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Gas prices jump nearly 15 cents per gallon
Mar 26 2006 10:48PM (CT)
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - Retail gas prices across the country climbed an average of nearly 15 cents in the past two weeks, according to a survey released Sunday.
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Japanese gobble Australian beef
Mar 26 2006 10:34PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Like many other Japanese, Kenji Miyoda, savoring one of his favorite lunches _ a bowl of rice topped with beef from Australia, raw egg and spicy sauce _ feels Australian beef is far safer than American beef.
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Airbus evacuation drill causes 33 injuries
Mar 26 2006 9:37PM (CT)
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Thirty-three people suffered minor injuries Sunday during a crucial evacuation drill for the new Airbus A380 superjumbo jet.
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Course educates Docs on malpractice issues
Mar 26 2006 5:53PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Except for a crop of gray hair, the enrollees in Sean Byrne's malpractice course at the University of Richmond Law School look like normal students. They sip Starbucks coffee and tap out notes on their laptop keyboards. And with lumpy hair and bleary eyes, a few looked like they rolled out of bed after a few hours of sleep.
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TiVo suit vs. EchoStar to begin this week
Mar 26 2006 5:40PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - In a case beginning this week, a Texas jury will be asked to decide whether satellite-TV giant EchoStar Communications Corp. stole TiVo Inc.'s technology that lets viewers skip the commercials.
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Is housing market strong? Ask the 8 Ball
Mar 26 2006 3:49PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With all the economic reports that the government and private agencies produce, sometimes it seems a Magic 8 Ball would do just as good a job in helping investors predict the Federal Reserve's next move.
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Personal bankruptcy filings up 30 pct.
Mar 26 2006 3:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Personal bankruptcies soared 30 percent to a record high last year, surpassing 2 million for the first time, as financially strained people rushed to file before new restrictions took effect Oct. 17.
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Major gambling interests focus on Pa.
Mar 26 2006 3:32PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - With an expansion of gambling stalled elsewhere in the country, major gambling interests have set their sights firmly on Pennsylvania, where hearings will soon begin on competing proposals for slots parlors from Pittsburgh to the Poconos.
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Causey stays on sidelines in Enron trial
Mar 26 2006 3:22PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Enron Corp.'s former chief accounting officer was bound for trial alongside company founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling until he cut a plea deal just weeks before jurors were chosen.
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Winemakers pitch macho merlot for men
Mar 26 2006 2:43PM (CT)
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) - They're making macho merlot in California wine country. Hot on the stiletto heels of last year's wines-for-women trend, new releases from Ray's Station Vineyards in Sonoma County are being pitched to the Y-chromosome set as "Hearty Red Wines for Men."
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Savings bonds not flashy, just safe
Mar 26 2006 1:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barbara Reinike calls her stash of savings bonds "my safe haven," a ready source of cash for big-ticket items such as a house or car.
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Defense contract may boost S.D. tribe
Mar 26 2006 7:06AM (CT)
MISSION, S.D. (AP) - It's the sort of operation one could easily overlook in a big city: 15 to 30 people making and testing circuit boards for a Defense Department contractor. But for the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, home to some of the poorest people in America and a staggering unemployment rate, the planned facility could be the seed that blooms into economic development and new opportunities for the young.
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