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Oil prices slide as the dollar extends its gainsApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Another jump in the dollar and the end of an oil workers' strike in Nigeria sent crude prices falling Thursday as speculators who drove crude futures to near...
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CHA toughens work rulesApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The Chicago Housing Authority has adopted a new work requirement designed to change public housing from a permanent home for the poor to a way station for people who nee...
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Fed auctions $24.12 billion in Treasuries to ease credit crunchApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve has auctioned $24.12 billion in super-safe Treasury securities to big investment firms, part of an ongoing effort to ease credit proble...
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Online play makes 'Mario Kart Wii' a must-haveApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - AP game review: 'Mario Kart Wii' It's not often that a series installment can stray so little from its past and still make a mark, but "Mario Kart Wii" waves the checke...
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Guitarist Loueke's path takes him from Africa to jazz starApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Lionel Loueke's name could easily be overlooked among the jazz and pop stars on Herbie Hancock's "River: The Joni Letters," this year's Grammy winner for alb...
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Barbara Walters reveals past affair with U.S. senatorApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as "exciting" and...
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'Star Wars' kid Abrams aims to reinvent 'Trek' worldApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- J.J. Abrams grew up more a fan of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo than of James Kirk and his Vulcan buddy Spock. So why is a self-professed "Star Wars" kid di...
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Lawyers want limit on questioning of witnessApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Prosecutors asked a federal judge Wednesday to bar political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko's defense attorney from cross examining key witness Ali Ata about his nephew'...
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Lauren's Olympic outfits inspired by athletes of yesteryearApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The U.S. Olympic Team's new uniforms will be designed to mark them not only as American athletes in Beijing this summer, but also as diplomats of sorts. Polo...
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Extension offices, others await ag fundsApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- State agriculture agencies on Thursday hoped to receive at least some of the $36 million in operating funds tied up in a state budget standoff, after being ...