News Summary: Stocks lower on weak spending report

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NEW YORK (AP) — SUMMER SLUMP: Stocks fell for the seventh day out of the last eight, with industrial and consumer-oriented stocks down hard. Home Depot fell 1.2 percent and Lowe’s Cos. lost 3.4 percent.

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