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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('NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it aims to stop agricultural runoff in 41 watersheds in 12 states from ending up in the Mississippi River.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Making broadband Internet access universally available is this century\'s version of building highways or extending railroads coast-to-coast, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Curbed discretionary spending pushed Tiffany & Co.\'s U.S. sales lower in the third quarter, contributing to a 1 percent profit decline. But results, which topped its own expectations, led Tiffany to raise its full-year forecasts.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Stock futures pointed to a higher open Wednesday as investors prepared to examine fresh data on consumer spending and sentiment, new home sales and the job market a day after the Federal Reserve provided a more upbeat view of U.S. economic prospects.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp. said Clearwire Escrow Corp. has priced an offering of $920 million senior secured notes at 97.9 percent.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — LM Ericsson of Sweden said Wednesday it plans to buy Nortel Networks Corp.\'s North American GSM business for $70 million in cash.
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