<p>In this Sept. 10, 2010 photo, shoppers carry purchases from a CCS store in Santa Monica, Calif. Retail sales post 0.4 percent increase, best gain in five months, despite drop in auto sales.</p>
September 15, 2010
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September 15, 2010 9 p.m.
August retail sales up 0.4 percent
WASHINGTON - Retail sales rose in August by the largest amount in five months, adding to evidence that a late spring economic swoon was temporary and not the start of another recession.