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UAW-GM pact promises new products for U.S. plants

Associated Press
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Local union leaders on Friday endorsed a tentative agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers that requires GM to pay out at least $35 billi...
Investors cautious ahead of earnings report

Associated Press
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks dipped a bit Friday, the last trading day of the third quarter, with Wall Street relieved about solid readings on the economy but cautious ahead of Oc...
Schaumburg man's killer pleads guilty

Associated Press
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - ROCHESTER, Ind. -- A man convicted of killing his grandmother when he was 12 pleaded guilty Friday to a second murder, the 2005 slaying of the owner of a hotel the defen...
New virus afflicts British cattle

Associated Press
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Bluetongue, an animal disease previously unknown to British shores, is now officially a full-fledged outbreak, government officials said Friday. The insect-...
Briefs: Lucent pushing integration

Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Alcatel-Lucent pushing integration PARIS -- Alcatel-Lucent SA, the telecommunications-equipment maker, plans to speed up the integration of the former Alcatel SA and Luc...
Brain-eating amoeba killing more as waters get warmer

Associated Press
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- It sounds like science fiction but it's true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you ...
Settlement offered by Bristol-Myers Squibb

Associated Press
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and a former subsidiary have agreed to pay more than $515 million to settle federal and state investigations into their drug marketing...
Despite crackdowns, oil companies still wooing Myanmar

By Thomas Hogue Associated Press
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - BANGKOK, Thailand -- Just last Sunday -- when marches led by Buddhist monks drew thousands in Myanmar's biggest cities -- Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora was in the coun...
Leaders condemn oppression

Associated Press
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Myanmar's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators drew condemnation and sparked protests Friday, with the top U.S. diplomat in the reclusive nation calling t...
Attorney general nominee had expensive security watch

Associated Press
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Protecting former federal judge Michael Mukasey cost taxpayers an estimated $28 million over more than seven years -- or $10,000 a day -- even as Justice D...

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