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Even as Beijing prepares to welcome the world for the Summer Olympics, some of the city\’s foreign residents are planning their farewell parties. China\’s epic economic transformation has, in recent years, swelled the city\’s expatriate population...
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Kohl’s Corp. announced Thursday that Chairman Larry Montgomery has resigned as chief executive and will be replaced in that role by the retailer’s...
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The reputed underboss of the New England mafia, awaiting trial on bribery charges, is asking a federal judge to release him from home confinement for two hours a day so...
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Stock futures are still trading lower, even after the Labor Department reported a larger-than-expected drop in unemployment benefit claims.
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The government says the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, the second straight weekly drop from a...
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The government says the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, the second straight weekly drop from a...
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Burger King Holdings says its profit surged 42 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, driven by improved sales and marketing. The results are above Wall Street...
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H.J. Heinz says its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 11 percent, fueled by double-digit sales growth in North America and Europe.
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AP, Columbus
Former “American Idol” contestant Sanjaya Malakar is pitching Nationwide Insurance. He’s in a new ad that’s part of the company’s...
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AP, Portland
Most states don’t recognize gay marriage _ but now Hallmark does.
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Wall Street appeared headed for a lower open Thursday amid growing anxiety over the financial sector, particularly the embattled investment bank Lehman Brothers...
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The Lake County sheriff is behind bars _ voluntarily.
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Two little girls from New Jersey have been reunited with their father after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks.
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AP, Waukegan
The Lake County sheriff is behind bars _ voluntarily.
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AP, New York
Firefighters sent more than 30 distress calls from a burning ground zero skyscraper where two firemen died, but not all were heard in the confusion, a fire department...
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AP, Lansing
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s legal issues will cause Gov. Jennifer Granholm to miss some of the Democratic National Convention.
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AP, Trenton
A New Jersey congressman met with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in hopes of arranging safe passage for two young girls stuck there, even as the girls’...
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AP, Yakima
Researchers at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site last year injected 5,000 gallons of molasses into the soil to try to clean up toxic groundwater near...
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A privately funded initiative that pays students in some New York City high schools up to $1,000 for passing Advanced Placement tests is not making the grade, critics...
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AP, Los Angeles
Sheryl Crow is giving away free music _ a tactic she calls the “Tupperware” party approach to inspiring young people to vote.
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AP, Riverside
Grown men argued over dolls for six hours as they wrapped up a federal trial pitting the maker of the pouty-lipped Bratz dolls against the house of Barbie _ a lawsuit...
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Nearly four months after federal agents and campus police stormed San Diego State University’s Fraternity Row in one of the nation’s largest campus drug...
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AP, Madrid
Spanish police acting on a tip-off from U.S. authorities have seized 1.4 tons of cocaine and arrested eight South American suspects, officials said Tuesday.
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Spain’s Interior Ministry says police have seized 2.5 tons of cocaine in a high-seas raid and arrested 11 people suspected of belonging to a major...
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AP, Madrid
Spanish police say they have seized 700 pounds (315 kilograms) of heroin and arrested five people.
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AP, Rabat
Morocco’s state news agency says police have seized more than 10 tons of drugs during raids in the north of the country and along its coasts.The MAP news agency...
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AP, Frankfort
The pastor of a Kentucky church that handles snakes in religious rites was among 10 people arrested by wildlife officers in a crackdown on the venomous snake trade.More...
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AP, Kabul
Officials say they have uncovered 236 tons of marijuana in a massive drug bust in southern Afghanistan.Deputy Interior Minister Lt. Gen. Abdul Hadi Khalid says the...
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AP, Manalapan
A couple ran a cocaine smuggling ring from their fortress-like multimillion-dollar home and amassed so many luxury goods that the wife needed photos to keep track of...
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AP, Waynesville
At least two dozen people were arrested on drug charges in a sting operation that uncovered evidence of drug sales at Fort Leonard Wood, authorities said.Some civilian...
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AP, Berlin
A herd of wild boars has thwarted a suspected car thief’s getaway in northern Germany.Police in Schwerin say the 18-year-old abandoned a stolen SUV he was driving...
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AP, Dujiangyan
Modern apartment buildings and schools crumbled, smoothly paved highways buckled and bridges collapsed _ their flimsy construction no match for the awesome forces of...
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AP, Phoenix
The arrest of a gun shop owner on Tuesday broke up a suspected firearms trafficking operation that supplied violent Mexican drug cartels, authorities said.Agents raided...
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AP, San Diego
Nearly 100 people, most of them students, were arrested in an undercover drug investigation at San Diego State University that began after a student’s fatal...
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AP, San Diego
Nearly 100 people, most of them students, were arrested in an undercover drug investigation at San Diego State University that began after a student’s fatal...
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AP, San Diego
The San Diego County district attorney’s office says nearly 100 students have been arrested at San Diego State University on drug-related charges.Drugs, cash and...
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AP, Laredo
These boots weren’t made for walking. Customs agents at a Laredo port of entry found nearly two pounds of heroin hidden in the soles of boots in the luggage of a...
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AP, Ann Arbor Township
Students in a University of Michigan biology project had been assigned to grow herbs, vegetables, annuals and perennials. Police are trying to find out whether...
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AP, Sydney
An 81-year-old woman was arrested and charged with growing and selling marijuana in eastern Australia, police said Tuesday.The woman, whose identity was not immediately...
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AP, New York
Police arrested a man after they found a gigantic cache of weaponry in this home and car that included 20,000 rounds of ammunition.Suwei Chuang, 36, was arrested...
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In this photo supplied by the Australian Customs Service, an unidentified customs agent unpacks tins disguised as canned tomato holding thousands of ecstasy tablets at a warehouse in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Australian Federal Police...
