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Exxon Mobil 1Q profit up 17 pct, Wall Street expected moreApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said Thursday that record crude prices helped its first-quarter profit climb 17 percent to...
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Airlines flying slower to save on fuelApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Drivers have long known that slowing down on the highway means getting more miles to the gallon. Now airlines are trying it, too -- adding a few minutes to f...
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Ex-nanny countersues Rob Lowe, wifeApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A former nanny has countersued Rob Lowe and his wife for sexual harassment. The suit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles alleges that Lowe's wife, Sheryl, walk...
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Suburb ends quirky stop-sign campaignApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - OAK LAWN -- Oak Lawn has removed comical remarks in octagonal shapes it placed under stop signs in an effort to get motorists to obey the law. Mayor Dave Heilmann says t...
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It was 20 years ago today ...Apr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - DURHAM, N.C. (AP) _ Ron Shelton says he's just now realizing what a home run he hit with "Bull Durham." Two decades have passed since the release of the movie Shelton wr...
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'American Idol' loses Brooke White; 4 singers remainApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Diamond wasn't Brooke White's best friend on "American Idol" Wednesday night. The tearful 24-year-old folkster from Mesa, Ariz., was eliminated as the Fox show trimmed t...
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Father and defender of LSD diesApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - GENEVA -- Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery inspired -- and arguably corrupted -- millions in the 1960s hippie generation,...
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Colossal squid's eye sets recordApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Marine scientists studying the carcass of a rare colossal squid said Wednesday they had measured its eye at about 11 inches across -- bigger t...
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EBay makes public its complaint against CraigslistApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- The legal wrangle between Craigslist and eBay Inc. is about the competition in the online classifieds market, eBay's complaint in the case reveals. Crai...
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Comcast 1Q profit falls 12 pct, customer cable spending upApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- Comcast Corp. on Thursday reported a 12.5 percent decline in first-quarter profits from a year ago, when the company's earnings were inflated by a $300 m...