Judge: 'HOPE' artist can switch lawyers in AP suit
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Shepard Fairey has a new legal team and new questions he must answer. The street artist known for his Barack Obama "HOPE" image will be permitted to switch attorneys in his copyright fight against The Associated Press,...
Lawyer: Letterman suspect just shopping screenplay
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David Letterman was on the receiving end of a sales pitch, not a shakedown, a defense lawyer said Tuesday as he argued that a TV producer accused of extorting the comic was simply peddling a screenplay. Robert J. "Joe"...
Colombia seizes $19M in forged US bills in 2009
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Colombian authorities say they have seized $19 million in forged U.S. currency so far this year, five times the amount confiscated last year. A statement from the Presidency's press office says 16 people have been...
2 dead, 2 wounded in Ore. office park shooting
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A woman was killed and two of her co-workers were injured when the woman's estranged husband opened fire Tuesday at a drug-testing laboratory in suburban Portland before turning the gun on himself, police said. The...
Emirates mulls more Airbus A380s despite delays
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Emirates airline, the biggest buyer of the "superjumbo" Airbus A380, said Wednesday it is considering increasing its order for the double-decker plane despite delays on existing orders. Speaking ahead of next week's...
World Bank warns unemployment threatens US economy
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Stubbornly high joblessness threatens to trigger loan defaults and drag on consumption next year, hobbling a U.S. economy struggling to rebound from recession, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Wednesday. ...
35,000 in Pa. may get extension of jobless checks
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Thousands of Pennsylvania residents who have exhausted their unemployment compensation benefit may be able to get 20 more weeks of checks. State officials said Tuesday that more than 35,000 people will receive a...
Property owner near TVA ash spill `living in hell'
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Ten months after millions of cubic yards of coal ash spilled from a Tennessee Valley Authority dam, Gary Topmiller and his wife, Pam, said they are trapped in their home across the Emory River from the site and "living...
Va. firm wins $27 million Navy contract
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A Fairfax County company has won a nearly $27 million contract to provide engineering and technical support for the U.S. Navy's navigation systems in the United States and abroad. WRSystems Ltd. announced Tuesday that...
Home sales in Washington state rise in 3rd quarter
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The number of existing homes sold in Washington state increased in the third quarter compared with the previous three months, the Washington Center for Real Estate Research reported Tuesday. The federal first-time...
Mass. movie studio project delayed
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Plans to build a movie studio in Plymouth have been put on hold after developers canceled a $550 million construction loan agreement. Officials with Plymouth Rock Studios said Tuesday that Orlando, Fla.-based...
No deficit deals in NY Legislature special session
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With New York drowning in deepening deficit spending and running out of cash to pay huge bills due next month, the Legislature met in special session Tuesday and put off what Gov. David Paterson called the "tough...
K-Swiss board authorizes $70 million stock buyback
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Athletic shoe and apparel company K-Swiss Inc. on Wednesday said its board authorized a new program to buy back up to $70 million in stock. The program replaces the company's existing 2004 buyback plan for up to 5...
Republic Airways to establish hub in Milwaukee
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Republic Airways will establish an airline hub in Milwaukee County, a move that will retain 800 local jobs and could bring hundreds more to the area. The company said Tuesday the jobs include work on flight crews, in...
Credit Agricole helps European stocks rise
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European stock markets rose sharply Wednesday and Wall Street was expected to rise on the open, helped by strong earnings from French bank Credit Agricole SA and a surprise increase in British employment levels. The...
Ahead of the Bell: Adobe Systems
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Shares of Adobe Systems Inc. should have more room to climb following recently announced job cuts, a Jefferies & Co. analyst said Wednesday. Adobe, best known for its Photoshop, Flash and Acrobat graphics and...
Belo prices $275 million in 8 percent notes
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Belo Corp. said Wednesday it has priced a $275 million bond offering it plans to use for paying down a line of credit. The TV station operator said the notes will carry an interest rate of 8 percent, payable...
Geithner encouraged by moves in Japan, China
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday he's encouraged by efforts in Japan and China to spur domestic demand instead of relying so heavily on American consumers _ a shift that will contribute to more stable...
APEC ministers agree economic crisis far from over
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Asia-Pacific ministers warned Wednesday that signs of recovery in the global economy are merely a respite, and future growth hinges on freer trade and improved social safety nets in Asia. Finance and foreign ministers...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bishops shape health care bill
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Catholic bishops have emerged as a formidable force in the health care overhaul fight, using their clout with millions of Catholics and working behind the scenes in Congress to get strong abortion restrictions into the...
US crop estimates may ease fears about wet harvest
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Newly released estimates for U.S. wheat, corn and soybean crops may put to rest fears that a wet harvest season in many parts of the country could cut into production. Late-season rains had delayed harvest of small...
China industrial output,retail sales up in October
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The slump in China's exports eased last month as industrial output and retail sales rose sharply, the government said Wednesday, showing that recovery in the world's third-largest economy was firmly on track. Exports...
5 pct. of Americans plan to buy a home next year
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Just one in 20 Americans say they plan to buy a home within the next year, and they're most likely to be 34 years old or younger and living in the South or West, according to a survey released Wednesday. Roughly a...
Orthodox Jews flock to SD, support leader on trial
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In the musty conference room of a South Dakota hotel, Sholom Rubashkin helps a disheveled man in a hooded sweat shirt wrap black bands around his left arm and head. Attached to each is a black box containing...
Report: AIG CEO ready to quit over pay constraints
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After just three months as head of battered insurer American International Group, Robert Benmosche has threatened to leave his post as he struggles to deal with heavy government oversight and restrictions on what the...
Best Buy leaps into fitness equipment
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Best Buy Co. wants to get your pulse racing over more than the hottest new laptops and TVs. Starting Wednesday the electronics chain will sell health and fitness equipment in 40 stores across the U.S. It may seem like...
Appeals panel: No landfill near SoCal nat'l park
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A federal appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld a 2005 court decision that effectively halted the development of what would have been one of the nation's largest landfills near Joshua Tree National Park. The 9th U.S....
GM chairman says co. is committed to repaying aid
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General Motors Co. remains committed to repaying its billions of dollars in government loans, though it's too soon to say when that will happen, the automaker's chairman said Tuesday. "Can GM pay back its loans? You...
Bill Clinton urges Senate passage of health bill
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Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he...
Senate Dems move to curb Fed's powers
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Senate Democrats on Tuesday proposed stripping the Federal Reserve of its supervisory powers and creating instead three new federal agencies to police banks, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions. The...
UT board: Depleted uranium disposal needs scrutiny
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Utah's Radiation Control Board is moving forward with efforts to require a company that wants to dispose of depleted uranium in the state to first submit a report confirming that additional safeguards will work. The...
Fed officials warn weak recovery won't spur jobs
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Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won't be strong enough to spur robust hiring, Federal Reserve officials warned Tuesday. The cautionary note struck by the...
Atmos posts 4Q loss on drop in natural gas prices
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Atmos Energy Corp. on Tuesday posted a fourth-quarter loss of $16 million, citing a plunge in natural gas consumption and prices that cut deeply into revenue this year. The Dallas-based company, which stores and...
Judge: Joe Jackson can't challenge will executors
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Michael Jackson's father does not stand to inherit any of his son's assets and cannot challenge the appointment of the executors chosen by the singer to handle his will, a judge said Tuesday. Superior Court Judge...
Assured Guaranty forecasts 3rd-quarter loss
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Shares of Assured Guaranty Ltd. slid more than 6 percent in Tuesday aftermarket trading, after the bond insurer said acquisition and other costs will cause it to post a loss for the third quarter. Assured Guaranty said...
Ralcorp nearly doubles profit in 4th-quarter
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Ralcorp Holdings Inc. said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit nearly doubled on higher sales and a boost from its acquisition of Post Foods. Ralcorp, based in St. Louis, bought the Post cereals business from...
EPA: Toxic chemicals in freshwater fish widespread
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Nearly half of lakes and reservoirs nationwide contain fish with potentially harmful levels of the toxic metal mercury, according to a federal study released Tuesday. The Environmental Protection Agency found mercury _...
FDIC boss: Big banks still aren't lending enough
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The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday she's "very worried" that the nation's biggest banks aren't lending enough and warned the economy could take another turn for the worse without increased...
Logitech to buy LifeSize Communications for $405M
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Logitech International SA, a maker of mice, webcams and other computer peripherals, said Tuesday it agreed to buy video conferencing company LifeSize Communications for $405 million. LifeSize, based in Austin, Texas,...
Expert: Recreation on Illinois River has declined
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About 30,000 fewer people floated in the Illinois River watershed in 2007 compared with two years earlier, a professor testified Tuesday, suggesting that decades of chicken manure pollution may have made one of the...
Werner Enterprises to pay special dividend
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Trucking company Werner Enterprises Inc. said Tuesday its board authorized payment of a quarterly cash dividend of 5 cents per share and announced a special cash dividend of $1.25 per common share. The special payout...
UN chief prods Senate to tackle climate change
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pressed the Senate Tuesday to take action on climate change, but key senators made it clear that a bill is unlikely to pass this year. The U.N. chief met with members of the Senate...
Prosecutors: SC trio promised unrealistic returns
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Three South Carolina men accused of bilking investors out of millions made anyone with ties to law enforcement or attorneys leave their seminars, and threatened investors with $1 million in fines if they told anyone...
Emdeon 3Q loss widens on costs
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Emdeon Corp., which provides financial and clinical services to the health care industry, said Tuesday its third-quarter loss widened on higher expenses and a boost in income tax costs. The company lost $7.2 million,...
Ambac warns it may file for bankruptcy protection
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Shares of Ambac Financial Group Inc. plunged 33 percent Tuesday after the embattled bond insurer said it may be forced to file for bankruptcy protection if it cannot improve its cash position. In a filing with the...
Cliffs Natural raises quarterly dividend
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Mining and natural resources company Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. said Tuesday it has raised its regular quarterly dividend to 8.75 cents. Cliffs had reduced its dividend to 4 cents in May to boost its financial...
PepsiCo withdraws FTC filings in bottler deals
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PepsiCo Inc. said Tuesday it has withdrawn paperwork related to its buyouts of its two biggest bottlers to give regulators more time to review the deal. PepsiCo plans to buy the shares it does not already own of Pepsi...
Judge: 'HOPE' artist can switch lawyers in AP suit
6:33
Shepard Fairey has a new legal team and new questions he must answer. The street artist known for his Barack Obama "HOPE" image will be permitted to switch attorneys in his copyright fight against The Associated Press,...
Median home prices fell nationwide in 3Q
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A real estate group says home prices fell in eight out of every 10 U.S. cities in the third quarter of this year as heavily discounted distressed sales made up 30 percent of all deals. But home sales continued their...
MBIA, Beazer, AIG, Electronic Arts are big movers
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The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE: MBIA Inc., down $1.28 at $3.52 Heavy losses in mortgage-related securities and...