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More ethics rules issued for NC treasurer workers
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's state treasurer has unveiled rules banning employees from taking gifts from companies that do substantial business with the agency....  Read Story.
Southwest Airlines changes board election rules
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DALLAS (AP) -- Southwest Airlines Co. said Friday it will require uncontested candidates for its board of directors to win a majority among shareholder votes cast to be elected, instead of just a   Read Story.
"Going Rogue" is going big
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NEW YORK (AP) -- "Going Rogue" is going big....  Read Story.
GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care - and to try to chip away suppo  Read Story.
Movers roundup: Dress Barn, Hibbett Sports
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Among the stock activity stories for Friday, Nov. 20, from AP Financial News:...  Read Story.
Americans save more but earn less as rates fall
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. is finally becoming a nation of savers. Now if only we could get something for our money....  Read Story.
TD Ameritrade offering $1.25B in senior notes
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Online retail brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Friday that it will sell $1.25 billion in senior unsecured notes in a public offering and use proceeds to retire debt and   Read Story.
New Hampshire AG seeks bankruptcy for mortgage co.
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The New Hampshire attorney general's office wants to force a mortgage company that closed suddenly into bankruptcy....  Read Story.
Pa. residents sue gas driller over polluted wells
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DIMOCK, Pa. (AP) -- Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too....  Read Story.
Early votes on W.Va. table games already top 1,300
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CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- More than 1,300 people have already voted on whether to let the Charles Town Races & Slots put table games in its casino....  Read Story.
Dollar keeps gaining as traders pare risk exposure
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The safe-haven dollar further strengthened Friday and Treasury yields hovered around their lows for the year as worries about the economy in 2010 diminished traders' appetites for  Read Story.
Judge strikes down Tennessee guns-in-bars law
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's new law allowing people with handgun permits to be armed in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol is unconstitutionally vague, a judge ruled on Friday....  Read Story.
Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Lo  Read Story.
Indiana's jobless rate hits 9.8 percent in October
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana's unemployment rate was almost unchanged from September to October, but officials said it's too early to tell whether the stability marks a long-awaited awaited reboun  Read Story.
New questions arise in Pequot trading probe
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new development related to the government's investigation of possible insider trading at a major hedge fund has raised questions in the case and caught the attention of two ke  Read Story.
Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protecti  Read Story.
Ariz. lawmakers may have December special session
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PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona legislators are still struggling to conclude their special session on the state's budget troubles but already are working on ideas for another one that could be held in Dec  Read Story.
Chase drops arbitration from card contracts
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NEW YORK (AP) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. is dropping a clause from its credit card contracts that required disputes with customers to be handled through binding arbitration....  Read Story.
Harley's Pa. plant thought likelier to stay now
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A tentative labor agreement distributed Friday to workers at Harley-Davidson's plant in south-central Pennsylvania makes it appear likely that the motorcycle maker will kee  Read Story.
Judge orders settlement meeting in Cintas case
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Cintas Corp. and the widow of a former employee who is suing the company will have another chance to settle her 2007 wrongful death lawsuit against the nation's largest unifor  Read Story.


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