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More Stores Join 'Rolling Stone' Boycott

Four more convenience store retailers -- 7-Eleven Inc., Rutter's Farm Stores, Hy-Vee Inc. and United Supermarkets LLC -- joined the boycott against Rolling Stone Magazine's latest issue, which features a cover image of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The c-store retailers issued separate statements explaining their decision to ban the Aug. 1 issue, which hits newsstands Friday. 7-Eleven won't sell the issue in its 1,700 company-operated outlets around the nation and is also strongly recommending its 5,900 franchised stores choose not to sell the issue.

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