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- Government bans stimulant ephedraWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration is banning the sale of ephedra early next year and urged consumers Tuesday to immediately stop using the herbal stimulant that has been linked to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and strokes. |
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- NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart's fate -- and the future of the vast empire that has put her name on everything from books and bed linens to garden boots and garlic presses -- may well be in the hands of a lowly brokerage assistant by the name of Douglas Faneuil. |
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- ManufacturingOrem office furniture maker settles patent-infringement lawsuit -- MITY Enterprises Inc., an Orem office furniture maker, on Tuesday settled patent infringement claims it filed against Midwest Folding Products, a Chicago-based competitor. |
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- Consumer confidence, home sales and Midwestern manufacturing all slipped below economists' expectations in reports released today, amidst persistent concerns over the labor market and worries that the economy's recent robust gains may be easing.Sales of existing single-family homes dropped in November by 4. |
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- MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Shipping giant FedEx Corp. agreed to buy the Kinko's copy shop chain for $2.4 billion in cash, the companies announced Tuesday.The seller is buyout firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Inc. |
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- Anne D'Innocenzio NEW YORK -- A late spending surge helped boost sales last week for many merchants, according to data released Monday, offering relief to retailers in a holiday season that is still projected to be only modestly better than a year ago. |
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- WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department spent $330 million in taxpayer money to reimburse its private contractors for legal bills over a 5Ý-year span, including for lawsuits they lost and settlements of sexual harassment and whistleblower allegations, congressional investigators reported Monday. |
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- Beef futures fall maximum amount allowedCHICAGO (AP) -- Beef futures fell the maximum amount allowed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday for the third straight trading session since the emergence of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease.But even with mad cow fallout continuing, major hamburger chains maintained their sales hadn't been noticeably hurt. |
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- NEW YORK -- The Nasdaq composite index burst past 2,000 on Monday, and the Dow Jones industrials surged more than 120 points as investors shook off concerns about the impact of mad cow disease and looked optimistically toward 2004.The market also got a lift from early indications that the holiday shopping season had gone well, including a report from MasterCard that consumer |
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- Business growthSpanish Fork treatment center for girls looks to expand in Utah -- New Haven Inc. of Spanish Fork, which operates two treatment centers for troubled teenage girls in Spanish Fork and Saratoga Springs, hopes to grow its customer base in Utah by joining the Provo-Orem Chamber of Commerce. |
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- Hoping to stop state Rep. Gary Haluska from winning a sixth term, local Republicans have taken the unusual step of placing a classified ad in a newspaper seeking state House hopefuls. |
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- Moonshine chic is sweeping Appalachia. But now it's tourists who want to take home a jar of 'shine. |
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- Those looking to get their new year off to a sizzling start have a hot option. |
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- The "Clauses" tied the knot on Christmas Eve. |
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- Forget sports stadiums and fire trucks. In Minnesota, corporations may soon be able to attach their names to something more mundane _ rest stops. |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - BruDirect Dec 31 2003 4:43AM ET... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Seattle Times Dec 31 2003 4:09AM ET... |
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- Edward G. Biester, a former Pennsylvania congressman, Bucks County judge and state attorney general was named Tuesday to a review panel that would hear appeals of cases decided by military tribunals. |
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- The Simple Life starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. Summary: As near as I can tell two spoiled socialites are thrown into small town life, with a country family. Their experiences are documented for the voyeuristic masses. I've seen the... |
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- The case against an Upper Dublin minister, who is accused of beating to death a 4-year-old boy left in his care by one of his church members in 1999, will go to trial. |
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- ¿Defender la libertad de prensa o atacar a Cuba? COORDINADORA ESTATAL DE SOLIDARIDAD CON CUBA-Madrid |
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- by the way, while my tradition might sound sad and pathetic to most of you readers, it isn't necessarily so for me. i won't get into it all, but i actually kind of enjoy it. it's not like i'm sitting around wallowing in loneliness and sorrow. anyway, just thought i should add that. |
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- believe it or not, until it started snowing i was ready to beg my dad to let me borrow the suburban and bring a bunch of people down there. i think i'll be sticking close to home. |
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- European security forces are tightening protection for leading European Union officials following the discovery of four bombs mailed to EU agencies. |
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- China is starting work on a satellite to orbit the moon by 2007 and plans to land a lunar probe by 2010, a space official said in Beijing today. |
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- The US Agriculture Department has stepped up the country's defences against mad cow disease, banning meat from cows that cannot walk or stand on their own and promising to create a nationwide animal tracking system as soon as possible. |
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- Survivors of Iran's earthquake scavenged the rubble for their battered belongings and desperately jostled for aid handouts as the death toll rose to 28,000, with even more feared dead. |
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- The Bush administration is to ban the sale of diet supplement ephedra early next year. |
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- The staff and associates of The National Business Review wish all readers and friends a very happy and exceptionally prosperous 2004. Happy New Year! |
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- Tim Berners-Lee -- the father of the web, apocryphal claims to the contrary from certain American politicians notwithstanding -- has been awarded a knighthood by the Queen. |
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- A series of letter bombs sent to senior European Union officials and two other small explosions have been linked to anarchist organisations, say German and Italian police. |
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- The Governor General has released the New Year's Honours List. |
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- A solar and hydrogen powered prototype automobile has finished a nine day, 4,084km drive across the desert landscape between Perth and Sydney, delivering up a glass of drinkable water as its emissions load. |
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- News that a single, apparently sick Holstein had tested positive for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or BSE -- the official name for "mad cow disease" -- has sent shockwaves through the American meat industry and dozens of secondary markets. |
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- A Hatfield man who had been staying in the Lansdale Motor Lodge was charged Monday night with operating a drug lab in the room. |
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- Get those lips ready: The NY Post asks Match.com's Trish McDermott for tips when stalking someone to kiss on New Year's at midnight. According to McDermott, singles should focus on "the right kissing partner this New Year's Eve and then simply relax, have fun, experiment and be open to the possibility of something warm, inviting and absolutely fabulous." The first step is to put yourself in vicinity of kissable people (some function or party). |
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- Mama's 54 now. ...Wow. Um. I ... |
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- An unclaimed briefcase left outside Merck & Co. on Sumneytown Pike resulted in a visit from the Montgomery County Bomb Disposal Unit. |
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- JLO's ass looks huge in this dress she is wearing at the 'Paycheck' premiere. Click here. She'd better get her ass on a diet!... |
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- Sabah Daily Express Dec 31 2003 4:41AM ET... |
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- Cyber India Online Dec 31 2003 4:42AM ET... |
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