New Dollar General

New Dollar General

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Dollar General will celebrate the opening of its new location at 8 a.m. Saturday at 477 W. Main St. with free prizes and special deals.

The first 50 shoppers at the store will receive a $10 Dollar General gift card, and the first 200 shoppers will receive a Dollar General tote bag.

Quest Diagnostics open house set

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Quest Diagnostics, which provides testing, information and other services for health care patients, will host an open house and ribbon-cutting Wednesday.

The open house will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. at its new location, 869 E. State St. The ribbon-cutting will take place at 5 p.m. There is no charge to attend.

Ohio gas prices rise

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Ohio’s gas prices have risen closer to the national average after dipping during the second week of the partial government shutdown.

The state average was $3.30 for a gallon of regular gas in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That’s up 8 cents from last week but still well below the cost a year ago, when the average was $3.64.

The national average was about $3.34 Monday. It’s down a penny from a week ago and 45 cents less than the average at this time last year.

Debt-ceiling talks push stocks higher

NEW YORK

Stocks rose Monday, helped by signs that Washington was moving closer to a deal that would avert a default by the U.S. government.

The stock market started the session broadly lower after negotiations between the White House and House Republicans broke down over the weekend. However, stocks erased those losses in early afternoon trading after news that President Barack Obama would meet with congressional leaders.

The market extended those gains after Senate leaders in both parties said progress was being made.

The Dow Jones industrial average added 64.15 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 15,301.26.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 6.94 points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,710.14. The Nasdaq composite rose 23.40 points, or 0.6 percent, to 3,815.27.

Number of Amtrak riders hits record

WASHINGTON

Railroad officials say Amtrak carried a record number of passengers in the year ending Sept. 30 despite Northeast service that was knocked out temporarily by superstorm Sandy.

The nation’s passenger- railroad network carried 31.6 million riders during the 2013 federal budget year. Amtrak’s long-distance routes recorded their best ridership in 20 years with 4.8 million passengers.

Ridership for all of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington reached 11.4 million passengers, the second-best year for the corridor.

Ticket revenues also increased to a record $2.1 billion.

Vindicator staff/wire reports