Archive for February, 2012
How Dow 30 have performed since last 13,000 close (AP)
AP – How the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average have performed since May 19, 2008, the first time the average closed above 13,000:
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W.Va.’s unemployment rate 7.8 percent in January (AP)
AP – West Virginia’s unemployment rate rose to 7.8 percent in January, up from 7.4 percent in December.
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Florida House passes speedy foreclosure bill (AP)
AP – The Florida House has passed a hotly-contested measure aimed at speeding more properties through the mortgage foreclosure process.
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Gas rises again even as signs point to slow demand (AP)
AP – Gas prices rose for the 22nd straight day on Wednesday, even as evidence grew that drivers are using less fuel.
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California won’t oppose Honda hybrid settlement (AP)
AP – California’s attorney general won’t oppose a class-action settlement between Honda Motor Co. and owners of its hybrid cars over inflated claims of fuel efficiency.
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Mass. man in Wesleyan death committed to hospital (AP)
AP – A Massachusetts man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2009 slaying of a Wesleyan University student was ordered Wednesday to be committed to a psychiatric hospital for 60 years.
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Ohio shooting suspect may have used relative’s gun (AP)
AP – The teenager suspected in an Ohio school shooting that killed three students may have used a gun that disappeared from his grandfather’s barn, a longtime neighbor said Wednesday.
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Iowa Lottery to give away $$$ from jackpot mystery (AP)
AP – The Iowa Lottery will try again to give away the state’s share of a big jackpot after a mysterious man who ended up with the winning ticket wouldn’t explain how he got it.
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Rutgers student was ‘uncomfortable’ with roommate (AP)
AP – Jurors in the trial of a student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man can’t hear about an email passage in which the alleged victim referred to the defendant’s behavior as “wildly inappropriate,” a judge decided Wednesday.
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AP ENTERPRISE: Cop-cadet sex case has precedents (AP)
AP – When an on-duty police officer was shot and killed by a colleague a month ago, residents of this agricultural community north of Santa Barbara were horrified. Outrage grew when they learned the shooting occurred as fellow officers tried to arrest the policeman on suspicion he was having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old [...]
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