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General Electric Co. plans to auction off its appliances business, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
GE has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to run an auction for the appliance division, according to the newspaper, which quoted unidentified...
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Hours before the California Supreme Court issued its decision on gay marriage, Mayor Gavin Newsom heard rumblings that the justices would uphold the state’s ban.
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A carnival ride spinning with people collapsed at a county fair Friday night, injuring at least 17, including three seriously, an emergency official said.
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AP, Jefferson City
Missouri lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a bill that adds new restrictions and requirements for illegal immigrants, the cities in which they live and the...
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AP, Trenton
Police found three decomposing bodies with multiple stab wounds inside a northern New Jersey home Friday night, a prosecutor said.
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AP, Angels Camp
Emergency officials say a carnival ride has collapsed at a fairgrounds, injuring three people severely.
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AP, Cleveland
The federal government isn’t used to being snubbed when it offers to help local governments.
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AP, Fresno
A biochemist was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday for killing her estranged husband by knocking him out and stuffing him into a vat...
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AP, San Diego
A New York financier has been sentenced in San Diego to more than eight years in federal prison for laundering bribes for former Congressman Randy “Duke”...
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Police found at least three bodies inside a home Friday night, and authorities were treating the case as possible homicides, an official with the prosecutor’s...
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The investigation into the bombing of the San Diego federal courthouse has led to the arrest of a woman accused of using false identification in an attempt to obtain...
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AP, Bryan
A minister from a Dallas-area Baptist megachurch was caught in an Internet sex sting and charged with online solicitation of a minor, police said Friday.
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AP, Chicago
An Illinois appellate court ruled Friday that the city of Chicago cannot be held liable for a 2003 nightclub stampede that killed 21 people and injured dozens more.
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AP, San Antonio
When Texas child welfare authorities released statistics showing nearly 60 percent of the teen girls taken from a polygamist sect’s ranch were pregnant or had...
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AP, Tenafly
Several bodies have been found in a northern New Jersey home under circumstances that were not immediately clear to authorities.
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AP, Sioux Falls
Former Sen. George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate and an early backer of Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined a noisy rally for Barack Obama on Friday...
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AP, Washington
Michigan and Florida alone can’t save Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign. Interviews with those considering how to handle the two states’ banished...
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AP, Burgaw
Going potty without a partner can lead to punishment for students at a Burgaw elementary school, but parents want the policy flushed.
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AP, Pontiac
Authorities said an 8-year-old Pontiac boy took a stolen car on a joy ride and caused a three-vehicle crash. Pontiac police said the boy sneaked out of his house...
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AP, Providence
A Brown University student says she’s been suspended for hitting a New York Times columnist with a pie during an Earth Day speech.
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AP, Jefferson City
Responding to the suicide of a Missouri teenager who was teased over the Internet, state lawmakers Friday gave final approval to a bill making cyber harassment...
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With a slowdown in the American economy and declining household spends in that country, the fate of the world economy ( largely supposed to be dictated by the American...
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says financial markets are “considerably calmer” now than they were two months ago. He predicts the economy will be...
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Construction of new homes posted the biggest increase in more than two years in April. While it was a rare spot of good news for the housing market, analysts said...
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AP, Washington
Construction of new homes posted the biggest increase in more than two years in April, a rare bit of good news in what has been the worst downturn in housing in more...
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AP, United Nations
The world economy is “teetering on the brink” of a severe downturn and is expected to grow only 1.8 percent in 2008, the United Nations said in its mid-year...
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The U.N. says the world economy is “teetering on the brink” of a severe downturn and will grow by only 1.8 percent in 2008.
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AP, Washington
Industrial output plunged in April as factories making everything from autos to heavy machinery felt the adverse effects of the weak economy. Analysts held out hope...
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The nation’s industrial output plunged in April, reflecting big cutbacks in autos and other manufacturing industries.
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AP, Washington
The nation’s industrial output plunged in April, reflecting big cutbacks in autos and other manufacturing industries.
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AP, Washington
The nation’s industrial output plunged in April, reflecting big cutbacks in autos and other manufacturing industries.
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AP, Washington
The number of newly laid off workers applying for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, indicating the weak economy was still weighing on the job market.
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AP, Washington
The number of newly laid off workers applying for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, indicating the weak economy was still weighing on the job market.
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AP, Washington
Inflation pressures eased a bit in April despite the biggest jump in food prices in 18 years.
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WASHINGTON _ Consumers cut back on car-buying in April but boosted spending in a number of other areas, giving evidence of the economy’s staying power in spite of...
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WASHINGTON _ Consumers cut back on car-buying in April but boosted spending in a number of other areas, giving evidence of the economy’s staying power in spite of...
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AP, Washington
Consumers, battling soaring gasoline prices and a slumping economy, cut back further on their spending in April.
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AP, New York
The economic downturn is hitting roughly one in 10 middle-aged and older Americans especially hard, compelling them to borrow money for everyday living expenses and to...
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AP, Beijing
China’s inflation rebounded in April to near decade-high levels, according to data released Monday, increasing pressure on Beijing to cool rapidly ascending...
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AP, Beijing
China’s inflation rebounded in April to near decade-high levels, adding to pressure on Beijing to cool rapid price rises and avert possible unrest ahead of the...
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In this Feb. 29, 2008 file photo, Rebecca Stamilio, second from right, tries on a wedding gown during the “Running of the Brides” at Filene’s Basement in New York. For the typical American couple, putting on a wedding these days means cutting some...
