1.   How much did the store take in today?

2.   A. A check of several area supermarkets that accept plastic grocery bags for recycling determined that the stores would take the newspaper plastic bags, too.

3.   After two decades of growth fueled by baby boomers snapping up records at ever-higher prices, record stores are taking a beating.

4.   But most Goodwill Industries stores will take donations of cellular phones that do not need repairs, said Sheila Holt, a spokeswoman for Goodwill in Pittsburgh.

5.   Indeed, many online stores never take possession of the goods they sell.

6.   Its stores have taken Los Angeles by storm.

7.   Like many U.K. businesses, the store only took cash and debit cards, which electronically subtract purchases from a bank account.

8.   Local stores are now taking orders for next spring.

9.   Most stores will take major credit cards, and store cards such as Saks Fifth Avenue can also be used at the outlets.

10.   So Starbucks, like Duane Reade, has concentrated stores in key neighborhoods, even if that meant that new stores took some business away from old stores.