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Rising sales point to better year for housing
By DEREK KRAVITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON — The housing market is flashing signs of health ahead of the spring-buying season. Sales of previously occupied homes are at their highest lev...
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Associated Press Ford introduces a 2013 Ford Focus ST during the media preview of the Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place in Chicago. If you're shopping for a car today, you're less likely to end up with a lemon.
Factory lemons are unlikely now
DETROIT — Car shoppers today are less likely to end up with a lemon. In the past five years, global competition has forced automakers to improve the quality and reliability of their vehicles — e...
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Associated Press Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos (right), speaks with Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde during a round table meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Monday. Eurozone governments will likely approve a long-elusive rescue package for Greece, saving it from a potentially calamitous bankruptcy next month, senior officials said.
Greece to get billions in bailout money
BRUSSELS — After more than 12 hours of talks, the countries that use the euro reached an agreement early Tuesday to hand Greece €130 billion ($170 billion) in extra bailout loans to save it from a ...
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Oil jumps to a high point after Iran cuts supply
Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above $105 a barrel on Monday after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an escalation of a dispute over the Middle Eastern country’s nu...
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Associated Press Airline passengers go through a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in August. The TSA has expanded its new passenger screening program to make check-in easier for certain travelers.
Airport security gets simpler for select few
NEW YORK — You can keep your jacket, belt and shoes on through airport security. You just need to fly a lot, or pay for the privilege. The Transportation Security Administration recently announc...
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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JOHN WRIGHT | The Sun Brittany Reeves (left) and her boss, Cheri English, smile as they select chocolate-and-nut-sprinkled strawberries from a display Thursday at Heavenly Cakes & Cafe inside the former Ritz Hotel in Paducah's Mid-Town area.
New tenant at the former Ritz Hotel
Workers finally found the original surface of the Ritz Hotel’s bottom floor under four layers of old flooring. And it had a long, snaking crack in it. Friends and family of Cheri English were in...
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Bureau targets credit bureaus, bill collectors
WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to place debt collectors and credit bureaus under federal supervision for the first time, after an explosion in complaints about their pr...
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Nation Briefs
Ruby slippers from ‘Oz’ to be conserved WASHINGTON — Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” are being removed from a Smithsonian exhibit to be conserved. Curators say the famous shoe...
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Associated Press After Diamond Foods Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. called off their $1.5 billion deal for Diamond to buy the Pringles brand, cereal maker Kellogg Co. swooped in and made a $2.7 billion deal to purchase the brand.
With Pringles, Kellogg looks to expand overseas
NEW YORK — Kellogg is hoping Pringles will satisfy its craving for a salty snack. The food giant is best known for its lineup of sweet breakfast items, including Frosted Flakes and Eggo frozen w...
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Associated Press Mike Trang shows a warning message from AT&T on his iPhone that advises he is in danger of having his data speeds throttled. AT&T considers Trang to be among the top 5 percent of the heaviest cellular data users in his area. Under a new policy, AT&T has started cutting its data speeds as part of an attempt to manage data usage on its network.
AT&T customers surprised by ‘unlimited data’ limit
NEW YORK — Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouTube videos and games. But...
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