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U.S. August Retail Sales Fall 2.1%; Ex-Autos Rise 1% (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. retail sales fell in August by the most since November 2001 as auto purchases slumped after a buoyant July. The 2.1 percent decline follows a 1.8 percent increase the month before that was the same as originally reported, the Commerce Department said today in Washington.

Phillies 13, Marlins 3 (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
MIAMI -- The hits keep falling for Jimmy Rollins - even when they land in the right fielder's glove.

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(AP) The fear that bankrupt Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. could slash the number of pilots along with their pay and pensions is leading some observers to wonder about the long-term impact on service.

U.S. August Retail Sales Fall 2.1%; Ex-Autos Rise 1% (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
U.S. Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. retail sales fell in August by the most since November 2001 as auto purchases slumped after a buoyant July.

BonitaNews.com (Bonita Daily News)
Much of the money would be used for advertising and public relations efforts and to replenish the beach renourishment and emergency reserves.

World Leaders OK Document at U.N. Summit (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
UNITED NATIONS -- History's largest gathering of world leaders fell far short Friday of completing the major changes U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sought to fight poverty, terrorism and human rights abuses - but the leaders took a first step.

Knights, Bulls tangle for first time (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
TAMPA, Fla. -- For years, it seemed like a natural matchup. Two schools less than 100 miles apart, linked by one of the busiest highways in Florida and both eager to make a name for themselves in college football.

BonitaNews.com (Bonita Daily News)
Expecting to find out whether jurors wanted lunch, a Lee County sheriff s deputy and the family of a man shot during a road-rage dispute learned instead Friday that the jury was deadlocked.

U.S. August Retail Sales Fall 2.1%; Ex-Autos Rise 1% (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
U.S. Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. retail sales fell in August by the most since November 2001 as auto purchases slumped after a buoyant July. Excluding cars, sales rose twice as much as expected.

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(AP) BEIRUT, Lebanon A powerful bomb exploded in a Christian neighborhood of eastern Beirut late Friday, killing at least one person and wounding seven in the latest in a series of blasts in the capital, officials said.