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Internet startup offers foreign news coverage as costs force US papers to retrench
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — As budget cuts force many U.S. newspapers to retrench on their foreign coverage, veteran journalist Charles Sennott saw virtually no chance of getting another assignment abroad. So Sennott left The Boston Globe to start his own news...Tags: CNN, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Cultural Development, Akamai Technologies Incorporated, McClatchy Co.
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Former LAT editor now snr Kerry aide
The Swampby Paul Richter Douglas Frantz, a former managing editor of the Los Angeles Times, has been chosen to be chief investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as it reorganizes under its new chairman, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) Frantz was......Tags: Douglas, Joe Biden, New York Times, John Kerry, The White House
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Low mortgage rates leave lenders overwhelmed by refi requests
The Washington PostBorrowers are rushing to refinance their mortgages at record low interest rates but face unexpected delays as swamped lenders struggle to cope with the surge at a time when layoffs have sharply cut staffing. Bank of America, which started shedding 7,...Tags: Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Employees, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Bank of America Corp., Banking
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Sun-Times Media Group to close 12 suburban papers
Sun-Times Media Group Inc. plans to close 12 weekly newspapers in suburban Chicago and has asked its union employees to take a cut in compensation as part of cost-cutting measures brought on by declining advertising revenue. The company, which...Tags: Mount Prospect, Arlington Heights, Employees, Rolling Meadows, Hoffman Estates
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Parents of Ashley Truitt question police inquiry
The parents of Ashley Truitt, the Solon teenager convicted of dumping her newborn baby down a trash chute at a south Florida hotel, said they don't believe their daughter killed the infant. Truitt, 19, pleaded no contest on Dec. 18 to aggravated...Tags: Police Investigations, Police, Crimes, Florida, Broward County Sheriff's Office
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Christkindlmarkt takes a hit from the economy
Of The Morning CallThe music may have been festive, the decorations impeccable and the merchandise quaint, but a flagging economy saddled the 2008 Christkindlmarkt with its worst attendance since 2003. ArtsQuest officials announced Thursday that more than 45,000 people...Tags: Holidays, Corporate Officers, Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, John Callahan, Sales
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SEC reopens probe of hedge-fund trading
The Associated PressThe Securities and Exchange Commission has reopened its investigation of possible insider trading involving a major hedge fund, a case closed two years ago that prompted scrutiny by Congress and the agency's internal watchdog. The SEC is examining...Tags: Insider Trading, Mutual Funds, Microsoft Corp., Westport, Connecticut
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Survey of financial journalists finds many believe they dropped the ball as economy collapsed
AP Television WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Signaling a look inward that echoes critiques of the media's performance in the months before the Iraq War, some of the nation's top financial journalists believe reporters dropped the ball as the nation's economy tumbled toward...Tags: Iraq War, New York Times
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Federal judge in Arkansas delays start of trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo on sex charges
Associated Press WriterTEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday delayed the trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo on charges he took young girls across state lines for sex. U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes reset Alamo's trial to begin on May 11. The trial...Tags: Google Inc., Crimes, Witnesses, Government, George Bush
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SEC reopens insider-trading probe of Pequot hedge fund; new information from divorce case
Associated Press WritersWASHINGTON (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission has reopened its investigation of possible insider trading involving a major hedge fund, a case closed two years ago that prompted scrutiny by Congress and the agency's internal watchdog. The...Tags: Lawyers, Microsoft Corp., Westport, Stamford, Government
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Has The Tide Turned In Favor of The Detroit Three?
MotorTrend MagazineDETROIT - Polls have turned, a bit, in favor of the Detroit Three. CNN reported 61-percent opposition to federal loan guarantees for General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler LLC last month. Just 39 percent were in favor. By the time Rick Wagoner, Alan... -
Obama's green team, including a Marylander
baltimoresun.comCarol Browner is back! The former Environmental Protection Agency chief and Maryland resident has been tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be his climate "czar." She's pictured above, third from left, in the Associated Press photo of Obama's press...
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