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Rare Nickel Sells for $4.15M

CONCORD, N.H. – Not many people can retire on a nickel — unless it’s a rare 1913 Liberty Head (search) like the one that sold Thursday for $4.15 million. It is the second-highest price ever reported paid for a rare coin. Legend Numismatics (search), a coin dealership in Lincroft, N.J., …

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Walgreen Profit Up Better-Than-Expected 20 Percent

CHICAGO – Walgreen Co. (WAG), the largest U.S. drugstore chain, Monday reported a 20 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped by rising prescription demand and growth of digital photo printing (search). The better-than-expected results sent shares of Walgreen up 4 percent on the New York Stock Exchange. Walgreen has been …

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China Diplomat: Beijing Running Spy Ring

CANBERRA, Australia – Two Chinese defectors — one of them a diplomat who walked away from his post — claim that their homeland is running a spy network in Australia and other Western countries. The diplomat, Chen Yonglin (search), left his job as the first secretary at the Chinese Consulate-General …

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