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Consumer cut in spending the most since 1980
Oct 31 2008, AP

Scared and out of money, Americans stopped buying everything from cars to corn flakes in the July-September quarter, ratcheting back spending by the largest amount in 28 years and jolting the national economy into what could be the most painful recession in decades.

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Citi credit losses to rise through middle of 2009
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Citigroup Inc. shares continued to fall Tuesday, as the struggling bank disclosed it expects consumer loan losses to rise sharply through the first half of 2009.
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Trek introduces chainless bicycles
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Pedalers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains.
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Federal fraud charges against Filipino doc tossed
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A judge dismissed charges against a Filipino doctor accused of defrauding the U.S. military’s health care program by submitting $2 million worth of bogus claims,...
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Treasury bonds advance amid economic uncertainty
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Treasury bonds advanced Tuesday after a government report showed that wholesale prices plunged a record amount in October, a drop that could indicate a rising threat of...
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Democrats support FDIC loan plan
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Democratic leaders in Congress on Tuesday threw their weight behind a proposal to use $24 billion in government funds to help struggling borrowers, a move opposed by...
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Big shareholder sees opportunity in Circuit City
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A spokesman for a Mexican billionaire who owns a large stake in Circuit City says there’s great market opportunity in the company, which is under bankruptcy...
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Schwarzenegger opens climate change summit
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has opened his climate change summit in Beverly Hills, Calif., telling attendees from 19 other countries they can protect both the...
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NH prescription privacy law upheld
AP, Concord
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation law that restricts drug company access to some information...
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FBI, Fla. sheriff reopen probe of 1987 girl death
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Authorities say someone must have information about the 1987 disappearance of a little Florida girl whose skeletal remains were found 10 months later. They’re...
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FDA panel:Tell consumers about facial filler risks
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Hundreds of thousands of baby boomer women who think they’ve found an antidote to aging in cosmetic facial fillers must be better informed of possible risks,...
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Top US military officer: Taliban gains upper hand
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The top U.S. military officer says the Taliban is doing well right now, and it’s no surprise that the militants would reject settlement talks with the Afghan...
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Homebuilder sentiment index plunges to record low
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The National Association of Home Builders says its housing market index plunged to another record low this month as the U.S. financial crisis, rising unemployment and...
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'Suge' Knight to face drug and battery charges
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The Clark County district attorney’s office in Nevada is seeking criminal charges against hip-hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight.
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Sprint affiliate backs down on WiMax suit
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A wireless affiliate of Sprint Nextel Corp. has pulled its request that an Illinois judge block the planned spinoff of Sprint’s new broadband network.
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Paulson says bailout not for mortgage guarantees
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson expressed fresh reservations Tuesday about tapping a $700 billion bailout pool to provide mortgage guarantees to help stem soaring home...
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Bond won't seek re-election as NAACP chairman
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NAACP National Board Chairman Julian Bond says he will not seek re-election as chairman, a post he has held since 1998.
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Oil prices steady despite signs demand falling
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Oil prices fluctuated Tuesday even as the government reported that gasoline prices recorded their largest drop ever in October and prices for home heating oil, natural...
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Color perception shifts from right brain to left
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Learning the name of a color changes the part of the brain that handles color perception.
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Coloring on the other side of the brain
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Obama promises leadership on climate change
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Calling climate change an urgent challenge, President-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday that Washington would take a leading role in combating it in the United States...
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Real Halloween back for long traumatized Pa. town
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For 16 years, real horror overshadowed the make-believe terror of Halloween in this Pennsylvania town, where trick-or-treating after dark was banned after an...
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Some investors grow leery of stocks in grim market
AP, Chicago
Judy Katz reached her breaking point with stocks when the Dow collapsed at the start of this month, free-falling as much as 2,400 points and taking a big chunk of her...
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Barrak Obama is a Socialist Secret Muslim Possible Time Traveling Nazi Who Commands an Army of Zombie Llamas and Pirates!
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Halloween decorations cover a porch on a house in Oil City, Pa. Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. A 1992 murder, unsolved for over a decade, of an 11-year-old girl walking home from a pre-Halloween party halted nighttime trick-or-treating in Oil City, and for...

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