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SAN FRANCISCO, May 17- Amazon.com Inc decided not to turn pilot project "Zombieland" into a full TV series, but is going ahead with " Alpha House," as the world's largest online retailer enters the next stage of its foray into original video creation.
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*Money managers pull $1.4 bln from COMEX gold in May 14 week. Money managers, including hedge funds, pulled $1.4 billion from the U.S. gold futures market for the week ended May 14 by trimming their net long positions in the metal, according to Reuters calculations of data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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Autozone Inc. fell $2.21 or. 5 percent, to $411.29. Bed Bath& Beyond Inc. rose$. 43 or. 6 percent, to $69.11. Best Buy rose $1.00 or 3.9 percent, to $26.90.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. rose $1.54 or 1.4 percent, to $113.05. Target rose $1.06 or 1.5 percent, to $71.06. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell$. 63 or. 8 percent, to $77.87.
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eBay rose$. 91 or 1.6 percent, to $56.71. Google rose $5.31 or. 6 percent, to $909.18. Groupon Inc. rose$. 03 or. 4 percent, to $6.97.
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Kelly Services Inc. class A rose$. 54 or 3.2 percent, to $17.50. Korn/Ferry International Inc. rose$. 12 or. 7 percent, to $17.98. ManpowerGroup rose$. 77 or 1.3 percent, to $58.15.
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Apple Inc. fell $1.32 or. 3 percent, to $433.26. Dell Inc. fell$. 03 or. 2 percent, to $13.40. Hewlett Packard Co. fell$. 09 or. 4 percent, to $21.27.
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. rose$. 68 or 1.2 percent, to $58.64. MGM Resorts International rose$. 08 or. 5 percent, to $15.34. Marriott International Inc. rose$. 54 or 1.3 percent, to $43.73.
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Kroger rose$. 35 or 1.0 percent, to $35.42. Safeway rose$. 14 or. 6 percent, to $25.15. Supervalu rose$. 26 or 3.9 percent, to $6.95.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co. fell$. 34 or. 5 percent, to $62.04. Kimberly-Clark Corp. rose$. 60 or. 6 percent, to $104.35. Procter& Gamble Co. fell$. 18 or. 2 percent, to $80.02.
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Caterpillar rose$. 89 or 1.0 percent, to $87.67. Deere& Co. fell $2.42 or 2.7 percent, to $86.97. Terex rose$. 89 or 2.8 percent, to $32.90.
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AT&T Inc. rose$. 06 or. 2 percent, to $37.44. Sprint Nextel rose$. 04 or. 5 percent, to $7.32. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 15 or. 3 percent, to $53.35.
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Apollo Group rose$. 28 or 1.3 percent, to $21.35. Career Education Corp. rose$. 30 or 10.8 percent, to $3.08. DeVry rose$. 58 or 1.9 percent, to $31.11.
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Fluor rose $2.57 or 4.1 percent, to $64.57. Foster Wheeler rose$. 11 or. 5 percent, to $21.60. Quanta Services Inc. rose$. 46 or 1.5 percent, to $30.20.
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Comcast Corp. fell$. 23 or. 5 percent, to $42.64. Walt Disney Co. rose$. 11 or. 2 percent, to $66.58. Gannett rose$. 73 or 3.5 percent, to $21.56.
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American Electric Power Co. rose$. 59 or 1.2 percent, to $49.64. Consolidated Edison Inc. Holding Co. rose$. 63 or 1.0 percent, to $60.79. Dominion Resources Inc. rose$. 79 or 1.3 percent, to $61.17.
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General Electric Co. rose$. 19 or. 8 percent, to $23.46. Snap-On rose$. 83 or. 9 percent, to $91.67. Whirlpool Corp. rose $2.61 or 2.0 percent, to $130.71.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies were up at the close of trading:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 72 or 2.1 percent, to $35.82. DuPont Co. rose$. 40 or. 7 percent, to $55.89.
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BP PLC rose$. 21 or. 5 percent, to $42.96. ConocoPhillips rose$. 88 or 1.4 percent, to $63.31. Exxon Mobil Corp. rose $1.06 or 1.2 percent, to $91.76.
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Aruba Networks: Approximately 47,555,700 shares changed hands, a 1,582.9 percent increase over its 65- day average volume. The shares fell $4.51 or 25.6 percent to $13.10. Carrollton Bancorp: Approximately 7,500 shares changed hands, a 1,371.0 percent increase over its 65- day average volume.