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'); document.write(''); document.write('BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The former head of the Idaho Transportation Department filed a lawsuit Friday against the agency, saying she was fired in a political power play to help Gov. C.L. \"Butch\" Otter and his big campaign donors.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked two music-sharing Web sites from selling songs by The Beatles and other artists for 25 cents apiece.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dolan Media Co. said Friday it bought an 85 percent stake in DiscoverReady LLC, which provides document-review services to companies and their lawyers.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators have shut small banks in Georgia and Michigan, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 117 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Jobless rate tops 10 pct. for first time since \'83
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'); document.write(''); document.write('DENVER (AP) — Facing an expected $1 billion shortfall in next year\'s budget, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is proposing a 4.6 percent cut in education spending and charging sales tax on items including candy and soda and online purchases.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than previously thought.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Shell Oil Co. has been ordered to pay $19.5 million to the state for environmental violations at gas stations around California.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a tacit acknowledgment of a delay in their plan to combine, Live Nation Inc. and Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. said in filings Friday that a shareholders meeting to approve the deal is set for Jan. 8.
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