Articles filed under Associated Press
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Fed cuts key interest rate for a second timeOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, confronted with surging oil prices and a slumping housing market, today cut a key interest rate by a quarter-point, the second rate re...
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Economy grows at brisk 3.9 percent pace in summerOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The economy picked up speed in the summer, growing at a brisk 3.9 percent pace, the fastest in 1 1/2 years and an impressive performance even as a credit ...
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Democratic rivals target ClintonOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA --Democrats Barack Obama and John Edwards sharply challenged Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's candor, consistency and judgment Tuesday in a televised debate th...
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Overworked lawyers makes juvenile justice problematicOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Indigent children that enter an overburdened Illinois juvenile justice system are put at a disadvantage by the system's reliance on overworked attorneys with little time...
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Florida citrus land shrivelsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- There seem to be more tractors tearing up St. Lucie County's old citrus groves than tending them these days. This county once had more orange and gr...
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Buckeyes prepare for stretch runOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio-- As the weeks pass with Ohio State riding the crest of the polls and the BCS rankings, the Buckeyes are growing tired of hearing about why they don't des...
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Trucking over the borderOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - MEXICO CITY -- The American truckers, environmentalists and politicians who are sounding the alarm about the potential dangers of allowing Mexican tractor-trailers onto ...
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Chicago manufacturing index drops in Oct.Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Manufacturing activity in the industrialized Chicago area slumped in October, while inflation pressures increased sharply, according to a survey released Wednesday the N...
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Appeals court denies Ryan's bond requestOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Former Gov. George Ryan's request to remain free on bond while he asks the U.S. Supreme Court to take his case was denied by a federal appeals court today, meaning he li...
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Merrill Lynch CEO oustedOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stan O'Neal was known as one of the most ruthless men on Wall Street -- clawing his way up from an impoverished upbringing in Alabama to run the world's larg...