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Man given choice of Facebook apology or jail
CINCINNATI — A man who was threatened with jail time for posting comments about his estranged wife on his personal Facebook page unless he posted daily apologies for a month says the court ruling v...
Feb 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gomes’ actions depicted in ‘Casino’
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Dennis Gomes, co-owner of the Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City and a former mob-busting Las Vegas prosecutor whose exploits were chronicled in the movie “Casino,” died Fr...
Feb 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Nike’s outer space shoe causes frenzy
Sneaker fanatics who lined up outside stores overnight got their first crack Friday at a new outer-space themed Nike basketball shoe, getting so unruly in some cities that police were called to res...
Feb 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kentucky appeals court upholds 1998 tobacco deal LOUISVILLE — A three-judge federal appeals panel in Kentucky has turned away a challenge from a defunct cigarette maker to a landmark 1998 nation...
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Budget hit list includes closing supermax
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — In what he called “a rendezvous with reality,” Gov. Pat Quinn made clear Wednesday that he fears Illinois is on the verge of a financial meltdown because of pension systems eati...
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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FDA panel backs previously rejected obesity pill
By MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press SILVER SPRING, Md. — A previously rejected weight loss pill won an overwhelming endorsement from public health advisers Wednesday, raising hopes that the d...
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rising sales point to better year for housing
By DEREK KRAVITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON — The housing market is flashing signs of health ahead of the spring-buying season. Sales of previously occupied homes are at their highest lev...
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Associated Press Ford introduces a 2013 Ford Focus ST during the media preview of the Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place in Chicago. If you're shopping for a car today, you're less likely to end up with a lemon.
Factory lemons are unlikely now
DETROIT — Car shoppers today are less likely to end up with a lemon. In the past five years, global competition has forced automakers to improve the quality and reliability of their vehicles — e...
Feb 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos (right), speaks with Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde during a round table meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Monday. Eurozone governments will likely approve a long-elusive rescue package for Greece, saving it from a potentially calamitous bankruptcy next month, senior officials said.
Greece to get billions in bailout money
BRUSSELS — After more than 12 hours of talks, the countries that use the euro reached an agreement early Tuesday to hand Greece €130 billion ($170 billion) in extra bailout loans to save it from a ...
Feb 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Oil jumps to a high point after Iran cuts supply
Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above $105 a barrel on Monday after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an escalation of a dispute over the Middle Eastern country’s nu...
Feb 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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