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Stocks seesaw, rise modestly in late-day trading
(AP)
(11 October 01:12) |
| AP - Wall Street seesawed Friday, with the Dow Jones industrials spinning from an early loss of nearly 700 points to a 100-point late-session advance while investors looked for bargains afte... |
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Rocker Meat Loaf hospitalized for 3 days in London
(AP)
(10 October 11:35) |
| AP - A publicist for Meat Loaf says the 57-year-old rocker was hospitalized in London for three days following an awards ceremony earlier this week. |
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Conn. high court rules gay couples can marry
(AP)
(10 October 11:13) |
| AP - Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay couples have the right to marry, making the state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions through the cou... |
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Lawmakers meeting secretly on Palin ethics report
(AP)
(10 October 11:04) |
| AP - Alaska lawmakers are meeting behind closed doors to discuss a politically charged ethics report into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her state public safety commissioner. |
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Federal regulators clear Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal
(AP)
(10 October 10:09) |
| AP - Federal antitrust regulators on Friday cleared Wells Fargo's $11.7 billion acquisition of Wachovia Corp., capping a weeklong battle for the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank. |
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Obama accuses McCain of trying to divide Americans
(AP)
(10 October 10:07) |
| AP - Presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday accused Republican John McCain of trying to divide the country, but he let fellow Democrats handle harsher attacks while he kept his messag... |
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McCain proposes suspending mandatory stock sales
(AP)
(10 October 09:58) |
| AP - John McCain proposed Friday that the elderly be allowed to hang on to the stocks in their retirement funds and not be forced to sell them in a bad market. |
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US stocks extend huge losses over credit concerns
(AP)
(10 October 09:00) |
| AP - Wall Street extended its devastating losses Friday, but prices swung sharply as investors scooped up shares decimated by more than a week of intense and panicked selling. The Dow Jones ... |
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Oil prices dive to one-year lows as stock markets slide
(AFP)
(10 October 08:53) |
| AFP - Oil prices slumped Friday to one-year lows under 80 dollars per barrel, striking 75 dollars in London, amid a global equities meltdown that sparked fears over demand for energy, trader... |
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Stone says no malice intended in "W."
(Reuters)
(10 October 08:46) |
| Reuters - Oliver Stone's film portrait of President George W. Bush was always going to be controversial given the director's liberal leanings. |
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If history is guide, path to White House is through Missouri
(AFP)
(10 October 07:20) |
| AFP - With the 2008 presidential election boiling down to a handful of battleground states, the tightest race of all has emerged in Missouri, the most accurate political bellwether state in ... |
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Snowballing sell-off spreads worldwide
(AP)
(10 October 07:14) |
| AP - Stock prices in Asia and Europe careened lower Friday, extending a stampede of selling that began in on Wall Street a day earlier, deepening a global financial crisis that has defied al... |
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Wall Street plunges, continuing devastating losses
(AP)
(10 October 07:14) |
| AP - The devastating selling continues on Wall Street, with investors again dumping stocks in early trading. The Dow Jones industrials, already down 2,271 points in seven sessions, are down ... |
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Bush poised to talk about economic crisis
(AP)
(10 October 06:56) |
| AP - President Bush is ready to make a statement to the nation about the crisis in the credit markets that has caused substantial sell-offs on Wall Street. |
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Finland's Martti Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize
(AP)
(10 October 06:50) |
| AP - Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East. |
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Fearful investors dump stocks, bonds for cash
(Reuters)
(10 October 05:33) |
| Reuters - Europe and Asia saw panic selling of stocks on Friday, knocking the benchmark world equity index to a 5-year trough, while oil fell to a one-year low as fears grew policymakers are... |
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Obama opens 5-point lead on McCain
(Reuters)
(10 October 05:30) |
| Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 5-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the White House race and expanded his support among women voters, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN... |
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Court sentences Chilean tenor to jail for rape
(AP)
(10 October 04:39) |
| AP - A Swedish court has sentenced Chilean tenor Ernesto "Tito" Beltran to two years and six months in prison for raping an 18-year-old nanny and molesting a 7-year-old girl. |
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Sources: US nears removing NKorea from terror list
(AP)
(10 October 03:59) |
| AP - The Bush administration is nearing a decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and may do so as early as Friday in a bid to salvage faltering nuclear disarmament talks, ... |
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McCain losing ground with working-class whites
(AP)
(10 October 03:58) |
| AP - The steel mills and coal mines of western Pennsylvania helped fuel the nation's economic engine. Today, old factory shells and boarded-up storefronts stand as bleak reminders of those o... |
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Former Finnish president wins Nobel Peace Prize
(AP)
(10 October 03:39) |
| AP - Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East. |
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Oil plummets below $83 on global slowdown fears
(AP)
(10 October 03:37) |
| AP - Oil prices plummeted to a one-year low below $83 a barrel Friday in European trading as investor fears of a severe global economic downturn caused by the crisis in credit markets sparke... |
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Panic attacks: Voters unload at GOP rallies
(Politico)
(10 October 03:14) |
| Politico - The unmistakable momentum behind Barack Obama's campaign, combined with worry that John McCain is not doing enough to stop it, is ratcheting up fears and frustrations among conser... |
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Hurricane warning issued ahead of Norbert
(AP)
(10 October 02:44) |
| AP - A hurricane warning has been issued for the west coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula as a weakened Hurricane Norbert churns in the Pacific. |
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Fears grip investors as global equities routed
(Reuters)
(10 October 02:40) |
| Reuters - Europe joined Asia's panic selling of stocks on Friday, knocking the benchmark world equity index to a 5-year trough, while the low-yielding yen jumped as fears grew that policymak... |
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Sensitive Palin ethics report kept secret, for now
(AP)
(10 October 01:29) |
| AP - Sworn to secrecy, Alaska lawmakers have begun reviewing a lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report that, when released Friday, could prove embarrassing to Republican vice ... |
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Bach's wife wrote some of his music: academic
(Reuters)
(10 October 01:27) |
| Reuters - An Australian academic claims to have found evidence to suggest that the wife of Johann Sebastian Bach wrote several of the German composer's acclaimed pieces. |
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Japan to propose bailout fund at G-7
(AP)
(10 October 01:04) |
| AP - Japan is set to propose to the world's leading industrialized nations that a joint fund be set up to give emergency loans to nations hit by the growing financial crisis, the finance min... |
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Pakistan investigates alleged US missile strike
(AP)
(10 October 12:56) |
| AP - Pakistani intelligence agents Friday were investigating the identities of up to eight foreigners believed killed in a suspected U.S. missile strike close to the Afghan border. |
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Aide says Dalai Lama's surgery ends successfully
(AP)
(10 October 12:30) |
| AP - Surgeons successfully removed a gallstone from the Dalai Lama on Friday, just days after doctors had cleared the Tibetan spiritual leader during a medical checkup, a spokesman said. |
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Making math uncool is hurting America, report says
(Reuters)
(10 October 10:44) |
| Reuters - Americans may like to make fun of girls who are good at math, but this attitude is robbing the country of some of its best talent, researchers reported on Friday. |
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Snowballing sell-off drives Dow down 679 points
(AP)
(10 October 10:01) |
| AP - A stampede of selling that began in the waning minutes of trading on Wall Street spread to Asia on Friday, deepening a financial crisis that has defied all efforts to stop it. |
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Suspected US missile strike reported in Pakistan
(AP)
(10 October 09:53) |
| AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said... |
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AIG borrows 57 percent of government loan: report
(Reuters)
(10 October 09:50) |
| Reuters - American International Group Inc has so far borrowed $70.3 billion under a U.S. government bailout loan even as regulators keep a close eye on how the insurer is using those funds... |
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Scientists: Va. shark's pup a 'virgin birth'
(AP)
(10 October 09:32) |
| AP - Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark. |
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AP IMPACT: GPS could save airlines time and fuel
(AP)
(10 October 09:05) |
| AP - A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satel... |
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Leaping dolphin gives Fla. boaters cuts, bruises
(AP)
(10 October 08:58) |
| AP - A woman is recovering in Florida after a dolphin hit her when it leaped aboard the boat she was in. |
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Palin pre-empts state report, clears self in probe
(AP)
(10 October 08:38) |
| AP - Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report on GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report Thursday that clears her of ... |
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World markets caught in Wall Street downdraft
(AP)
(10 October 07:00) |
| AP - World markets were caught in Wall Street's downdraft as fears over a global financial crisis sent investors fleeing for the exits. |
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Palin wrongly suggests Congress bans oil exports
(AP)
(10 October 06:33) |
| AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, touted by GOP presidential candidate John McCain as his expert on energy, seemed to have problems Thursday explaining whether the government bans oil exports ... |
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Stocks tumble after late sell-off
(AP)
(10 October 05:29) |
| AP - Stocks plunged Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down 679 points more than 7 percent to its lowest level in five years. Stocks took a nosedive after a major credi... |
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Dalai Lama hospitalized after checkup in New Dehli
(AP)
(10 October 05:12) |
| AP - The Dalai Lama was hospitalized in New Delhi, his spokesman said early Friday, just days after a medical checkup cleared the Tibetan spiritual leader to resume foreign travel. |
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Tropical species also threatened by climate change
(AP)
(10 October 05:07) |
| AP - If you can't stand global warming, get out of the tropics. While the most significant harm from climate change so far has been in the polar regions, tropical plants and animals may face... |
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Dow plunges 679 for 6th triple-digit loss in a row
(AP)
(10 October 05:05) |
| AP - A runaway train of a sell-off turned the anniversary of the stock market peak into one of the darkest days in Wall Street history Thursday, driving the Dow Jones industrials down a brea... |
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McCain: Obama link to ex-radical is honesty issue
(AP)
(10 October 04:59) |
| AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that questions about Democratic rival Barack Obama's association with a former war protester linked to Vietnam-era bombings a... |
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Dow plunges 679 to fall to lowest level in 5 years
(AP)
(10 October 04:57) |
| AP - Stocks plunged Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down 679 points more than 7 percent to its lowest level in five years. Stocks took a nosedive after a major credi... |
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GM shares tumble 31 percent to 58-year low
(AP)
(10 October 04:36) |
| AP - Shares of General Motors Corp. lost nearly one-third of their value Thursday, plunging to their lowest level in more than 58 years after Standard & Poor's said the automaker's credit co... |
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McCain again raises Obama's ties with 1970s radical
(Reuters)
(10 October 03:48) |
| Reuters - Down in opinion polls, Republican presidential nominee John McCain pressed his effort to raise doubts about Barack Obama's character on Thursday with a fresh attack on his Democrat... |
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Elections officials deny illegally purging voters
(AP)
(10 October 03:06) |
| AP - A newspaper report Thursday said tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six swing states, but election officials quick... |
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Dow plunges more than 678 to fall below 9,000
(AP)
(10 October 03:02) |
| AP - Stocks plunged in the final hour of trading Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 675 points, or more than 7 percent, to its lowest level in five years after... |
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