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General Mills profit edges higher as revenue growth offsets higher costsDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Cereal and packaged foods maker General Mills Inc. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit edged up as revenue growth offset rising ingredient costs, marketing spending...
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Congress takes up steroidsDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Congress announced plans Tuesday to review the use of performance-enhancing drugs, with star-studded hearings scheduled next month and legislation to limit...
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Confidential programs let addicted doctors practice while in rehabDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Troubling cases in which doctors were accused of botching operations while undergoing treatment for drugs or alcohol have led to criticism of rehab prog...
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Ticketmaster to sell NFL games onlineDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Ticketmaster plans to launch a Web site next year where people can resell tickets to pro football games, the latest push by the event ticketing company in...
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Report says Iraqi forces not entirely up to snuffDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- As violence continues to decline in much of Iraq, efforts to shift responsibility to the Iraqi security forces still are lagging, dogged by corruption, adm...
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No heads-up from TurkeyDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. military commanders in Iraq didn't know Turkey was sending warplanes to bomb in northern Iraq until the planes had already crossed the border, said de...
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Huckabee shrugs off Christmas ad criticismDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Tuesday defended his Christmas ad amid suggestions the ordained Baptist minister had gone too far mixing re...
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FCC eases regulation on media ownershipDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission, overturning a 32-year-old ban, voted Tuesday to allow broadcasters in the nation's 20 largest media markets to also ...
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Congress battles over how to ax unwanted taxDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The congressional struggle over how to protect millions of middle-class people from getting soaked by the alternative minimum tax this year entered its fin...
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Illinois town lands FutureGen 'clean' coal power plantDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - MATTOON, Ill. -- Residents celebrated when this central Illinois city was chosen Tuesday as the site of a futuristic power plant that would burn coal without emitting gl...