Report: Ill. prison deal could create 3,000 jobs
A deal to move Guantánamo Bay detainees to a northwestern Illinois prison could bring nearly 3,000 jobs to the area, a White House analysis says.
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Survivors recount China mine disaster; 104 dead
When gas levels suddenly spiked deep in the Xinxing coal mine, Wang Jiguo grabbed two co-workers and they ran for their lives. Minutes later, there was a huge bang, a torrent of hot air and the earth shuddered.
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Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill
Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.
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Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto
Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated - beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.
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Investors look to data-heavy week for more clarity
Investors are heading toward the final month of the year with more questions about the economy than they had just a few weeks ago.
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RI slow to spend millions in stimulus funding
Gov. Don Carcieri's administration has failed for months to spend $20 million meant to insulate poor people's homes against the winter chill and put unemployed people to work during one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression.
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More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving
The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.
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Holidays will again test NYC air travel bottleneck
Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season, but travelers shouldn't expect a full reprieve from the horrid flight delays of Thanksgivings past, especially if they need to land anywhere near New York City.
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Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks
While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.
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Rising unemployment taxes could hinder hiring
As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself.
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NY saves $3.1 million in energy efficiency program
Turning off lights, turning down the heat and buying with an eye toward energy efficiency is saving New York more than $3.1 million so far this fiscal year.
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'New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend
The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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NRC: Three Mile Island radiation not significant
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant.
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Report: UK's Cadbury won't bite on Hershey offer
British candy company Cadbury PLC will reject an expected 10.3 billion pound ($17 billion) takeover bid from U.S. confectionary giant Hershey Co., a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill
Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.
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Schumer wants probe of frequent flier mile claims
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for a federal review of complaints by consumers that they are losing millions of frequent flier miles without notice in confusing agreements.
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Deutsche Bahn signs $26B Qatar railroad deal
An investment company owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has signed a $26 billion (euro17 billion) joint venture with Germany's national railway operator to build a railroad network in the natural gas-rich Gulf sheikdom.
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Iraq's Oct. oil exports drop due to attacks
An Iraqi official says insurgent attacks caused a 4 percent drop in the country's oil exports in October compared to the previous month, but that revenues were up due to higher prices.
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Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit
Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.
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Survivors recount China mine disaster; 104 dead
When gas levels suddenly spiked deep in the Xinxing coal mine, Wang Jiguo grabbed two co-workers and they ran for their lives. Minutes later, there was a huge bang, a torrent of hot air and the earth shuddered.
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