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RSSBritain’s Imperial Tobacco, makers of Lambert & Butler and Richmond cigarettes, are all set to buy CBHC Inc, which trades as Commonwealth Brands from Houchens Industries Inc., for $1.9 billion in cash to gain immediate and significant access to the...
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Barack Obama said Thursday he’s chosen his running mate, but coyly kept all the details to himself as he campaigned with one leading contender and planned a major...
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Florida authorities are investigating a threatening letter sent to Gov. Charlie Crist that contained a suspicious but nontoxic white powder.
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AP, Sunnyvale
Internet-based telecommunications provider ShoreTel Inc. on Thursday said it swung to a loss in the fiscal fourth quarter as expenses climbed.
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AP, Snoqualmie Pass
Crews have rescued two teenage boys who were trapped under ice and snow after a snow bridge collapsed on top of them near a mountain summit east of Seattle.
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A Wisconsin woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines.
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AP, Sacramento
A Texas woman dubbed the “ponytail bandit” has pleaded guilty in California to robbing banks in three states.
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AP, Snoqualmie Pass
Crews have rescued one of two teenage boys who were trapped under ice and snow after a snow bridge collapsed on top of them near a mountain summit east of Seattle.
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The Department of Defense will again investigate allegations that the Army Corps of Engineers let a contractor install faulty pumps after Hurricane Katrina despite a...
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A man accused of choking an 85-year-old woman in an elevator and stealing her cane and cash was arrested after a detective saw the surveillance video and recognized him...
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AP, Seattle
Rescue crews have made verbal contact with two teenage boys who fell through a snow field near a mountain summit east of Seattle.
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AP, Anchorage
Nine polar bears were observed in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska’s northwest coast, an increase from previous surveys that may indicate warming...
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AP, Seattle
Search and rescue crews are trying to find two teenagers who apparently fell through a snow field near a mountain summit east of Seattle.
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AP, Columbus
A major voting machine maker has cautioned its customers in 34 states to look out for a programming error that may cause votes to be dropped.
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AP, Phoenix
Prosecutors reviewing the death of a New York City woman who died in police custody at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport last year said Thursday that they have...
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AP, Pontiac
A 33-year-old man who authorities say wore a “World’s Greatest Dad” T-shirt to have sex with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl has been...
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AP, Centennial
Authorities say a threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in the Denver suburb of Centennial, and a similar...
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They had no water, hardly any air and no way out.
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AP, Seattle
Search and rescue crews are trying to dig out two teenagers trapped in a collapsed snow cave near a mountain summit east of Seattle.
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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
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It’s Love, Angel, Music, Baby for Gwen Stefani, who’s given birth to her second child, a boy.
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Altria Group, the owner of tobacco company Philip Morris USA, said Thursday that its second-quarter profit fell 58 percent from a year earlier because it spun off its...
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AP, New York
Altria Group says its second-quarter profit fell 58 percent, as last year included the company’s now-separate international cigarette unit.
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AP, Richmond
Altria Group is reiterating its interest in growing its business in other tobacco categories as domestic cigarette sales continue to decline.The company on Wednesday...
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