May 21, 2013
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Associated Press A maple tree is illegally tapped in northern Maine on March 12. Thieves are illegally tapping trees across Maine and stealing the sap that runs each spring that's used to make sweet maple syrup. Forest rangers say the illegal tappers are damaging valuable maple trees before they are harvested for lumber.
Sticky-fingered thieves target sap
PORTLAND, Maine — Sticky-fingered thieves are stealing the sap right out of Maine’s maple trees. With little more than a spout-like tap and a bucket, people are looting the liquid out of trees o...
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Internet blossoming into virtual vinyard
The Internet is blossoming into quite the virtual vineyard. Online wine options are everywhere, from flash sale sites like Lot18 offering daily deals to Facebook prodding you to send a little so...
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Greenback acreage
It isn’t just record high prices for corn, soybeans, wheat and other commodities driving the surge in farmland prices in western Kentucky. Buyers in 2013 who have offered $6,000 to $8,000 per ac...
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Judge deals blow to high-tech lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Friday struck down an effort to form a class action lawsuit to go after Apple, Google and five other technology companies for allegedly forming an illegal cartel ...
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Boeing makes 787 test flight
Boeing said its flight of a 787 on Friday should wrap up the testing for its fix of the battery problems that have kept the plane grounded. Boeing called the flight “the final certification test fo...
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Associated Press A help wanted sign sits in front of a restaurant on March 29 in Richmond, Va. The U.S. economy has enjoyed a four-month stretch of robust job gains, and on Friday, the government will signal whether that trend endured into March. US employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. The slowdown is a reminder that the job market's path back to health will be uneven.
Dim labor report shows US had gain of just 88,000 jobs
WASHINGTON — A streak of robust job growth came to a halt in March, signaling that U.S. employers may have grown cautious in a fragile economy. The gain of 88,000 jobs was the smallest in nine m...
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Stocks finish lower after disappointing jobs report
NEW YORK — Stocks fell on Wall Street Friday after the government reported a sharp slowdown in hiring last month that was far worse than economists had expected. The Dow Jones industrial average...
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Japanese bank overhauls policy
TOKYO — Japan is taking aggressive action to lift consumer prices, encourage borrowing and help pull the world’s third-largest economy out of a long slump. Like the U.S. Federal Reserve, Japan’s...
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Unemployment aid applications jump
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose last week by 28,000, the third straight increase. Weekly applications increased to a seasonally adjusted 385,000, the Labor Dep...
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Associated Press Michael Goodwin, senior partner for HTC, displays an HTC First cell phone with interface at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Thursday. The company says it is not building a phone or an operating system. Rather, Facebook is introducing a new experience for Android phones. The idea behind the new Home service is to bring content right to you, rather than require people to check apps on the device.
Facebook finds new ‘Home’
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook is bringing your friends’ photos, links and observations to your phone’s home screen. If you install the new Home software on certain Android phones from HTC and Sa...
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