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Al Copeland, flamboyant founder of Popeyes chicken chain, dies at 64Mar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- Al Copeland, who became rich selling spicy fried chicken and notorious for his flamboyant lifestyle, died Sunday at a clinic near Munich, Germany. He was ...
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Mom, 4 kids murdered in Iowa City; father likely found dead in vanMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A woman and her four children were found dead in their home Monday morning, and police later found a sixth body in a burning, wrecked van owned by the...
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Stocks jump as JPMorgan ups bid for Bear StearnsMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street extended its big advance Monday as investors applauded a new agreement that will give Bear Stearns Cos. shareholders five times the payout that w...
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JPMorgan Chase increases acquisition price of Bear StearnsMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its offer today for Bear Stearns Cos. to $10 per share from a bargain-basement price of $2 per share, hoping to assuage shareh...
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Illinois hits record low in new TB casesMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The state of Illinois has hit a record low when it comes to the number of new tuberculosis cases. Illinois health officials say 521 active cases of TB wer...
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Walgreen 2Q profit grows 5 percent on better prescription salesMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Walgreen Co.'s shares rose sharply today after the company said second-quarter profits rose 5 percent with improved cost controls offsetting sluggish ...
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Detroit mayor, former aide, charged in text-messaging sex scandalMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a one-time rising star and Detroit's youngest elected leader, was charged today with perjury and other counts after sexually explicit ...
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Oil prices fluctuate as stronger dollar prompts sellingMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The oil futures market fluctuated today, searching for direction without much in the way of solid news to drive prices higher or lower. Retail gas prices, me...
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Other schools got chance to fix error that's keeping girl out of Spelling BeeMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 12-year-old girl is being kept out of the Scripps National Spelling Bee because of one word -- "district" -- and not because she got it wrong. Morg...
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Elderly Chicago woman shot as she stands in her living roomMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago police say a 70-year-old woman was shot to death as she stood in her living room on Chicago's South Side. Police say Maggie Browder was hit at about 6:15 a.m. by...