All Stories from April 13, 2014 (Change date)
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Trying to combat growing drug trade in oil patchApr 13, 2014 6:30 am - WILLISTON, N.D. - The blood-drenched man had survived a brutal attack: Beaten with brass knuckles, shocked with a stun gun, slashed with a razor blade, then dumped 40 mi...
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Small businesses in limbo again on tax breaksApr 13, 2014 6:12 am - NEW YORK - Small businesses are in limbo as they wait for Congress to make decisions that could save them a lot of money. Bills in Congress would extend tax deductions ...
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6th-graders mop up against college investorsApr 13, 2014 6:12 am - FARGO, N.D. - A class of sixth-graders from North Dakota has schooled some of the best college business students in the country on the stock market. It started as a comp...
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Apartment rents skyrocket in BrooklynApr 13, 2014 6:12 am - Brooklyn apartment rents rose to a record in March and new leases more than doubled, extending a surge in housing demand in the New York borough that was once seen as a ...
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Artificial cooling tricky topic for climate panelApr 13, 2014 6:12 am - BERLIN - It's Plan B in the fight against climate change: cooling the planet by sucking heat-trapping CO2 from the air or reflecting sunlight back into space. Called geo...
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Career Coach: Innovation is a necessityApr 13, 2014 6:12 am - Innovation is one of the most popular words being used in businesses today. As Alex Triantis, dean of the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business, remarked dur...
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Work advice: Jokes on men? Still not funnyApr 13, 2014 6:12 am - Some responses to a recent column on inappropriate workplace comments. Reader 1: The points raised in your column are serious, but it is also important to acknowledge th...
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Tax proposal to help live theater brings out starsApr 13, 2014 6:08 am - NEW YORK - Live commercial theater from Broadway to Los Angeles would get a huge financial boost under a change in the federal tax code that's being championed by such a...
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Canada: U.S. retailers get the cold shoulderApr 13, 2014 6:01 am - TORONTO (AP) - For years, Canadians would cross the border to the U.S. to shop at Target. Exporting its cheap chic there seemed like a no-brainer. Cracking the Canadian ...
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Why Starbucks won't recycle your paper coffee cupApr 13, 2014 5:56 am - When you drop that used white paper cup into the bin next to the door at a Starbucks, have you done your part to save the planet? Starbucks has long hoped that you would...