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Saudi King Salman rents DC hotel? The Middle East leader is in town to speak with President Obama about the Iranian nuclear deal and other issues related to the region. When King Salman arrived in Washington for high-level meetings with U.S. president Barack Obama on Thursday, the newly appointed king and his entourage received a dose of royal treatment – …

Hubert Tang wins $1 million after buying california lottery tickets with $20 found at airport. Bartender Hubert Tang used a $20 bill he saw outside of the San Francisco International Airport to buy two California State Lottery tickets on a whim. As he scratched off his $1,000,000 Jackpot! Scratchers tickets, Tang couldn’t believe what he saw.

Nazi gold train found? The tale of a legendary Nazi ghost train carrying gold which allegedly disappeared without trace in the dying days of the Second World War has taken a new twist. The armoured train is said to have gone missing near the then East German city of Breslau, now a Polish city named Wroclaw, as the Soviet army …

Laura’s Shoppe Inc. is planning to close 20 stores over the next three weeks following a failed attempt to become more competitive in the face of an influx of American retailers, according to court documents.

Kraft Heinz on Wednesday said it will lay off 700 workers at Kraft’s corporate headquarters in north suburban Northfield, part of a cost-cutting plan that will slash the combined company’s head count in the U.S. and Canada by 2,500 jobs.

Lowe’s Canada announced Friday it will open 14 new stores in Canada, including 12 at former Target locations.

U.S. drivers can look forward to $2 gas later this year, thanks in part to the Iran nuclear deal announced Tuesday. “Once we get past Labor Day, we should see gas falling by 10 to 15 cents a month,” reaching $2 in many places by December, Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst with the Oil Price Information Service, tells the news …

Not one to let Amazon steal the sales spotlight, Walmart will launch a rival sale Wednesday to Amazon’s recently announced Prime Day, including more than 2,000 online exclusive “rollbacks,” Walmart’s word for discounts.

Shannen Doherty, 44, has sold her Malibu estate for $2.495 million. The actress — now appearing in the Great American Country network’s reality road trip “Off the Map with Shannen and Holly” with her former “Charmed” co-star Holly Marie Combs — has listed her Malibu home for $2.495 million.

Colorado woman Bobbie Oskarson found an 8.53-carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas Wednesday. The gem was found in a muddy area of the park called Pig Pen in a tree-shaded area on a hot day.

Canadian households kept debt at almost record levels in the first quarter, even as they benefit from rising asset values that saw their net worth rise to new highs. The ratio of household credit market debt to disposable income dipped to 163.3 per cent in the first quarter, down from 163.6 per cent in the fourth quarter in 2014, Statistics …