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Paper company takes on conservation
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — International Paper Inc. and a forest conservation group announced a plan Wednesday to protect endangered forests in key paper-producing areas of the South. The Memphis-based pa...
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Minutes show Federal Reserve supports stimulus
WASHINGTON — A majority of Federal Reserve policymakers want to continue extraordinary bond purchases to help boost the U.S. economy at least through the middle of the year, according to minutes fr...
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Research firm: Tablet sales up, PCs plunge as Windows 8 flops
SAN FRANCISCO — The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it’s starting to look like it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use t...
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Bernanke notes ‘stress tests’ show banks now healthier
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s annual “stress tests” of major U.S. banks have become better able to detect risks, Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday night. He said the tests show that the bankin...
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Report: Virgin America best US airline last year
WASHINGTON — Virgin America did the best job for its customers among leading U.S. airlines last year, a report said Monday, as carriers overall had their second best performance in the more than th...
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Associated Press Elena Baptista (left) serves a meal to her daughter Vania, 12, son Joao, 7, and husband Pedro (partially seen on the right) in their house's kitchen/living room on March 29 in Loures, outside Lisbon. The Baptista family counts itself among the casualties of an unrelenting financial crisis that is squeezing the life out of some European Union economies, including Portugal.
Pain bites into Portuguese life as crisis deepens
LISBON, Portugal — Serving a frugal lunch in their kitchen not much bigger than a bathroom, Pedro and Elena Baptista spoon stewed chicken feet onto their boiled potatoes and leave the slightly meat...
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Earnings reports begin as stocks edge higher
NEW YORK — Investors are having a hard time making up their minds. The stock market extended its longest period of indecision in nearly 15 years Monday. For nearly three weeks, the Dow Jones ind...
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Associated Press Truck driver James Weitze takes a self portrait on the road. Weitze satisfies his video fix with an iPhone.
Broadcasters worry about ‘Zero TV’ homes
LOS ANGELES — Some people have had it with TV. They’ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don’t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They’re tired of $100-plus mont...
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Jobs
From March 27 to Wednesday, the Office of Employment and Training added 91 job orders to its database for regional employers. The first 39 are listed (Paducah unless noted otherwise): two pharmacy ...
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Associated Press A maple tree is illegally tapped in northern Maine on March 12. Thieves are illegally tapping trees across Maine and stealing the sap that runs each spring that's used to make sweet maple syrup. Forest rangers say the illegal tappers are damaging valuable maple trees before they are harvested for lumber.
Sticky-fingered thieves target sap
PORTLAND, Maine — Sticky-fingered thieves are stealing the sap right out of Maine’s maple trees. With little more than a spout-like tap and a bucket, people are looting the liquid out of trees o...
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