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Kentucky appeals court upholds 1998 tobacco deal LOUISVILLE — A three-judge federal appeals panel in Kentucky has turned away a challenge from a defunct cigarette maker to a landmark 1998 nation...
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Budget hit list includes closing supermax
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — In what he called “a rendezvous with reality,” Gov. Pat Quinn made clear Wednesday that he fears Illinois is on the verge of a financial meltdown because of pension systems eati...
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FDA panel backs previously rejected obesity pill
By MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press SILVER SPRING, Md. — A previously rejected weight loss pill won an overwhelming endorsement from public health advisers Wednesday, raising hopes that the d...
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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...
Feb 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 ...
Feb 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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