All Stories from October 1, 2012 (Change date)
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‘Hotel Transylvania’ checks in with $43M debutOct 01, 2012 6:55 am - LOS ANGELES — Adam Sandler’s monster mashup “Hotel Transylvania” has brought the weekend box office back to life after a late-summer slump. The animated comedy from Sony...
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George Michael seeking help for anxietyOct 01, 2012 6:52 am - Associated Press SYDNEY — George Michael is canceling Australian shows so he can get treatment for major anxiety he’s suffered since a serious health scare last year. Th...
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Pew: Half of US adults own tablet or smartphoneOct 01, 2012 6:44 am - WASHINGTON — Americans’ news habits are on the move. Half of all adult Americans now own either a tablet computer or a smartphone, and one-third use their mobile device...
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Medicare fines over hospitals’ readmitted patientsOct 01, 2012 6:42 am - WASHINGTON — If you or an elderly relative have been hospitalized recently and noticed extra attention when the time came to be discharged, there’s more to it than good ...
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Oil falls as gloom pervades economic outlookOct 01, 2012 6:41 am - BANGKOK — Oil prices fell on expectations for weaker demand after two closely watched surveys underscored enduring global economic weakness. Benchmark oil for November d...
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Airlines’ profit outlook recoveringOct 01, 2012 6:37 am - BERLIN — The outlook for the airline industry is improving, with profits expected to reach $4.1 billion this year and $7.5 billion in 2013, the International Air Transpo...
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Eurozone unemployment stuck at record 11.4 pctOct 01, 2012 6:36 am - BRUSSELS — Unemployment across the 17 countries that use the euro remained at its record high rate of 11.4 percent in August, official data showed Monday, renewing conce...
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Survey shows China manufacturing contractingOct 01, 2012 6:35 am - BEIJING — A new survey shows Chinese manufacturing contracted again in September in a sign of enduring economic weakness. An industry group, the China Federation of Logi...
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European markets rise but Spain downgrade loomsOct 01, 2012 6:35 am - LONDON — European stocks edged higher on Monday as investors cautiously welcomed the result of stress tests of Spain’s banks. But the threat that Moody’s might downgrade...
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Long-distance care questions loom as boomers ageOct 01, 2012 6:15 am - In a crisis, the highway seems to stretch out forever. Robyn Miller’s loved ones live in Pinole, almost 70 miles southwest of Sacramento, Calif., an 80-minute drive on a...