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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana businessman charged with defrauding investors out of nearly $20 million in an alleged Ponzi scheme has been ordered detained in federal custody.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks retreated from 13-month highs after a lackluster reading on consumer confidence and a report showing slower economic growth sapped the market\'s optimism.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — The summer\'s trend of rising home prices is flattening as the traditional home shopping season ends, two reports Tuesday showed.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson said there won\'t be another extension of his homebuyer tax credit after it expires in June.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('PITTSBURGH (AP) — American Eagle Outfitters Inc. said Tuesday that its profit climbed in the third quarter as the prior-year period was weighed down by an impairment charge.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Oil prices fell below $76 a barrel Tuesday with new data showing a slow U.S. economic recovery and consumer confidence that remains luke warm at best.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine utility regulators have dismissed a petition by a solar-power firm to become an electric transmission utility.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson announced $259 million worth of spending cuts, reducing funds for highway maintenance and education to shore up a troubled state budget.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri must be willing to overhaul its education system and develop new teaching methods to compete for more than $4 billion in federal funds, the state\'s top education and political leaders said.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — US Airways said Tuesday it will delay delivery of 54 Airbus jets until at least 2013 as it tries to bolster its financial strength.
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