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AEP disputes study linking plants to 3,200 deaths
TULSA — American Electric Power is disputing an environmental group’s study that finds air pollution from the company’s 26 coal-fired plants caused as many as 3,200 deaths and more than 20,000 asth...
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Regulators close 5 banks in 4 states
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have closed two banks in Maryland and one each in Minnesota, South Carolina and California, bringing to 22 the number that have failed this year. The Federal Depo...
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Ford 1Q earnings fall on Europe slump, tax rate
DEARBORN — Ford Motor Co. has tidied up North America, sweeping out old products and excess costs. But the rest of the world keeps making a mess. The company’s net income fell 45 percent to $1.4...
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1 in 2 new grads are jobless or underemployed
WASHINGTON — The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in posi...
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Health care law rebates to top $1 billion this year
WASHINGTON — Insurance companies will have to return more than $1 billion this year to consumers and businesses, thanks to a new requirement in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a repo...
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Dubai spends $250 million for control of Atlantis
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai says it now has full control of the Atlantis resort hotel perched atop its palm-shaped island. State-run investment firm Istithmar World said late Friday it p...
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Livingston Livestock
LEDBETTER — Markets totaled 863 head. Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls, steady to $2 higher; feeder steers under 400 lbs., $5 higher; over 400 lbs., $3 to $4 lower. Feeder heifers, $...
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Associated Press A patron eats at a Burger King in Springfield, Ill. The movement by U.S. food corporations toward more humane treatment of animals experienced a whopper of a shift Wednesday when Burger King announced that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017.
Burger King vows cage-free eggs, pork
In a boost to animal welfare activists looking to get livestock out of cramped cages, Burger King will be the first major U.S. fast-food chain to give all of its chickens and pigs some room to roam...
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Ruling guides on background checks
WASHINGTON — Is an arrest in a barroom brawl 20 years ago a job disqualifier? Not necessarily, the government said Wednesday in new guidelines on how employers can avoid running afoul of laws prohi...
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Fed predicts growth, lower jobless rate
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has boosted its outlook for U.S. economic growth this year and is slightly more optimistic about the unemployment rate, reflecting improvements in recent months. ...
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