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Regulators close 5 banks in 4 states
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have closed two banks in Maryland and one each in Minnesota, South Carolina and California, bringing to 22 the number that have failed this year. The Federal Depo...
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Dubai spends $250 million for control of Atlantis
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai says it now has full control of the Atlantis resort hotel perched atop its palm-shaped island. State-run investment firm Istithmar World said late Friday it p...
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Vets find difficulty navigating job market
CHICAGO — Matthew Saldana proved himself in a world where stress, danger and life-and-death decisions were routine. He served one tour in Iraq and a second in Afghanistan. But the Army veteran is h...
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Livingston Livestock
LEDBETTER — Markets totaled 863 head. Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls, steady to $2 higher; feeder steers under 400 lbs., $5 higher; over 400 lbs., $3 to $4 lower. Feeder heifers, $...
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Fed predicts growth, lower jobless rate
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has boosted its outlook for U.S. economic growth this year and is slightly more optimistic about the unemployment rate, reflecting improvements in recent months. ...
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Ruling guides on background checks
WASHINGTON — Is an arrest in a barroom brawl 20 years ago a job disqualifier? Not necessarily, the government said Wednesday in new guidelines on how employers can avoid running afoul of laws prohi...
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Associated Press A patron eats at a Burger King in Springfield, Ill. The movement by U.S. food corporations toward more humane treatment of animals experienced a whopper of a shift Wednesday when Burger King announced that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017.
Burger King vows cage-free eggs, pork
In a boost to animal welfare activists looking to get livestock out of cramped cages, Burger King will be the first major U.S. fast-food chain to give all of its chickens and pigs some room to roam...
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Associated Press A large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in 2010 . The Justice Department says the first criminal charges in the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been filed on Tuesday against a former BP engineer who allegedly destroyed evidence.
Engineer arrested in Gulf spill case
NEW ORLEANS — Federal prosecutors brought the first criminal charges Tuesday in the Gulf oil spill, accusing a former BP engineer of deleting more than 300 text messages that indicated the blown-ou...
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Associated Press Women and girls carry purchases Tuesday on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif.Confidence in the economy held steady in April despite job cuts and falling home values.
Americans remain confident in economy
NEW YORK — Americans’ confidence in the economy was resilient in April despite rising job cuts and falling home values. The Conference Board, a private research group, said on Tuesday that its C...
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New case of mad cow disease in California
WASHINGTON — The first new case of mad cow disease in the U.S. since 2006 has been discovered in a dairy cow in California, but health authorities said Tuesday the animal never was a threat to the ...
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