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Consumer prices shot up in July at twice the expected rate, pushed higher by surging energy and food costs. The latest surge left inflation running at the fastest pace in 17 years.

The Labor Department reported Thursday that consumer prices rose by 0.8 percent last month, twice the 0.4 percent gain that economists had been expecting.
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Cox Enterprises, which owns dozens of daily and weekly newspapers throughout the country, has decided to sell most of them.
The company will retain its flagship publication, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as well as papers in Dayton, Ohio, and West Palm Beach, Fla.
Papers that will be sold include the Austin American-Statesman and the […]

On July 29, behind the scenes at the busy U.S. Senior Open kick-off, an intimate ceremony took place on the grounds of the El Pomar complex honoring former United States Golf Association president and golf legend, Judy Bell.
A specially-designed Bell Pavilion just east of Penrose House, housing a 2,000-pound bronze bell […]

To save money, many Americans are cutting back on medical care, according to research from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
A national survey found that 22 percent of U.S. consumers say they have reduced the number of times they see the doctor as a result of the economy. An additional 11 […]