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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers got back in the buying mood in October as their incomes grew modestly, an encouraging sign for the budding economic recovery.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Walt Disney Co. has named Carolina Lightcap as president of Disney Channels Worldwide.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Analysts cautioned Wednesday not to read too much into the coming departure of Microsoft Corp. finance chief Chris Liddell, which was announced Tuesday.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Environmentalists are questioning the legal justification offered for what would be the only active oil well inside the nation\'s first national forest.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('PLANO, Texas (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Tuesday that if elected governor, her education plan would focus on bringing more technology to the classroom, recruiting and retaining teachers, lowering the high school dropout rate and helping school districts find ways to save money.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Deere and Co. reported a $223 million loss for the fourth quarter on Wednesday as big charges and a 28 percent decline in sales of farm and construction equipment as demand slumped amid the global economic downturn.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A push to end grazing along a 150-mile stretch of the Missouri River would bar about 10,000 cattle from federal lands in central Montana so that the river valley can be restored to more natural conditions.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A group of central Ohio lawmakers is advancing a plan to beef up cities\' rights against four casinos that Ohio voters authorized in November.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('ATLANTA (AP) — There are plenty of ways that Georgia can quench metro Atlanta\'s thirst if the city is cut off from its main reservoir. But most options are costly and, according to a Georgia water task force, none would provide enough water for the city to meet a federal judge\'s 2012 deadline.
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