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During its first week of availability in Japan, Kingdom Hearts II sold 727,591 copies. [3] During its first month of availablility in North America Kingdom Hearts II sold over an estimated 1 million copies. [4]
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Profile America -- Tuesday, October 16th . Today marks an anniversary that will warm the hearts of all dedicated shoppers. On this date in 1868, the first department store in the U.S. opened its doors in Salt Lake City , called " Zion ' s Cooperative Mercantile Institution. " The idea of the department store soon spread around the c ountry, hailed for the convenience it offered consumers in the days before the automobile. The era of the classic, high-rise downtown department store is gone, but modern equivalents -- usually one or two stories high and located in suburban malls -- are still major players in the retail scene. There are nearly 9,400 department stores across the nation, racking up annual sales of more than $220 billion . You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau on the Web at http://www.census.gov .
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DALLAS, Dec. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have crashed another party, coming first in the hearts of American movie lovers with their bad boy antics in "Wedding Crashers." The comedy tops the list of most rented movies at BLOCKBUSTER in 2006, both in-store and online.
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AMARILLO, Texas, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The man who sang his way into the hearts of Americans with a song about a pony named "Wildfire" soon will be singing about wildfire in another way. Cowboy singer and country performer Michael Martin Murphey has announced a benefit concert to help heal the hearts of people affected by this month's devastating wildfires that flashed across the Texas Panhandle.
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"NASCAR's fans hold a special place in their hearts for Charlotte and the Bank of America 500, and this campaign is meant to recognize that incredible loyalty," said Ray Bednar, Global Sponsorship Marketing executive for Bank of America. "We hope that in creating these opportunities we are providing fans with an incomparable customer experience that speaks directly to their passion and could only be attained with Bank of America."
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