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Did you know that collectibles, and even country-club memberships qualify for long-term capital-gains rates? Here’s a guide. IF YOU’RE A stock and mutual-fund investor, then you probably know that investments held for more than a year are subject to lower tax rates as long-term capital gains. Generally speaking, if you’re …

NEW YORK – Airlines, hotels and casinos were set to take the biggest economic hit from Hurricane Katrina (search) as it roared along the Gulf of Mexico Monday, but insurers, oil producers and home-improvement retailers may actually benefit in the long run as business returns to normal, analysts said. Katrina …

The holdup attempt might have worked — if the alleged robber hadn’t been armed with only a fork. Shreveport, La., police say a man asked to use the bathroom of a gas station last Wednesday afternoon. Forty minutes later, he emerged from the restroom and walked up to the counter …