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Stocks slump again as oil prices continue slide A turbulent week of trading ended Friday with U.S. stocks finishing lower for the third time in five days. A slide in oil prices deepened, stoking concerns about global economic growth. Energy stocks tumbled, extending their losses for the year. Investors also were discouraged by weak U.S. […]

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World/Nation dispatches

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Blogger receives 50 lashes for criticizing powerful clerics A Saudi blogger convicted of insulting Islam was brought after Friday prayers to a public square in the port city of Jiddah and flogged 50 times before hundreds of spectators, a witness to the lashing said. The witness said Raif Badawi’s feet and […]