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Myanmar, Somalia ranked at top of '07 corruption index

Associated Press
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Myanmar and Somalia have been ranked as the most corrupt nations in Transparency International's 2007 index, released Wednesday -- adding pressure to the South...
Bipartisan gun bill struggling

Associated Press
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Sometimes it takes some awkward hand-holding among sworn political foes to usher hard-fought bills through Congress. That's what seemed likely this week, w...
Ford, Chrysler workers await union contracts

Associated Press
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- GM's tentative new contract with the United Auto Workers offers the other struggling domestic automakers, Ford and Chrysler, enough cost-cutting inducements t...
Poll: People cynical about environment

Associated Press
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- People want their leaders to move boldly to help the environment but give them dismal grades for their actions so far, according to a poll released Wednesd...
Italy sees early grape harvest

By Colleen Barry Associated Press
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - SOAVE, Italy -- The time-honored traditions of Italian winemaking have been thrown out of rhythm by the earliest harvest on record in 70 years. There was little autumn p...
Discover profit falls in difficult market

Associated Press
Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Discover Financial Services' profit fell 16 percent in the third quarter, its first quarter as an independent company, as the credit card issuer struggled wi...
Briefs: ComEd customers will get credits

Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- ComEd customers can expect to see lower electric bills starting in October. The utility said Tuesday it will begin this week to issue $250 million in credits ...
Polygamist leader guilty

Associated Press
Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. GEORGE, Utah -- The leader of a polygamous Mormon splinter group was convicted Tuesday of being an accomplice to rape for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-...
GM strike not expected to drag on

Associated Press
Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Unlike the 1970 United Auto Workers' strike against General Motors, which went on for 69 days and helped push the nation into a recession, industry watchers p...
RC2 recalls five more Thomas & Friends wooden toys

Bloomberg News
Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Oak Brook-based RC2 Corp., the designer of collectible toys, said it's voluntarily recalling 269,000 Chinese-made Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway products, the second su...

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