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INSIDE WASHINGTON: Items Missing From Archives

cbsnews.com
58 mins ago 3 related
 

INSIDE WASHINGTON: Is National Archives A Good Record-keeping Steward? Many Items Missing (AP) National Archives visitors know they'll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the...

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CIC Takes Stake in Teck

wsj.com
8 hrs ago 54 related
 

By JOHN MORITSUGU Teck Resources Ltd. agreed to sell a 17% stake to China Investment Corp. for about 1.74 billion Canadian dollars (US$1.5 billion). The Vancouver, B.C., mining company said it will use proceeds of the share...

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Nigeria, Algeria and Niger agree to create pipeline to ship gas to Europe

baltimoresun.com
10 hrs ago 15 related
 

ABUJA, Nigeria - - Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10 billion pipeline that would ship gas across the Saharan desert to Europe, Nigeria's state oil company said Friday. The plan comes as Europe...

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Defendant Says Dismissal of MySpace Hoax Case Linked to Suicide Was 'Proper'

washingtonpost.com
10 hrs ago 245 related
 

Dismissal of MySpace Case 'Proper,' Defendant Says Associated Press Saturday, July 4, 2009 LOS ANGELES, July 3 -- A federal judge this week acquitted Lori Drew of misdemeanor counts of accessing computers without authorization,...

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The Big Money: New Help on Student Loans

washingtonpost.com
2 hrs ago 5 related
 

If you've got a diploma hanging on your wall, chances are it didn't come cheap. Of the 3 million or so college seniors who donned a cap and gown this year, about two-thirds of them went into debt -- an average of $22,500 -- for...

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‘Car guys’ retrain but downshift to lower pay

msn.com
1 hr ago 1 related
 

As auto industry shrinks, displaced workers struggle to acquire new skills July 3: Aside from the Big Three, other businesses dependent on the auto industry are at risk, particularly tool and die manufacturers. June 30: As GM...

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Sales of flat-panel TVs brighten retail picture

chicagotribune.com
9 hrs ago 1 related
 

By Andrea Chang | Tribune Newspapers On the shopping list for budget-minded consumers: groceries, gas -- and a flat-panel television? Shelling out hundreds of dollars on a television is hardly wallet-friendly, but LCD and...

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Another 'jobless recovery' possible

chicagotribune.com
9 hrs ago 1 related
 

Unemployment rate likely to keep climbing into 2010 while consumer spending stalls -- Even as the nation's economy begins to claw its way out of the worst recession in 60 years, signs are growing that a recovery could come with...

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Tourism takes a holiday

chicagotribune.com
9 hrs ago 1 related
 

City, businesses hope to reverse last year's dip Last year, Chicago experienced its first dip in five years in the number of visitors to the city -- a trend officials and business owners are working hard to reverse.

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Sony's Walkman Marks 30 Years of Changing the Music Scene

washingtonpost.com
5 hrs ago 23 related
 

TOKYO -- Thirty years ago Sony launched the Walkman, the portable cassette player that revolutionized the way people around the world listened to music but has since been overtaken by an icon of the digital age: the iPod.

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