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Applebee's Sees Room for 3,000 U.S. Outlets

LOS ANGELES – Restaurant chain Applebee’s International Inc. (APPB) on Thursday said there was room for at least 3,000 of its namesake restaurants in the United States, nearly double the existing number. The Overland Park, Kansas, company, which operates about 1,600 restaurants in the United States, in 2002 had pegged …

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Poll: Kerry-McCain Would Beat Bush-Cheney

WASHINGTON – The hypothetical pairing of DemocratJohn Kerry (search)and Republican Sen.John McCain (search)holds a double-digit lead over the Republican ticket of President Bush and Vice PresidentDick Cheney (search), a new poll finds. Kerry-McCain has a 14-point advantage over Bush-Cheney among registered voters, 53 percent to 39 percent, in the latest …

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Red Cross: U.S. Ignored Our Prison Pleas

GENEVA – The international Red Cross said Thursday that it had repeatedly asked U.S. authorities to take action over alleged prisoner abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib (search) prison before recent revelations about the way detainees were treated. “We were aware of what was going on, and based on our findings …

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