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Shares of Freddie Mac recovered from a gut-wrenching plunge Friday on speculation that the mortgage company could soon see its finances stabilized with access to emergency Federal Reserve lending.Shares of Freddie Mac’s larger government-sponsored...
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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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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s legal issues will cause Gov. Jennifer Granholm to miss some of the Democratic National Convention.
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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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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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John McCain stood atop an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and proclaimed that he had the key to solving America’s energy woes, slashing the price of gas,...
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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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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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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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Authorities outside Birmingham are investigating after five men were found dead in an apartment.
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Presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain together spent nearly $90 million in July, feeding an escalating advertising contest as they tussled for pole position...
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Wang Chen of the United States has defeated Kim Kyung-ah of South Korea to become the first American in Olympic table tennis history to reach the quarterfinals.
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Barack Obama reports spending $55 million in July, his highest figure in a single month.
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Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing. But showing off those megapixels of memories is...
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Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp is completing its split into five publicly traded companies Thursday _ a move intended to give each business more focus and...
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Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama star in a new television ad that highlights successes in helping the world’s poor and encourages people to do more this election...
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting “a little testy” as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid...
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After a barrage of consumer complaints, the government is banning phone calls of prerecorded sales messages unless consumers agree to receive the calls.
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Spanish actress Penelope Cruz hates acting in English films because she has to work extra hard on her accent.Cruz was born in Madrid and did not begin learning English...
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Shares of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued their plunge Wednesday as investors are increasingly convinced that the stocks will drop to...
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Shares of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. edged lower Monday amid worries the company may face a fiscal third-quarter loss instead of a modest profit that many analysts...
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Shares of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tumbled Monday amid renewed fears that shareholders will wind up with nothing if the government intervenes...
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Shares in Australian ports and rail operator Asciano Group soared Monday after the company received an unsolicited 2.89 billion Australian dollar ($2.69 billion)...
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Shares of Winn-Dixie slid nearly 20 percent Friday, a day after the supermarket chain reported disappointing preliminary fourth quarter earnings.
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Shares in the nation’s department stores fell Friday amid concerns that the sector would post sluggish July sales results on Thursday.
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Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. tumbled 13 percent Friday after the server and software maker offered up worse-than-expected guidance that reflects the company’s...
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Shares of Biogen Idec Inc. and Elan Corp. PLC plunged after-hours Thursday after the companies reported two new cases of a brain disease in patients treated with their...
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Shares in Ireland’s major biopharmaceutical company, Elan Corp. PLC, suffered their worst fall in more than three years Wednesday after a drug being developed to...
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Wachovia Corp.’s President and Chief Executive Robert Steel has bought 1 million shares in the nation’s fourth-largest bank, according to a regulatory...
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Shares of Apple Inc. fell sharply as investors focused more on the company’s cautious guidance for the current quarter than on the blockbuster Macintosh and iPod...
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Shares of Texas Instruments Inc. took a beating after its second-quarter earnings missed Wall Street estimates.Weak sales of cell phone chips and a June slowdown in...
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Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fell at the market open Friday, a day after the chip maker reported the departure of Chief Executive Hector Ruiz and reported a...
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Shares of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tumbled again Tuesday as investors began to accept their holdings might be wiped out by a government rescue...
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Shares of National City Corp. plunged Monday amid broad fears about the health of the nation’s regional banks, and the company was forced to issue a statement...
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Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sank, then recovered somewhat, on a gut-wrenching Friday as investors tried to ascertain whether the government will soon intervene...
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Shares of Freddie Mac plummeted Friday as Wall Street and Washington became more convinced that the government is likely to bail out the nation’s key mortgage...
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Shares of Freddie Mac dropped 35 percent and shares of Fannie Mae tumbled 27 percent in premarket trading Friday as Wall Street continued to worry about the health of...
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Shares of mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bounced back Tuesday, a day after plunging over worries the pair might need billions of dollars in new capital...
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, flanked by Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko, left, and Nizhny Novgorod region Governor Valery Shantsev, right, is seen upon his arrival for a meeting with metal producers, near Nizhny Novgorod,...
