Bernanke: Fed will take action to boost economy

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September 1, 2012

Bernanke: Fed will take action to boost economy

He stops short of committing to any specific move but insists the Fed can do more, even with interest rates at historic lows.
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September 1, 2012

Access to education at heart of state-cult conflict

Members of a traditionalist Catholic sect are fighting with each other and Mexican officials over government-run schools.
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September 1, 2012

Briefcase

Toyota disputes Ford claim of Focus outselling Corolla The stylish and nimble Ford Focus is on track to unseat Toyota’s aging Corolla to become the world’s top-selling car, according to Ford. The company said it sold 489,616 Focus sedans and hatchbacks globally in the first half of 2012, besting the Corolla by almost 27,000. But […]
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September 1, 2012

Airlines take step closer to merging operations

American Airlines and US Airways announce that they've started confidential merger negotiations.
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September 1, 2012

Taco Bell looking for jolt with new breakfast soda

Mtn Dew A.M. joins the chain's 'FirstMeal' menu along with a high-calorie A.M. Crunchwrap tortilla.

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September 1, 2012

Perks abound at hotels and motels, but watch out for those sneaky fees

More hotels than ever are charging for access to fitness equipment and in-room Internet service.
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September 1, 2012

‘The Dialectic of Sex’ author Shulamith Firestone dies at 67

NEW YORK – Writer Shulamith Firestone, who published her influential “The Dialectic of Sex” at age 25 and then retreated into isolation and mental illness, has died at age 67. Firestone was found dead Tuesday in her Manhattan apartment, said her sister Laya Firestone Seghi. The death was from natural causes. “The Dialectic of Sex: […]
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September 1, 2012

Steve Franken, actor on TV’s ‘Dobie Gillis’

LOS ANGELES – Steve Franken, a veteran character actor whose long career included playing the spoiled young millionaire on the popular situation comedy “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” in the early 1960s, has died. He was 80. Franken died of cancer Aug. 24 at a nursing and rehabilitation center in Canoga Park. In a […]
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September 1, 2012

Mother of GMA co-host Robin Roberts dies at 88

NEW YORK – Lucimarian Roberts, the mother of “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts, has died a day after the anchor announced she was taking a medical leave for a bone marrow transplant. The 88-year-old Roberts died in Gulfport, Miss., on Thursday night, Jeffrey W. Schneider, senior vice president of ABC News, said Friday. The […]
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September 1, 2012

Reflections: Those of us who receive good fortune should remember Lazarus at the gate

Though I often have a slice of Scripture in mind whenever writing these pieces, seldom have I conscientiously included a text as I wish to do here, for these words ascribed to Jesus underlie what follows: “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. […]

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