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This year's no sales tax weekend is Aug. 5-7, beginning the first Friday in August at 12:01 a.m. and ending the following Sunday at 11:59 p.m. >>> Read more.

Obama to Nation's Police: 'We Have Your Backs'
One day after the Republican National Convention opened to calls of "Make America Safe Again," President Barack Obama told the nation's law enforcement community, "We have your backs."

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"Every day, you confront danger so it does not find our families, carry burdens so they do not fall to us, and courageously meet test after test to keep us safe," the president wrote in an open letter to the U.S. law enforcement community Tuesday. "Time and again, you make the split-second decisions that could mean life or death for you and many others in harm’s way. You endure the tense minutes and long hours over lifetimes of service.>>> Read more.

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