NEW YORK – U.S. stocks fell Thursday as signs of housing-market weakness and worries about the outlook for interest rates made investors uneasy about prospects for consumer spending and corporate profits. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 74.76 points, or 0.66 percent, at 11,331.44. The Standard & Poor’s 500 …
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HOUSTON – Richard Causey, the last of the top Enron Corp. executives to learn his punishment, was sentenced Wednesday to five-and-a-half years in prison for his role in one of the biggest corporate scandals in U.S. history. Causey, the company’s former chief accounting officer, pleaded guilty in December to securities …
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WEYERS CAVE, Va. – A liberal blogger who was manhandled by supporters of Sen. George Allen this week was handcuffed by authorities and escorted from another rally Saturday after an Allen backer claimed the man pushed him to the ground. Mike Stark told The Associated Press that sheriff’s deputies detained …
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MEXICO CITY – A top police official who worked as Mexico’s main liaison with Interpol was placed under house arrest as part of an investigation into leaks of information to drug cartels, prosecutors said Tuesday. The arrest of Ricardo Gutierrez Vargas — who served as director for International Police Affairs …
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This is a rush transcript from “The Beltway Boys”, November 22, 2008, that has been edited for clarity. FRED BARNES, FOX CO-HOST: Coming up on “The Beltway Boys,” the lame duck Congress lives up to its name: lame. MORT KONDRACKE, FOX CO-HOST: No bipartisanship, no money for auto makers and …
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BANGKOK, Thailand – A court dissolved Thailand’s top three ruling parties for electoral fraud Tuesday and temporarily banned the prime minister from politics, bringing down a government that has faced months of strident protests seeking its ouster. The Constitutional Court ruling set the stage for thousands of protesters to end …
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University students are working on an “exoskeleton” for dogs — a type of brace they hope can help older canines struggling with hip problems. The students came up with a device that fits over part of a dog’s back and helps it put more weight on …
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DALLAS – A lawyer says a bus carrying hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg did not have expired tags in a stop that led to two people on board charged with marijuana possession. Attorney Chris Lewis, who represents the two men charged with misdemeanor possession, told The Associated Press on Friday that …
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ROCKVILLE, Ind. – Authorities arrested a prison guard Tuesday for allegedly helping an inmate escape by driving her out of the prison complex hidden inside a vehicle. Scott A. Spitler was arrested early Tuesday in connection with Sarah Pender’s Monday escape from the Rockville Correctional Facility about 50 miles west …
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MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Elida weakened to a Category 1 storm off Mexico on Thursday, while Tropical Storm Fausto continued to gain strength. Both storms were well off Mexico’s Pacific coast and not expected to threaten land. Tropical Storm Fausto had maximum sustained winds near 70 mph and was expected …
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