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| Consumer prices up 0.3 percent in October |
18 Nov 09, 10:16 ET |
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| AP - Consumer prices edged up faster than expected in October, driven higher by another increase in energy prices and the biggest jump in new car prices in 28 years. |
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| Oct. home construction, permits fall unexpectedly |
18 Nov 09, 10:07 ET |
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| AP - Construction of new homes unexpectedly plunged last month, as builders waited to see whether lawmakers would extend a tax credit for homebuyers. |
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| UN: Fight climate change with free condoms |
18 Nov 09, 09:21 ET |
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| AP - The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday. |
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| Small firms scrapping, scaling back health plans |
18 Nov 09, 07:25 ET |
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| AP - Faced with high health insurance costs, a North Carolina brokerage passed the buck on to its employees, a Texas public relations firm switched from group insurance to stipends, and a Missouri travel agency let its workers walk away instead paying for insurance. |
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| AP Poll: Gov't health plan divides public |
18 Nov 09, 07:12 ET |
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| AP - Tell Americans that letting the government sell insurance in competition with private industry would be cheaper for them, and a majority is in favor. |
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| China orders Microsoft to halt some Windows sales |
18 Nov 09, 05:58 ET |
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| Reuters - Microsoft Corp has been ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling versions of its Windows operating systems that include fonts designed by a local company, citing a violation of licensing agreements. |
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| Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia |
18 Nov 09, 05:42 ET |
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| AP - Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight — at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia. |
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| Today's Top Athletes: Human or Android? |
18 Nov 09, 05:35 ET |
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| LiveScience.com - While
the debate continues over whether Caster Semenya, the 18-year-old South
African track sensation who blew away the field and took the gold in
the women's 800-meter in Berlin in August, is a man or a woman, we soon
must confront an even more complex issue: Are elite athlete humans or
androids? |
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| Gold soars to record high, stocks rise |
18 Nov 09, 05:21 ET |
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| Reuters - Gold prices hit a record high and oil and stock prices around the world rose on Wednesday, while the dollar eased off ahead of U.S. inflation data and minutes from the Bank of England's November meeting. |
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| Govt report: Over $98B wasted in improper payments |
18 Nov 09, 04:56 ET |
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| AP - More than $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for tax credits and Medicare benefits, representing an increase of $26 billion from the previous year. |
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