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Remodelers betting on rebound
ORLANDO, Fla. — Residential contractors are hoping that tight-fisted consumers will decide they need a new bathroom. Or maybe it’s time for those old kitchen counters to go. Perhaps it would ...
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Siobhan Griffin, an organic dairy farmer, stands in a field with her cows at Raindance Farm in Westville, N.Y. Even as more consumers are willing to pay premium prices for organic milk, supermarkets are having trouble keeping it on the shelves as high feed and fuel prices have left some organic dairy farmers unable to keep up with demand.
Organic milk hits low as demand rises, farmers struggle
WESTVILLE, N.Y. — “Got milk?” is getting to be a difficult question when it comes to organic. Because even as more consumers are willing to pay premium prices for organic milk, supermarkets are ...
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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How parts of payroll tax cut package are paid for
A look at how the package would be financed: n There would be no cuts in other programs to pay for the $100 billion cost of extending the payroll tax cut. n Half of the unemployment benefit e...
Feb 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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6 on ethics panel quit Waters case
WASHINGTON — All five Republicans on the House ethics committee and the panel's ranking Democrat withdrew from a long-standing investigation of Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California on Friday...
Feb 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Beshear promotes gambling in chat
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear used his weekly Internet chat Friday to promote his proposal to legalize casinos in Kentucky. The second-term Democrat has been posting weekly commentaries to YouT...
Feb 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Beshear steps in on behalf of plant
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear has joined with members of Kentucky’s congressional delegation to press the Department of Energy to keep Paducah’s government-owned nuclear enrichment plant operating...
Feb 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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In Joplin, young professionals hear call to serve
JOPLIN, Mo. — One was a busy financial adviser. Another was an insurance agent. A third had recently finished law school and embarked on a legal career. Then came the tornado. The twister tha...
Feb 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Congress soon to begin fight over Obama’s budget
WASHINGTON — The new budget that President Barack Obama is sending to Congress aims to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by restraining government spending and raising t...
Feb 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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States shake up adult education to help low-skilled workers
By Tony Pugh McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s recent proposal to “train 2 million Americans with skills that will lead directly to a job” barely scratches the surfac...
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Associated Press Bob Mudge (right), president of Verizon Consumer and Mass Business Markets, and Paul Davis, CEO of Coinstar, Inc., announced Monday that Verizon and Redbox will team to offer a video streaming service later this year.
Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox
NEW YORK — Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. Verizon and Coinstar Inc., Redbox...
Feb 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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