February 04, 2012
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Associated Press A blackout landing page is displayed on a laptop computer screen inside the "Anti-SOPA War Room" on Wednesday at the offices of the Wikipedia Foundation in San Francisco. On Wednesday, Wikipedia started a 24-hour blackout of its English-language articles, joining other sites in a protest of pending U.S. legislation aimed at shutting down sites that share pirated movies and other content.
Protest shows Silicon Valley-Hollywood rivalry
LOS ANGELES — In a move that heightens the growing tension between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, Wikipedia and other websites went dark Wednesday in protest of two congressional proposals intended ...
Jan 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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S&P drops rescue fund to AA-plus
BRUSSELS — Rating agency Standard & Poor’s said Monday it has downgraded the creditworthiness of the eurozone’s rescue fund by one notch to AA+, putting the fund’s ability to raise cheap bailout mo...
Jan 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Obama takes on big government
WASHINGTON — Seeking more power to shrink the government, President Barack Obama on Friday suggested smashing six economic agencies into one, an election-year idea intended to halt bureaucratic nig...
Jan 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Supervalu loss widens; shares skid
Associated Press EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Grocery store operator Supervalu Inc. said Wednesday that its fiscal third-quarter net loss widened due to costs related to a turnaround plan, continued hi...
Jan 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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3 Sears store closings listed in Kentucky
Paducah’s Sears and Kmart stores have survived the first round of announced closings, according to a preliminary list of 79 planned closures released Thursday.  Florida will be hit the hardest, ...
Dec 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Bill Dunphy poses for a photo on Dec. 2 in Phoenix. Dunphy, a 61-year-old small business owner, thought his colonoscopy would be free under the nation s year-old health care law. But when the doctor removed two non-cancerous polyps, turning a preventive screening into a diagnostic procedure.
Preventive care: Free, except when it’s not
CHICAGO — Bill Dunphy thought his colonoscopy would be free. His insurance company told him it would be covered 100 percent, with no copayment from him and no charge against his deductible. The ...
Dec 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stocks soar on Europe hopes NEW YORK — Encouraging signs out of Europe and a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. housing market drove the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 300 points ...
Dec 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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University of Louisville gets $25 million donation
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE — Louisville philanthropist Owsley Brown Frazier is giving $25 million to the University of Louisville. University officials announced Monday...
Dec 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Democrats vow to reject energy cuts
WASHINGTON — With the economy sputtering, the warring factions of Congress headed toward gridlock late Thursday over the usually noncontroversial process of approving disaster aid or even keeping t...
Sep 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Rep. Jeb Hensarling (center), R-Texas, supercommittee co-chairman, speaks with committee members Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. (left), and Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday. They attended a hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
Panel co-chairman urges corporate tax reform
WASHINGTON — The Republican co-chairman of the deficit-fighting “supercommittee” said Thursday he wants to tackle corporate tax reform, a theme the White House has promoted for months. But big diff...
Sep 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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