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msn.com
An online gun bazaar is taking shape on Facebook Inc.’s Marketplace, as recent mass shootings have renewed the debate in Washington over access to firearms.
The Fayetteville Observer
A nearly 50-year-old pawn shop is closing its door as its owner plans to retire. Read to learn more about his time owning his store.
The New York Times
In broad daylight, the robbers walked in with guns and out with valuables, the New York Police Department said. On Monday, the police were still searching for the robbers responsible for holding up the store, Avianne & Co., a high-profile jewelry outpost.
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American Banker
The United States Postal Service's debt to the US treasury continues to increase as it struggles to make revenue. One solution politicians are proposing, postal banking, may not be the solution its proponents say it is.
Fox 5 Atlanta
A yet-unidentified gunman broke into a pawn shop wearing a mask that "looks like a ‘Jason’ mask or a mask from ‘Scary Movie.'" The shop's owner managed to escape from the man, who demanded she take him to the safe.
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CBS
In the wake of mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, those affected are suing gun retailers. While retailers aren't normally liable for deaths inflicted by their products, lawyers are taking a different approach in their lawsuits: trying to hold retailers liable for selling a gun to someone who they should have known was buying it for someone else.
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Forbes
The Federal Trade Commission warns that lab-grown diamonds may not have the ethical and eco-friendly origin that they promote in their advertising.