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Ruby slippers from ‘Oz’ to be conserved WASHINGTON — Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” are being removed from a Smithsonian exhibit to be conserved. Curators say the famous shoe...
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press After Diamond Foods Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. called off their $1.5 billion deal for Diamond to buy the Pringles brand, cereal maker Kellogg Co. swooped in and made a $2.7 billion deal to purchase the brand.
With Pringles, Kellogg looks to expand overseas
NEW YORK — Kellogg is hoping Pringles will satisfy its craving for a salty snack. The food giant is best known for its lineup of sweet breakfast items, including Frosted Flakes and Eggo frozen w...
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Associated Press Mike Trang shows a warning message from AT&T on his iPhone that advises he is in danger of having his data speeds throttled. AT&T considers Trang to be among the top 5 percent of the heaviest cellular data users in his area. Under a new policy, AT&T has started cutting its data speeds as part of an attempt to manage data usage on its network.
AT&T customers surprised by ‘unlimited data’ limit
NEW YORK — Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouTube videos and games. But...
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Remodelers betting on rebound
ORLANDO, Fla. — Residential contractors are hoping that tight-fisted consumers will decide they need a new bathroom. Or maybe it’s time for those old kitchen counters to go. Perhaps it would ...
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Associated Press Siobhan Griffin, an organic dairy farmer, stands in a field with her cows at Raindance Farm in Westville, N.Y. Even as more consumers are willing to pay premium prices for organic milk, supermarkets are having trouble keeping it on the shelves as high feed and fuel prices have left some organic dairy farmers unable to keep up with demand.
Organic milk hits low as demand rises, farmers struggle
WESTVILLE, N.Y. — “Got milk?” is getting to be a difficult question when it comes to organic. Because even as more consumers are willing to pay premium prices for organic milk, supermarkets are ...
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How parts of payroll tax cut package are paid for
A look at how the package would be financed: n There would be no cuts in other programs to pay for the $100 billion cost of extending the payroll tax cut. n Half of the unemployment benefit e...
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6 on ethics panel quit Waters case
WASHINGTON — All five Republicans on the House ethics committee and the panel's ranking Democrat withdrew from a long-standing investigation of Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California on Friday...
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Beshear promotes gambling in chat
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear used his weekly Internet chat Friday to promote his proposal to legalize casinos in Kentucky. The second-term Democrat has been posting weekly commentaries to YouT...
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Beshear steps in on behalf of plant
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear has joined with members of Kentucky’s congressional delegation to press the Department of Energy to keep Paducah’s government-owned nuclear enrichment plant operating...
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