occupants in the coming weeks.
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