Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:43:00 GMT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California salmon fishermen may not get much, if any, time on the ocean this year. The Pacific Fishery Management Council meets Thursday in Sacramento and is expected to issue three proposals that outline where West Coast ...
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:43:00 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, but remains above the level many economists say would signal new hiring. The four-week average of claims, which smooths volatility, rose to ...
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:33:00 GMT
A senator is calling for the break-up of megabanks and a firmer separation between Main Street banking and Wall Street trading, joining the ranks of leading economists and business titans demanding aggressive financial reform far beyond what the ...
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:33:00 GMT
troops prepare to go home. The partial results from the Independent High Electoral Commission were released in a chaotic monitoring room in Baghdad and tallies from the rest of the nation were likely to be released over the coming days.
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:33:00 GMT
USA Today on Thursday devoted a front page story to defending one of the key scientists involved in November's ClimateGate scandal. In a piece entitled " Questions about research slow climate change efforts ," author Brian Winter -- oh the irony ...
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:43:00 GMT
A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his children with wooden boards and even moving at one point to avoid child welfare investigators. The ...
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:33:00 GMT
Leaders in the Senate indicated yesterday they will begin discussions within weeks about how to change filibuster rules -- which have allowed Republicans in the Senate to block legislation that does not receive 60 votes. Liberal activists and ...
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:33:00 GMT
Calling NHTSA a "lapdog, not a watchdog," Joan Claybrook, former head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said the agency must adopt "tougher standards" for safety officials who go to work for the auto industry. Claybrook is ...
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:33:00 GMT
WASHINGTON ? U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has been subpoenaed before a federal grand jury in Detroit along with a member of her staff. Kilpatrick, a Detroit Democrat and the mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, let House Speaker ...
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:40:00 GMT
328 with 325 home runs. A winner of four Silver Slugger Awards and three Gold Glove Awards, Helton is currently one of only five players with 500 doubles, a .325 batting average and 320-plus home runs, joining Hall of Famers Stan Musial, Ted Williams ...
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