<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080912/bs_afp/useconomyretailsales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080912/capt.cps.nom16.120908154709.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=C9nSQ9qj4RPcIk0jwO bCJQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Shoppers at a store in Miami, March 2008. US retail sales unexpectedly fell 0.3 percent in August, with strong automobile sales helping offset a steeper decline.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US retail sales fell 0.3 percent in August as a government fiscal stimulus faded, with strong automobile sales helping offset a steeper decline, the Commerce Department said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(AFP)