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February 2010 - Posts
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Eight might have to be enough for short-track speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno. Ohno went into Friday's races hoping to have two more medals to hang around his neck when the night was over. But he will have to be satisfied with one more, giving him eight Read More...
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The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile Saturday was the fifth-strongest in the world since 1900, geologists said. The strongest quake recorded since 1900 also occurred in Chile -- a 9.5-magnitude quake that struck near Concepcion in 1960, killing Read More...
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The death toll from the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile has risen to more than 700, President Michelle Bachelet said Sunday, About 2 million people were hurt or without homes, and chaos reigned in some of the worst-hit areas, the Los Angeles Times said Read More...
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Final medal standings at the 2010 Winter Olympics: Gold Silver Bronze Total Canada 14 7 5 26 Germany 10 13 7 30 United States 9 15 13 37 Norway 9 8 6 23 South Korea 6 6 2 14 ... Read More...
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Parts of the United States and Easter Island faced tsunami warnings Saturday after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake took place in Chile, experts said. British experts told The Daily Telegraph the quake created a tsunami of unknown ferocity that already devastated Read More...
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A massive earthquake in Chile Saturday killed at least 78 people and triggered tsunami warnings throughout the Pacific basin. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said the death toll was expected to rise.... Read More...
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According to British newspaper The Sun, Carly Simon has revealed David Geffen as the inspiration behind her 1972 hit "You're So Vain." This puts an end to years of speculation that the song was about Mick Jagger, Cat Stevens, Kris Kristofferson, James Read More...
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The Japan Meteorological Agency said it was looking into whether a tsunami generated by Saturday's earthquake in Chile could reach the Japanese coast. If it does, a wave around 1 metre high would probably hit at around 1 pm local time on Sunday, the meteorological Read More...
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A magnitude-8.8 earthquake tate struck central Chile Saturday near the country's second-largest city, authorities said. The quake hit at 3:34 am (0634 GMT) in the Pacific, 90 kilometres north-north-east of Concepcion, 320 kilometres south-west of Santiago, Read More...
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Apple Inc. on Thursday announced that over 10 billion songs have been bought and downloaded from iTunes Store , its online media service. The 10 billionth song, "Guess Things Happen That Way" by Johnny Cash, was purchased by Louie Sulcer from Woodstock Read More...
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Apple says music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 10 billion songs from its U.S. online retailer, the iTunes Store, since 2003. The 10 billionth song, "Guess Things Happen That Way" by Johnny Cash, was purchased by Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Read More...
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WASHINGTON - Desiree Rogers , the White House's flamboyant social secretary who came under criticism after two uninvited guests crashed the Obamas' only state dinner, is stepping down, White House officials said Friday.... Read More...
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Feb. 25--No one in Dawn Brancheau's big family was surprised to see the former homecoming queen rise to become a trainer for SeaWorld's star attraction. The student body president at Andrean High School in Merrillville, Ind., is remembered for a big smile, Read More...
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Ozzy Osbourne , the one-time edgy metal rocker who frightened moms and children everywhere, but who now is as mainstream as Elton John, will get the keys to West Palm Beach, in a ceremony tonight.... Read More...
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Brittany Murphy , the breakthrough star of 90s classic high school movie "Clueless," had no illegal drugs in her system at the time of her death, according to an autopsy report. "There is no history of alcohol or drug abuse. ... The body appears well Read More...
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck Okinawa Prefecture, about 1,500 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, early Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. A local police official told Kyodo News Agency that they had received Read More...
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U.S. Olympic athletes scored big wins last weekend. Apolo Ohno, Bode Miller, Shani Davis and Lindsey Vonn added to the U.S. medal count . The U.S. is in the lead with 26 medals after 12 days of the Vancouver Games.... Read More...
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U.S. markets were fractionally higher Friday after the Commerce Department increased its fourth quarter gross domestic product estimate to 5.9 percent. In the second of three estimates on the country's GDP, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said consumer Read More...
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The USGS has reported that a 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan near Okinawa. The earthquake occurred at 2031 GMT Friday and was centred 81 kilometres east of Japan's southern island of Okinawa, the US Geological Survey reported. Read More...
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The glamour night of the Games was billed as a two-skater showdown between elegant world champion Yu-Na Kim of South Korea and sensational jumper Mao Asada of Japan, a former world champion.... Read More...
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WHISTLER, British Columbia - Whatever happens in Apolo Anton Ohno 's Vancouver Olympic swan song Friday, it won't be a repeat of his Turin 2006 final act. Same distance, yes. The 500 meters.... Read More...
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About 1.2 million of the jobless stand to lose unemployment benefits if the U.S. Senate fails to approve an extension by Sunday, officials say. The House has already passed a 30-day extension, but Sen.... Read More...
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Tracey Gold, Alyssa Milano and William Shatner are among the celebrities expressing their sadness over the death of U.S. actor Andrew Koenig. Koenig's body was found Thursday in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. His family had alerted police Read More...
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NEW YORK -- Coca-Cola, the world's largest bottler of drinks, is acquiring the North American branch of its largest bottler, Coca- Cola Enterprises (CCE), the company said Thursday. At the same time, CCE is expanding its European operations, acquiring Read More...
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New York Gov. David Paterson has decided not to run for a full term, a source told the New York Daily News on Friday. Paterson, a Democrat, scheduled an afternoon news conference. The source said the governor, under fire for getting in touch with a woman Read More...
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U.S. markets were mixed Friday morning after the Commerce Department increased its fourth quarter gross domestic product estimate to 5.9 percent. In the second of three estimates on the country's GDP, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said consumer spending Read More...
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Thursday said that the central bank is examining investment titan Goldman Sachs' use of exotic financial instruments to profit from the deepening debt problems of Greece and other European nations.... Read More...
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El Paso's Siglo de Oro Spanish Drama Festival is a rarity by any standards -- a festival wholly devoted to an era in Spanish theater that dates back more than 300 years. What's even more unusual is that this five-day festival will celebrate its 35th anniversary Read More...
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Amid shouts of "down with the dictatorship" despite a heavy Cuban secret police presence, about 150 people attended Thursday's burial in Cuba of Orlando Zapata, a political prisoner who starved himself to death to protest prison abuses.... Read More...
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CalPERS says it has lost $475 million on an investment that yielded controversial placement agent and former CalPERS board member Alfred Villalobos his biggest single payday. The loss is based on June 30 figures and appears to have shrunk somewhat in Read More...
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The US economy grew at an annual rate of 5.9 per cent in the final three months of 2009, the biggest quarterly gain in six years, according to a revised estimate released by the Commerce Department on Friday.... Read More...
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The Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica (NYSE:TEF) saw its net profit grow by 2.4 per cent to 7.8 billion euros (11 billion dollars) in 2009, the company said Friday in a regulatory filing. In the fourth quarter, net profit rose by as much as Read More...
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Congressional leaders remain pessimistic that a marathon health care policy session with President Obama on Thursday will lead to compromise, which could prompt Democrats to forge ahead alone. After more than seven hours of occasionally acrimonious debate, Read More...
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Federal authorities arrested former Bernard Madoff executive Daniel Bonventre Thursday as an accomplice to the New York trader's $65 billion Ponzi scheme. Bonventre, formerly Madoff's operations director, was arrested on eight counts based on suspicions Read More...
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SeaWorld Orlando has always known that Tilikum , a 12,000-pound orca that killed trainer Dawn Brancheau on Wednesday, could be a particularly dangerous killer whale. SeaWorld trainers were forbidden from swimming with Tilikum, as they often did with the Read More...
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ROME (Xinhua) -- The U.S. ambassador to Italy David Thorne criticized the Milan court ruling on Wednesday convicting three Google executives of violating privacy laws for having delayed the removal of an online video showing classmates abusing an autistic Read More...
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Members of a federal commission assigned to conduct a White House study on the viability of building a museum honoring Latino heritage in the nation's capital will meet Thursday and Friday in Miami. ... Read More...
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U.S. markets dropped Thursday as first-time jobless claims rose and concerns of debt in Europe continued to worry investors. The New York Times reported investors are making bets that make it harder for Greece to dig out of a debt problem that is weakening Read More...
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Allison Iraheta returns to American Idol tonight for the results of the Top 24 show. Iraheta, who was just 16 years old during last season's Idol, will perform along with American Idol winner, Kris Allen.... Read More...
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El jueves pasado, después del cierre de los mercados, el banco central de Estados Unidos, conocido como la Reserva Federal, anunció un leve aumento en la tasa de descuento, el interés que les cobra a los bancos cuando les presta a corto plazo.... Read More...
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Last Thursday, after the markets closed, the central bank of the United States, known as the Federal Reserve, announced a slight increase in the discount rate, the interest it charges in short term lending to banks.... Read More...
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More news from Nintendo! The company's flagship character, Mario, is back with another adventure for Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2. For a sneak preview of this pending game, check out the below video (courtesy Gametrailers.com).... Read More...
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Chief Executive Officers throughout the nation are getting beyond the depression of the recession and increasingly preparing for economic growth and recovery, according to national survey released today.... Read More...
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For as long as we can remember, words like "efficient" and "green" went hand-in-hand with "sacrifice." To be efficient you'd certainly have to get by with less, and to be green you'd often need to dig deeper into your wallet.... Read More...
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The color green has become synonymous with clean, sustainable living. Car buyers have completely altered buying habits to favor the planet, their wallet, and many times, their public image.... Read More...
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Our inside contact at Nintendo was able to share a few snaps from the video-game giant's media summit yesterday. We told you recently how impressive Nintendo's Wii Fit Plus bundle was; now check out what's to come on Nintendo's high-tech handheld, the Read More...
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The White House is streaming today's landmark healthcare summit, live. A Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform. Washington, D.C. ... Read More...
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Washington (dpa) - President Barack Obama tapped into lawmakers' personal experiences with a struggling U.S. health care system in the hopes of kickstarting long-stalled reform legislation at the opening of a health summit on Thursday.... Read More...
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U.S. durable goods orders rose 3 percent in January, twice the increase economists had predicted, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Economists forecast a 1.5 percent bump in orders for goods expected to last a minimum of three years.... Read More...
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Public expectations are low for today's high-profile White House summit on health care: Three of four Americans in a U.S. TODAY/Gallup Poll predict President Obama and congressional leaders won't reach agreement on a bill.... Read More...
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The Hummer took a step closer to the automotive tar pits Wednesday as General Motors announced that it has called off talks with a Chinese buyer for the environmentally challenged brand of SUVs. GM will "begin a wind-down of the brand," and if another Read More...
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Moving to defuse concerns that an interest rate rise could be just a few months away, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday he expects rates to stay "exceptionally low" for an "extended period." ... Read More...
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Two-thirds of Americans say Republicans in Congress are not doing enough to cooperate with President Obama, a national poll reveals. But that same CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Wednesday also shows Americans say they believe Democrats should Read More...
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A 42-year-old activist starved to death in a prison in Cuba's Camaguey Province after spending 83 days on a hunger strike, his mother says. Reina Luisa Tamayo said her son, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, began his protest Dec.... Read More...
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A federal incentive program designed to help small businesses obtain loans, and at favorable terms, has proven so popular it's run out of funds for a second time. Now it's up to Congress to decide whether the stimulus-supported offer should be extended Read More...
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Conan O'Brien, who exited from NBC and 'The Tonight Show' under less than ideal circumstances, came roaring back into the spotlight today via the Internet . . . specifically Twitter.... Read More...
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U.S. markets rose Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said there was no immediate plan to raise the federal funds rate. Bernanke said in a semi-annual speech prepared for the House Committee on Financial Services that bank-to-bank lending Read More...
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In a stinging blow that will cost the cash-strapped city millions of dollars, a prominent Wall Street agency downgraded Los Angeles' credit rating on Tuesday, saying it had seen no real action to rein in spending.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (dpa) - Toyota President Akio Toyoda, facing stiff questioning from U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday, said he was confident that electronic systems were not causing the Japanese carmaker's vehicles to accelerate unintentionally.... Read More...
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Inside sources say U.S. President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election team is already gearing up and will be managed by a deputy chief of staff out of Chicago. Aides including White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina are reportedly meeting in private Read More...
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Tiny, Buddy, Shiny and Mr. Conductor get ready. Abydosaurus McIntosh just might be the newest member of the "Dinosaur Train." Scientists today announced the finding of the Abydosaurus McIntosh, a plant-eating giant similar to brachiosaurus.... Read More...
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Modeling might be a good gig, but apparently it can't compete with cocaine smuggling. Media reports say Colombian-born lingerie model Angie Sanselmente Valencia , 30, quit her day job to smuggle vast amounts of the drug from Argentina to Britain with Read More...
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SeaWorld in Orlando saw a killer whale fatally attack a trainer in plain view of tourists today. Accounts of how the horrendous SeaWorld incident occurred differed, but it appears the offending whale was Tillikum, which a decade ago had killed a 27-year-old Read More...
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Tech Vault It's a conundrum that's plagued beleaguered executives and hard-working cubical dwellers for generations. Staying healthy and fit is part and parcel of an energetic performance in the workplace.... Read More...
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Like untold numbers of other well-established minority-owned businesses, last year was the worst on record for MOD Design. The Michigan-based commercial furnishing company, which employs five people, thrived in the boom times, raking in upwards of $8 Read More...
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SAN FRANCISCO -- To say the buzz is back would be an exaggeration, but at least it isn't depressing. At the Goldman Sachs technology conference Tuesday, companies large and small pitched themselves to several hundred institutional investors.... Read More...
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A new government analysis says the stimulus act funded between 1 million and 2.1 million jobs as of December and kept the economy humming at a faster rate than it would otherwise, but consumer confidence has tumbled anyway -- potentially hindering the Read More...
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With few exceptions, the brutal economic storm of 2009 battered the biggest and the smallest of American businesses. This includes the bulk of the nation's largest corporations, and, by extension, countless smaller minority-owned businesses -- from janitorial Read More...
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American Idol Adam Lambert slammed Susan Boyle 's album in a British magazine. He said he "laughed" at Boyle's song "Wild Horses," and called her debut album "terrible." "I'm happy for her success, but that album is terrible," Adam Lambert told the magazine... Read More...
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That's not good news. Right now the nation needs unity and cooperation for the common good and the good of the country as it continues to face an unprecedented recession.... Read More...
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TV star Kelly Ripa might not have taken her husband's last name, but she tattooed it to her wrist, and showed it off for all to see today on the "Live with Regis and Kelly" show.... Read More...
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Grammy winners Lady Gaga and Grandmaster Melle Mel both perform on the new audio book for children "The Portal in the Park" available Thursday. The book is written by Cricket Casey. It has seven inspirational songs to help children, ages 6 and up, read, Read More...
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VANCOUVER -- Though bearing the weight of great expectations, 19-year-old South Korean star Kim Yu-Na executed her jumps with airy lightness, piled up points with spins and spirals to a medley of James Bond film tunes and won the short program with a Read More...
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Charlie Sheen's publicist says the U.S. actor has entered a rehab facility in an undisclosed location as a "preventative measure." Charlie Sheen, 44, has long battled addictions to drugs and alcohol.... Read More...
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Jennifer Lopez has assured fans over the future of her new album 'Love?' after parting ways with her longtime music label -- the record is set for release this summer (10). The singer's seventh studio album with Sony's Epic Records was due out in April Read More...
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday predicted a mild recovery in the economy this year, but with jobs still scarce he would not say when the central bank might start raising interest rates.... Read More...
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Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. February 24, 2010 The Economic Outlook Although the recession officially began more Read More...
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Opera legend Placido Domingo is expected to undergo surgery later this week after the tenor suffered abdominal pain during a recent performance in Tokyo.... Read More...
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OK, will everyone named Sheen who's currently NOT in rehab please raise their hand? Following his wife by a week or so, actor Charlie Sheen confirmed Tuesday he has checked into a treatment facility for an undisclosed problem.... Read More...
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Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:SHLD) posted its best quarterly profit in three years, fueled by improved sales at Kmart and cost cuts. The owner of Sears and Kmart earned $430 million, or $3.74 a share, during its fiscal fourth quarter.... Read More...
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President Barack Obama will share his vision for a more competitive United States that ensures prosperity is shared with the nation's business leaders. Obama will speak Wednesday to the Business Roundtable's 2010 First Quarter Meeting in Washington, where Read More...
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A top congressional Democrat said Tuesday that the public option in U.S. healthcare reform is a dead horse. U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said the option is not even in U.S.... Read More...
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Office Depot is still hamstrung by weak small-business and consumer spending, but on Tuesday, the nation's second-largest office supplier posted a smaller loss in fiscal 2009 than it did a year ago. "What we controlled, we controlled well," said Steve Read More...
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Washington (dpa) - Toyota President Akio Toyoda apologized Tuesday for accidents caused by faulty models and admitted the world's largest manufacturer may have grown too fast for its own good. "All the Toyota vehicles bear my name," Toyoda, who is the Read More...
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U.S. markets failed to find traction Tuesday after the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index presented investors with mixed signals. The National Home Price Index dropped in the fourth quarter but showed gains in its annual rate of return compared with the Read More...
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A majority of Americans favor fining airlines that keep passengers waiting on the tarmac for more than three hours, a poll showed Tuesday. An Angus Reid Public Opinion poll reported in a national sample of 1,010 adults, 58 percent approve of the Department Read More...
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Where's the Love? Capping a tough couple of months for Jennifer Lopez, Sony Music's Epic Records has confirmed that it is parting ways with the pop icon known as JLo.... Read More...
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The wife of Ric Flair has been charged with assaulting her husband, widely considered the greatest professional wrestler of all time. Jacqueline Beems, 41, was charged with misdemeanor assault, after she allegedly struck Ric Flair at their home following Read More...
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The chief suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba five years ago has claimed for the second time that he disposed of her body, CBS reported. Joran Van der Sloot , in a statement caught on camera last year by a friend in the Netherlands, Read More...
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To hear the experts tell it, the onus for extracting jobs from the muck of a recession that has left 15 million Americans unemployed falls squarely on the shoulders of the nation's small business owners.... Read More...
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The 2011 Super Bowl in Arlington is a year away, but the National Football League will start doling out contracts to local businesses well before that. Minority- and women-owned businesses can attend a free informational workshop about pursuing contracting Read More...
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WASHINGTON (dpa) -- Japanese car giant Toyota comes under the scrutiny of U.S. lawmakers this week to face questions over its handling of an unprecedented series of safety recalls that have shattered the company's reputation for quality.... Read More...
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[Bloomberg] -- General Motors Co.'s plan to revitalize the Opel division needs "intense examination" before Germany agrees to provide aid, according to a government report to lawmakers. The Detroit carmaker's business plan is "fuzzy" on how to confine Read More...
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Speaking at a "Latino Summit" at UNLV Thursday morning, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the stories of several Nevada Hispanics who had struggled with job loss, had been scammed by unscrupulous mortgage refinancing companies or had benefits denied Read More...
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Consumer confidence in the United States fell sharply and unexpectedly in February amid ongoing fears over the sluggish labour market, according to a private survey released Tuesday. After three straight monthly gains, the New York-based Conference Board's Read More...
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If you use LinkedIn and Facebook as a main tool for managing your business contacts, you're going to love the news Microsoft came out with last week. But if social networks distract you at work and hurt your productivity, then let's hope your tech staff Read More...
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Geneva (dpa) - More and more people are gaining access to mobile telephones and the Internet despite a world economic crisis, a new United Nations report released Tuesday said. An estimated 57 percent of people in developing countries now have access Read More...
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A daily drumbeat of Toyota recalls, quality worries, lawsuits and investigations, coupled with rebates dangled by hungry rivals, have prompted some Toyota owners to defect from the Japanese automaker.... Read More...
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The economic worst is over, but financial recovery will be slow and possibly jobless, said Janet Yellen, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco during a speech Monday in San Diego.... Read More...
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Bloom Energy, a Sunnyvale startup that has been working on a fuel cell that would allow homes and businesses to generate their own electricity, is raising the curtain on its technology this week. Tech journalists have been summoned to the San Jose campus Read More...
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Senate Democrats on Monday leapt a key hurdle toward passage of a scaled-down jobs bill - with support for the measure coming from several Republicans, including the newest GOP senator, Scott Brown of Massachusetts.... Read More...
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Andrew Koenig , who played Mike Seaver's BFF, Richard "Boner" Stabone on the popular '80s show "Growing Pains," has gone missing. Authorities reportedly are searching for the 42-year-old actor, who was last seen Feb.... Read More...
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VANCOUVER -- The United States Curling Association wanted to put its best foot forward at the Olympics. That hasn't happened. Neither the U.S. men nor women will medal in Vancouver. And that leaves the door open for the USCA, in conjunction with the U.S... Read More...
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Manny Ramirez has never been one to bite his tongue, and today was no exception. Ramirez told reporters that he expects this season with the L.A. Dodgers to be his last.... Read More...
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The U.S. Senate voted Monday to end a filibuster and open debate on a $15 billion measure intended to spur employment. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. -- who came to the Senate this month after winning a special election to serve the remainder of the late Sen. Read More...
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Feb. 22--Just when you thought the race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination could not grow more contentious, Rob Simmons' backers are accusing state GOP Chairman Chris Healy of a conflict of interest because his wife is employed by Simmons' chief Read More...
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U.S. markets edged lower Monday after European stocks mostly fell and officials in Greece worked on plans to reduce the country's debt. Stock markets fell in 0.17 percent in Sweden, 0.59 percent in Germany and 0.34 percent in France.... Read More...
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Growing Pains actor Andrew Koenig , who was last seen Feb. 14 in Vancouver, has been reported missing, his family announced. Best known for playing Boner, the close friend of Kirk Cameron's character Mike on the sit-com "Growing Pains," Koenig is the Read More...
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Ric Flair's wife was arrested last night for allegedly hitting the 16-time pro wrestling legend. Jacqueline Beems, 41, was charged with misdemeanor assault, according to a report in the Charlotte Observer. Details of the alleged assault have not been Read More...
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Kristen Stewart has come a long way since an agent took notice of her acting abilities during an elementary Christmas pageant in her native Los Angeles, when she was eight. Now 19, the actor has gone on to win the hearts of millions of fans for her role Read More...
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NEW YORK - The United Nations on Monday called on the international forces operating in Afghanistan to abide by their own tactical military rules and avoid inflicting civilian deaths, after a NATO airstrike killed 27 Afghans.... Read More...
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Anyone who doesn't think the drug war in Mexico is a real war should reflect upon the body count, and how it compares to the war in Iraq.... Read More...
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U.S. markets were mixed early Monday, European stocks mostly fell and officials in Greece worked on plans to reduce the country's debt. In midmorning trading on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average added 1.29 points, 0.01 percent, to 10,403.64. Read More...
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Toyota Motor Corp., facing massive losses over recalls in recent months, considered it a victory to save $100 million in a 2007 recall, company records show. Company papers turned over to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reveal that Read More...
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"The Hurt Locker" and "Up in the Air" won the 2010 Writers Guild of America awards for original film screenplay and adapted screenplay respectively. "The Cove" also earned the accolade for documentary screenplay at the WGA awards ceremonies in Los Angeles Read More...
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WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama sought to kickstart a long-stalled debate on reforming health care in the United States, on Monday proposing a series of new measures, including more government oversight of insurance premiums.... Read More...
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President Barack Obama Monday revealed his new U.S. healthcare reform proposal -- a blend of House and Senate plans along with his own recommendations. Obama's proposal, posted on WhiteHouse.gov four days before a bipartisan meeting with congressional Read More...
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John C. Lopez, founder of Lopez Foods, Inc. (LFI), the primary meat producer for companies such as McDonald's and Wal-Mart, is retiring, and the company he started 18 years ago is moving forward. The Oklahoma ... Read More...
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Americans have a complicated relationship with credit cards. The average household has nine credit cards. Most of us wouldn't dream of going on a vacation or business trip without one. But many consumers believe the issuers of those cards engage in practices Read More...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - Google and other Internet sites aren't making us stupid: They're making us smarter, according to an overwhelming majority of 895 experts surveyed by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and the Imagining the Internet Read More...
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The Obama Administration recently proposed changes to the Small Business Administration's loan guarantee programs to help small business owners whose access to credit has been reduced as a byproduct of the financial crisis.... Read More...
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Millions in the U.S. are out of work, out of savings and nearing the end of their unemployment benefits. Even as the U.S. economy shows tentative signs of a rebound, the human toll of the recession continues to mount, with millions of Americans remaining Read More...
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By year's end, Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH) will be extending its service reach to five more states. The Long Beach-based company has signed an agreement with Unisys Corp. to acquire its Health Information Management (HIM) business, a move that Read More...
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says the nation's political system is in trouble but not broken. "It's a great system but it's in some disarray right now and the American people are looking for their leaders to fix it," Powell said Sunday Read More...
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Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, was the winner of a straw poll on presidential preference at a gathering of conservatives in Washington Saturday. Paul's victory - with 31 percent of the vote -- snapped a three-year winning streak for former Massachusetts Gov... Read More...
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President Barack Obama will propose today giving the federal government new power to block excessive rate increases by health insurance companies, as he rolls out comprehensive legislation to revamp the nation's health care system, White House officials Read More...
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Henry Bonilla, a Texas Republican whose district ran along the Mexican border, won seven straight elections to the House of Representatives by relying on retail politics in Hispanic communities where GOP candidates had rarely bothered to tread.... Read More...
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A nascent Facebook movement calling for blue-collar rock 'n roller John Mellencamp to run for the soon-to-be-vacated U.S. Senate seat of Indiana Democrat Evan Bayh has caught fire.... Read More...
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A $1.5 billion funding program to help families in states hardest hit by the plunging housing market was announced Friday by U.S. President Barack Obama. He announced the program in Las Vegas, among the nation's high-foreclosure cities, with Senate Majority Read More...
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Roman Polanski's latest movie, The Ghost Writer, is enjoying mostly positive reviews and has put the 76-year-old among the early frontrunners for prizes at the Berlin film festival this year. ... Read More...
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The Olympic Skeleton competition in the Winter Olympics is all the craze today. The men and women were expected to compete for the gold medal beginning at 7:50 p.m., PST.... Read More...
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To raucous applause in Fairhill School in North Philadelphia, Michelle Obama today outlined her "Let's Move" initiative to lower childhood obesity in the United States. "I care about all our kids and this issue causes great concern," the First Lady said Read More...
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President Barack Obama says he loves Las Vegas, even though he used the city as a lesson on where not to spend money when economic times are tight. "I love Vegas! There you go. Always have.... Read More...
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U.S. stock indexes, like a popular toddler toy, wobbled a bit Friday but they didn't fall as they flirted with the red but finished in the green Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 9.45 points, or 0.09 percent, and finished the week at Read More...
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Feb. 19--Federal agents have arrested three South Florida businessmen accused of exporting video games and other electronic products to a shopping mall in Paraguay that allegedly served as a front to finance the terrorist group Hezbollah, according to Read More...
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Speaking in Las Vegas, President Obama today unveiled a plan to send $1.5 billion to five states hardest-hit by the foreclosure crisis. The benefits will affect struggling homeowners in California, Arizona, Florida, Michigan and Nevada.... Read More...
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Lindsay Lohan , fresh off a photo shoot for Men's Vogue in Italy and hosting a fundraising event for Haiti, is in fact in compliance with her court-ordered probation terms after two DUI arrests last year.... Read More...
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For at least the second time in a decade, Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling is being accused of plagiarism. The latest suit was filed by the estate of children's author Adrian Jacobs, who died in 1997.... Read More...
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Mitt Romney , the man who nearly became the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, will not press charges against Sky Blu, an obscure rapper from the group LMFAO, after an airplane scuffle.... Read More...
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Bruce Springsteen fans who overpaid for concert tickets are entitled to a refund, the FTC announced today. Fans last year were redirected from the Ticketmaster Web site to Ticketmaster's resale site called "TicketsNow," which charged as much as four times Read More...
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U.S. markets turned higher Friday, a day after the Federal Reserve Board raised its discount lending rates, pushing the dollar higher. The Fed's new rate for emergency bank loans is 0.75 percent. The Fed said the change should not have direct influence Read More...
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Adam Lambert vs. David Archuleta. Who wins the battle of arguably American Idol's two best ever? With another exciting year of American Idol upon us, the question is not who will win, but who won't win.... Read More...
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FENTON -- Local, state and federal officials this week affirmed a commitment to reviving the worker-less Chrysler assembly plant, pledging $2.1 million to start the process of returning employment to a facility abandoned by the domestic automaker last Read More...
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order to establish a bipartisan commission after Congress rejected a similar body to find ways to reduce the huge budget deficit. "These are tough times, and we can't keep spending like they're Read More...
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Conservatives gave former U.S. Vice President *** Cheney a standing ovation for predicting President Barack Obama won't win re-election. "Barack Obama is a one-term president," Cheney told a cheering crowd at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference Read More...
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RALEIGH -- During a series of appearances in the Triangle on Thursday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended the Obama administration's economic recovery efforts and said the public's lack of confidence in Washington has obscured their effectiveness... Read More...
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The day lacks a marquee event, at least if you're looking competition where the United States is favored to medal. The medal events to be shown in primetime include skeleton and the men's Super G. 7a.m., Universal -- Studio programming, ceremonies and Read More...
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As the White House tries to galvanize support from a recalcitrant Congress for a deficit commission to tackle the nation's dangerously bloated debt, fears are growing that the United States will once again resort to printing money and ginning up inflation Read More...
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WASHINGTON - Tiger Woods on Friday apologized to his family , friends, colleagues and fans for "irresponsible" behaviour in his first public statement since a car crash in November unleashed a storm of revelations about extra-marital affairs.... Read More...
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Consumer prices in the United States climbed 0.2 per cent in January, the US Labour Department said Friday, in a sign that inflation has yet to pick up as the world's largest economy recovers from a deep recession.... Read More...
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Evgeni Plushenko talked the talk. Evan Lysacek skated the walk. The long-limbed Lysachek snaked through a nearly perfect routine to win the gold medal in men's figure skating -- even without the quadruple jump that Plushenko loudly insisted was a must... Read More...
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Major provisions of the Credit CARD Act of 2009 that take effect Monday will save American cardholders billions of dollars by banning certain practices, according to research released Tuesday by the Pew Safe Credit Cards Project.... Read More...
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The Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy Thursday for the first time in more than a year, raising by 0.25 percentage points the discount interest rate at which the US central bank lends directly to commercial banks.... Read More...
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Both Democratic and Republican Senate Campaign committees reported Thursday that contributions in January hit records. Contributions to the Democratic committee totaled $5.1 million, Politico reported.... Read More...
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Aerosmith is back together. Steven Tyler and the band are once again in harmony. Tyler had threatened to quit the band and take a break for two years. He also was dealing with an addiction to painkillers, and spent some time in rehab in 2009.... Read More...
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U.S. stock markets moved higher Thursday after the Labor Department said filings for initial jobless benefits rose by 31,000 last week. On the plus side, the Conference Board said the leading indicators for the U.S.... Read More...
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I'm sure you will all join me in being giddy with delight at reports that Simon "Confirmed Bachelor" Cowell presented his new girlfriend, Mezhgan Hussainy , with a mammoth diamond ring on Valentine's night.... Read More...
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Honestly, trading your used vehicle in is almost always a losing proposition. You'll get more money for your old car by selling it to a private party yourself.... Read More...
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The Chicago Auto Show is a celebration of the automobile. Held each February at Chicago's McCormick Place, it is the largest auto show in North America with more than 1.3 million square feet of space and almost 1000 vehicles on hand.... Read More...
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La Corporación China de Inversiones, que maneja e invierte $300,000 millones de las reservas monetarias de China, en cumplimiento de las regulaciones de la Comisión de Valores y Transacciones de Estados Unidos, ha revelado los montos y el destino de las Read More...
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The China Investment Corporation, which manages and invests $300 billion of China's reserves, in compliance with regulations from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has revealed the amounts and destiny of investments it has made in the U.S... Read More...
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Proposed U.S. climate change laws could cut Texas' manufacturing output by more than 5 percent and increase electric prices by as much as 52 percent by 2030, according to a study to be unveiled today by a conservative Texas think tank.... Read More...
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U.S. industrial production rose 0.9 percent in January with increases in most manufacturing components, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. Manufacturing production rose 1 percent after falling 0.1 percent in December.... Read More...
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Brussels (dpa) - United States computer software giant Microsoft may go ahead with buying competitor Yahoo!'s internet search and advertising business, the European Commission ruled on Thursday. The deal is part of Microsoft's strategy to challenge Google's Read More...
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J.K. Rowling , author of the phenomenally popular Harry Potter series , has been personally drawn into a court battle over claims that she plagiarized parts of an earlier children's book for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.... Read More...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - The era of the PC's dominance is officially over. We have crossed over into the age of mobile computing. This transition has been building momentum for a while. Some might argue that the iPhone was the dawn of this era.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON -- Greece wobbles with debt. U.S. stock markets swoon. European commenters mutter about another dip into the Great Recession. What's this about? While the U.S. economy is recovering somewhat, Greece and other countries in Europe are slamming Read More...
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According to numerous Supreme Court rulings, Congress has broad power to enact programs to deal with economic issues of national magnitude. Health care surely rises to that level. Consuming more than 17 percent of the economy and rising, health-care costs Read More...
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Washington (dpa) - A key measure of the U.S. economy gained in January, fueled by a pick-up in financial markets and manufacturing and signaling a continued recovery, according to a private research group Thursday.... Read More...
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WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- He has cool nicknames -- "The Flying Tomato" and "The Animal." He has his own private halfpipe -- Project X -- in Silverton Mountain in Colorado. He has his own video game -- Shaun White Snowboarding. He has his own Read More...
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Japan overtook China last December to become the biggest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury securities for the first time since August 2008, according to data released by the Treasury Department Tuesday.... Read More...
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German carmaker Daimler announced a 2.6-billion-euro (3.5 billion dollars) loss for 2009 on Thursday - but said it hoped to return to profitability this year. Last year saw earnings before tax and interest slump to 1.5 billion euros from 2.7 billion euros Read More...
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US President Barack Obama met with Spanish King Juan Carlos for a private lunch Wednesday at the White House. The two leaders discussed the global economic crisis, the ongoing relief efforts in Haiti, the war in Afghanistan and climate change, and reaffirmed Read More...
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U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, will meet Thursday in Washington, despite objections from China. The meeting, pending since November, will be closed, the White House said.... Read More...
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doesn't have the votes to pass his version of a $15 billion jobs bill, political vote-counters said. Reid, a Nevada Democrat, needs 60 votes to open up debate on the bill.... Read More...
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U.S. markets edged higher Wednesday after the Commerce Department said housing starts rose 2.8 percent in January compared with December. The annual rate of 591,000 housing starts beat expectations slightly, while building permits, predicting construction Read More...
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Positive economic data pushed U.S. stocks higher Wednesday for what is a rare event these day: Two consecutive days of gains. Two consecutive days of anything is rare these days, not to put too fine a point on it.... Read More...
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Tiger Woods announced today that he will break the silence on his infidelity issues on Friday, but it remains to be seen whether he will soon resume playing in the PGA tour.... Read More...
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Kevin Eubanks , Jay Leno's "Tonight Show" sidekick for more than a decade, is the latest casualty of the bloody late night talk show wars. Eubanks, who led the Tonight Show Primetime Band, plans to leave the show soon. He apparently wants to tour and Read More...
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In a freak accident that has rocked Silicon Valley, three Tesla employees were killed in a plane crash Wednesday morning in East Palo Alto.... Read More...
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'Shutter Island' star Leonardo DiCaprio visited Good Morning America today to discuss his fourth and latest venture with heralded director Martin Scorsese.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (dpa) - The U.S. Federal Reserve has grown slightly more optimistic about the pace of the U.S. economic recovery, leading some members to ponder raising interest rates and shrinking the central bank's massive balance sheet in the near future... Read More...
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MEXICO CITY -- The devastating 1985 earthquakes delivered Felipe Lembrino a mixed blessing: one year living in a squalid makeshift camp for the displaced, but also a new home built on government-granted land, financed by the Red Cross, constructed with Read More...
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SANFORD -- Getting in your car and scanning the shelves to find a movie just released on DVD? That's so 20th Century. Americans' preferences when it comes to movie rentals have shifted to the Postal Service (Netflix), $1 vending machines (Redbox), online Read More...
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Washington (dpa) - President Barack Obama on Thursday will appoint a long-awaited fiscal commission to propose means of cutting the government's massive budget deficit, though it remained unclear whether lawmakers would support the effort.... Read More...
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NEW YORK -- At the 134th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show , a Scottish terrier completed the triple crown in dog competitions Tuesday night by winning the Best in Show title. Two protesters tried to steal the show by running into the ring and unfurling Read More...
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Just pass it? Nike and other businesses, including Starbucks and Portland's Gerding Edlen development firm, called on Congress to approve comprehensive climate change legislation this year and said a "clean energy economy" is the next great economic boom... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (dpa) -- President Barack Obama argued Wednesday that an unprecedented and controversial $787 billion economic stimulus package, signed into law exactly one year ago, was the principal reason the United States avoided a second Great Depression... Read More...
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Madrid (dpa) - Spain's conservative opposition Wednesday blasted socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero over his handling of the country's economic crisis, saying the country appeared to "lack orientation" and leadership.... Read More...
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Tokyo (dpa) - Toyota Motor Corp president Akio Toyota announced Wednesday that the automaker would install a brake-override system in all new vehicles to rebuild trust after a string of global recalls in recent months.... Read More...
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Today is Ash Wednesday , when Western Christians wear the mark of ashes on their foreheads in preparation for the contemplative season of Lent.... Read More...
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Charlotte Bobcats managing partner Michael Jordan recently told coach Larry Brown he's doing everything he can to buy controlling interest in the team from Bob Johnson. "I'm trying my hardest to get this thing done," Brown quoted Jordan as telling him Read More...
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NEW YORK -- A representative of Chynna Phillips says the 42-year-old singer has entered an undisclosed treatment facility for anxiety. A statement issued by publicist Lizzie Grubman says Chynna Phillips checked herself into the facility "after much thoughtful Read More...
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The two Texas Democratic candidates for the U.S. House 15th District have different ideas of how to help keep the nation a dominant world leader in the face of rising national debt and unemployment, a shaky economy and a struggling educational system... Read More...
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The often dysfunctional 111th Congress got a loud wakeup call this week from retiring Sen. Evan Bayh, setting off alarms that moderates and party leaders hope will help them start to make long-sought progress on debt reduction, job creation and even health Read More...
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Merck & Co, (NYSE:MRK) the second largest US drugmaker, Tuesday reported a four-fold rise in profits, to 6.49 billion dollars, boosted by the acquisition of Schering-Plough. Revenues were up 67 per cent to 10.1 billion dollars with the addition of Schering-Plough Read More...
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President Barack Obama on Thursday plans to sign an executive order establishing a bipartisan commission to recommend ways to rein in the nation's escalating federal debt. University of North Carolina President Erskine Bowles, a Democrat, and former Wyoming Read More...
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Lady Gaga , whose sexy looks, outrageous performance art and catchy songs have drawn comparison to Madonna, cleaned house Tuesday at the 30th BRITs ceremony in London.... Read More...
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Rightly or wrongly, Southwest Airlines has taken a pounding from the public over the company's banishment this week of director Kevin Smith from a flight for being too fat .... Read More...
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Evander Holyfield , the only heavyweight to win the world title four times, is under fire after his wife said the boxer hit her several times after an argument stemming from whether she was giving enough money to their church.... Read More...
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The burger wars brewed up the coffee wars Tuesday with Burger King's plans to sell Seattle's Best Coffee at its restaurants. McDonald's started pushing premium coffee last year.... Read More...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - Socialite Nicole Ritchie is engaged to Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden, the couple has announced. Ritchie and Madden have a 2-year-old daughter Harlow Winter Kate and a son, Sparrow Midnight, aged 5 months.... Read More...
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U.S. markets held in positive territory from the opening to the closing bell on Wall Street Tuesday, displaying pent-up demand after a one-day holiday. By close Tuesday, a day after President's Day, the Dow Jones industrial average added 169.67 points Read More...
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Since opening in 1991, Mi Pueblo Food Center has opened 14 stores in Northern California.... Read More...
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As the government effort to count every U.S. citizen gets under way, the Census Bureau is already coming under fire for cost overruns. ... Read More...
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WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Seth Wescott defended his Olympic title Monday in the rollicking sport of snowboard cross by following a simple philosophy down a bending, slushy course on Cypress Mountain.... Read More...
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Rescue operations resumed Tuesday for a man officials said fell 1,500 feet into the Mount St. Helens crater in Washington. The hiker was about 5 feet from the edge of the Mount St. Helens crater when ground gave way, KATU-TV, Portland, Ore., reported... Read More...
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LOS ANGELES (dpa) -- Kiefer Sutherland , the star of hit action series 24, has caused a halt to production on the show to undergo surgery for a ruptured cyst near one of his kidneys, the Los Angeles Time reported Monday.... Read More...
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The New York Federal Reserve said Tuesday state manufacturing conditions improved in February for the seventh consecutive month. The survey of New York businesses released in mid-month, showed Empire State business activity "improved at a healthy pace Read More...
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First their team captures its first-ever Super Bowl win. Then, little more than a week later, Mardi Gras. Sometimes the stars just line up, and it's high time they did for New Orleans, which has been forever altered by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina... Read More...
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ORLANDO, Fla. - While optimistic about Toyota's future, the automaker's dealers say they are increasingly frustrated with the heightened attention being placed on Toyota because of recalls associated with unintended acceleration.... Read More...
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Everybody knew it was coming, but it arrived faster than almost anyone expected. As of this year, Social Security will be running in the red for the first time in a quarter-century. The recession has pushed Americans by the hundreds of thousands onto Read More...
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NEW HAVEN -- The gap in medical treatment between whites and minority groups may be based partly on which hospitals and doctors they go to when they need surgery, according to a Yale University study.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON -- Even before "snowmageddon" buried Capitol Hill last week, things in Congress had bogged down. A combination of partisan politics, the election season and unusually strong party unity constructed a sturdy barrier to movement on major issues Read More...
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NEW YORK -- Make no mistake, two-legged fans of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show , about who is really running the show when the action is unleashed tonight. Breeders? No, even though they have spent decades carefully searching for the perfect traits... Read More...
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The Taliban's second in command has been captured in neighboring Pakistan, Taliban, Pakistani and U.S. sources said Tuesday, dealing a serious blow to the insurgency and raising hopes that Taliban chief Mullah Omar could also be apprehended.... Read More...
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Britain's Barclays bank Tuesday reported huge pre-tax profits of 11.6 billion pounds (18.2 billion dollars) for 2009, an increase of 92 per cent over the previous year. Barclays, Britain's second-biggest bank by market value, said the bulk of the profit Read More...
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U.S. President Barack Obama travels to Lanham, Md., Tuesday to visit a business-labor training center and discuss investments in the economy After touring the jobs training center at the IBEW Local 26 headquarters, Obama will deliver comments on investments Read More...
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Amid all the proposals for jump-starting the jobs market through small business, more attention needs to be focused on startups. That is where new jobs come from. From 1980 through 2005, all net job growth occurred at firms less than five years old. That's Read More...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - Billionaire software mogul Larry Ellison won the America's Cup on Sunday by following the same aggressive rules he has perfected in business: Push the envelope on technology.... Read More...
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At the law firm of Adorno & Yoss, diversity is not an afterthought, nor is it a marketing ploy to gain new business. No, diversity -- doing business with and hiring minorities -- is front and center at Adorno & Yoss, the largest minority-owned law firm Read More...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Google, the company that wants to make the world's information accessible, says the race and gender of its workforce is a trade secret that cannot be released. So do Apple, Yahoo, Oracle and Applied Materials.... Read More...
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If you are feeling proud of the tax refund you snared after a weekend of working on taxes, I have some bad news for you. You might have blown it. Although people love getting refunds, a refund typically means you wasted your money.... Read More...
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Brussels (dpa) -- The medicine recommended by President Barack Obama to cut Wall Street down to size is not suitable for the European Union, the bloc's finance ministers are expected to say in a report set for approval on Tuesday.... Read More...
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If you haven't rented a car for a while, be prepared for sticker shock along with extra fees for everything from earning frequent-flier miles to canceling a prepaid booking. "This past year, we saw record rate hikes," says Neil Abrams, a consultant for Read More...
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Remedies to prevent another financial crisis are complicated by their very nature, by the effects of the economic recession and by the inability of the leaders in the Obama economic team to repel industry opposition and to speak with one strong voice Read More...
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Can U.S. ice-dancing duo Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto outdo their 2006 performance, when they took home the silver medal? Luckily, inclement weather won't stop us from finding out after all.... Read More...
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While the economy has shown signs of slowing coming back, the threat of job loss continues to remain foremost in the minds of many workers. What steps should a person take once the dreaded pink slip arrives? Several Web sites have several good insights Read More...
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Name: Ramon A. Ojeda. Occupation: President, Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Of Metro Orlando. Age: 43. Family: Wife, Maria Pilar; Children, Roberto, 14, Lorena, 11, And Isabel, 2.... Read More...
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Washington (dpa) - The United States on Monday welcomed the ceasefire between Yemen and the Houthi rebels reached last week that marked the end of fighting in the five-year conflict in the north- west of the Arab country.... Read More...
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Jaycee Dugard's journal shows her fear of hurting the man who allegedly kidnapped her and fathered her two children, California prosecutors say. Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, have been charged with abducting Dugard in 1991 when she was an 11-year-old Read More...
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Several Georgia Tech professors are seeking to understand how jazz, avant-garde art and Indian classical musicians improvise. Another Tech researcher will study elderly people playing video games, hoping her work could help create guidelines for developing Read More...
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WASHINGTON -- Vice President Biden said his predecessor, *** Cheney, is either "misinformed or ... misinforming" as the two sparred on separate Sunday news shows about Cheney's continued criticism of the Obama administration's handling of terrorist threats... Read More...
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The United States is pushing for more sanctions in the United Nations Security Council against Iran for its continued pursuit of a nuclear programme, President Barack Obama's national security advisor said Sunday.... Read More...
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