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Saudi Arabian leaders made clear Friday they see no reason to increase oil production until their customers demand it, apparently rebuffing President Bush amid soaring U.S. gasoline prices.
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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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Agriculture futures opened higher Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
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Treasury prices rose Friday despite an increase in home construction as investors focused, instead, on data showing a decrease in consumer sentiment.
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General Electric Co. said Friday that it plans to sell or spin off its iconic appliance business that for a century sold refrigerators, air conditioners and ovens for...
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Faced with drought and a jump in consumption, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has called for cleansing sewage for drinking water and imposing restrictions for watering lawns...
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Stocks slipped Friday as investors’ nervousness over a fresh record for oil prices dented enthusiasm over a surprising jump in new home construction.
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Stocks are little changed in early trading Friday as investors digest new record highs for oil and a surprising jump in new home construction.
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Leaders of a Southern California Indian tribe plan to sit down with sheriff’s deputies to calm tensions over the killings of four people on the reservation.
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Democrats accused Sen. John McCain Friday of hypocrisy on the question of whether the United States should negotiate with terrorists and dictators, saying the certain...
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Fannie Mae says it is doing away with higher downpayment requirements for borrowers in distressed real estate markets.
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General Electric says it plans to sell or spin-off its century-old appliance business.
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Wall Street is headed for a higher opening after the Commerce Department issued a better than expected report on housing starts.
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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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Teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co. says its first-quarter earnings rose 3 percent from a year ago on stronger sales.
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FAO Schwarz will open toy stores in close to 700 Macy’s department stores over the next two years.
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Wall Street was headed for a modestly higher open Thursday as investors awaited data on new home construction last month.
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Sorry, Sen. Clinton. Michigan and Florida can’t save your campaign. Interviews with those considering how to handle the two states’ banished convention...
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Brazen jewel thieves are robbing traveling dealers around Houston in a spree of heists that has jewelers on edge.
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A suspected serial predator accused of sexually assaulting four women, killing two of them, was described by co-workers as a polite, soft-spoken car salesman who mostly...
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President Bush, on a one-day visit to Saudi Arabia, is taking a second stab on Friday at getting the oil-rich nation to increase production and drive down soaring...
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A U.S. Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl was convicted of a lesser charge Friday during a court martial and sentenced to four years in prison in a...
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Suspected Islamic militants have killed a Pakistani soldier in revenge for an alleged U.S. missile strike near the Afghan border, an official said Friday.
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The euro traded slightly higher against the U.S. dollar Friday after data showed a drop in U.S. industrial production and unexpectedly strong first-quarter economic...
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The U.S. military says a military court has found an American Marine guilty of abusive sexual conduct of a Japanese teenager in Okinawa, southern Japan.
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A top U.S. trade official said Friday that American beef is safe and rejected calls to re-negotiate an accord allowing it to resume beef exports to South Korea.
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A Justice Department team has traveled to Iraq to investigate the fatal shooting of an Iraqi guard by a security contractor, hastening the resolution of questions about...
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As of Thursday, May 15, 2008, at least 4,078 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press...
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Some reactions to Thursday’s California Supreme Court ruling that overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage. The ruling would allow same-sex couples in the...
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Launching a congressional critique of China, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday that persistent, peaceful dialogue is paying off in aligning...
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The U.S. women’s team will play Brazil, its conqueror in last year’s World Cup, in two exhibition games this summer.
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Luxury retailer Nordstrom Inc. says its profit fell 24 percent in the first quarter, as recession rumblings in the U.S. crimped even wealthier consumers’ shopping...
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U.S. and Iraqi troops moved against al-Qaida on two separate fronts Thursday, with house-to-house searches in Mosul and an operation in the desert to stanch the flow of...
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Right-wing Colombian paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso has pleaded not guilty to a U.S. drug trafficking indictment.
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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt speaks at a news conference, Friday, May 16, 2008, at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Leavitt is in China to check up on efforts to improve product safety.
