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Blockbuster's long anticipated bankruptcy filing is apparently headed down the final stretch and could come by the end of the week. One of the cost-cutting moves the video chain is teeing up calls for 500 to 800 additional store closures beyond the nearly 1,000 it previously planned.

If you still rent movies at Blockbuster, beware the return of late fees. The rental chain is reinstating late fees in the form of a $1 a day up to 10 days after the rental, capping fees at $10. Blockbuster is also shortening the rental period from seven to five days for $4.99 titles. All this is...

Remember the days you'd get in your car and drive to your local Blockbuster, wander around the aisles looking for just the right movie, stand in line to pay, then hustle back to the store a few days later to avoid the late fee? Those days are gone, and with them might go Blockbuster. Blockbuster...