Global Defense Technology shares little changed HARTFORD, Conn. — Global Defense Technology & Systems shares were little changed after its initial public offering priced below expectations. The McLean, Va., defense contractor sold 3 million shares and selling stockholders sold 1.6 million shares for $13 each, raising $59.8 million
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Global Defense Technology shares get lukewarm reception, after IPO prices below expectations
W.Va.’s Capito troubled by EPA response on permits WASHINGTON — Rep. Shelley Moore Capito says she’s troubled by what she heard in a meeting with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson. The West Virginia Republican met with Jackson Thursday to discuss delays in the mine permitting process in Appalachia
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W.Va.’s Rep. Capito says she’s troubled by EPA’s response to concerns about permit delays
Winfrey: Prayer, careful thought influenced exit CHICAGO — Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision. Winfrey told the audience that she loved “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” that it had been ..
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Winfrey: Show will end in 2011 after 25 seasons CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey says her powerhouse daytime television show will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. Winfrey said Friday that her decision to end “The Oprah Winfrey Show” came “after much prayer and careful thought.” Winfrey held back tears as she talked to …
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Winfrey says show will end in 2011, decision came ‘after much prayer and careful thought’
Ohio AG sues credit agencies for public pensions COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s attorney general has sued the three credit ratings agencies alleging that they gave unjustifiably high ratings to mortgage-backed securities that lost at least $457 million for five Ohio public pension funds. Attorney General Richard Cordray filed the suit Friday in U.S. District Court in Ohio.
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Ohio AG sues 3 credit rating agencies over high ratings given to mortgage-backed securities
Natural gas plunges 15 percent this month NEW YORK — Natural gas prices have dropped by more than 15 percent in the past month as the country continues to sip at its energy reserves and a balmy November allowed many homeowners to leave the heat off. Retail prices for natural gas, or what many consumers will pay …
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Good news for home heating: With the most natural gas in storage, prices plunge by 15 percent
New Orleans eyes December sale for $40M bond sale NEW ORLEANS — The city plans to hold its first bond sale in two years next month though the outcome of three high-stakes meetings with rating agencies could push it back again. Mayor Ray Nagin wants to use the proceeds from the $40 million sale to help keep … Read more > > .
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New Orleans board backs millage hike ahead of $40 million bond sale sought for street projects
Archipelago shares leap in 1st day of trading NEW YORK — Shares of Archipelago Learning are rising Friday after its initial public offering priced near the top of its expected range, raising $103.1 million. The Dallas company’s shares are up $1.91, or 11.5 percent, to $18.40 on the Nasdaq. The subscription-based online educational programs provider said earlier in ..
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Archipelago Learning stock up in IPO debut after pricing near the top of expected range
7 Days Group Holdings soars in 1st trading day NEW YORK — Shares of 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd. soared on Friday after the discount lodging chain’s initial public offering priced at the high end of an expected range. The stock jumped $1.93, or 18 percent, to $12.93 on the New York Stock Exchange
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7 Days Group Holdings rallies in 1st trading day after pricing at the high end of expectations
Top SKorean model found hanged in Paris apartment PARIS — A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hanged in her Paris apartment, a police official said Friday. Daul Kim was found dead Thursday by her boyfriend, who alerted French police, the official said
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Top SKorean model found hung in Paris apartment PARIS — A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hung in her Paris apartment, a police official said Friday. Daul Kim was found dead Thursday by her boyfriend, who alerted French police, the official said.
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Floods devastate UK Lake District; Many rescued COCKERMOUTH, England — Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods swamped homes and roads Friday in northern England’s picturesque Lake District. One police officer was missing after a bridge was swept away. British soldiers conducted house-to-house searches and
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Helicopters, boats rescue scores from floods in UK’s Lake District; Ireland also hard hit
more images 20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer EDITOR’S NOTE — The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease. Associated Press correspondents around the globe interviewed children who illustrate the remaining challenges, along
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20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes
US House districts with fewest academy nominations A list of congressional districts with the fewest military academy nominations for the classes of 2009 to 2013, the officeholders and the total nominations they have made. All 20 are Democrats from districts where whites make up less than half the population, and all but two of the districts
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Congressional districts with the fewest military academy nominations in the past 5 years
Volkswagen board moves closer to Porsche merger FRANKFURT — German carmaker Volkswagen AG said Friday its supervisory board had approved certain agreement contracts for the planned merger with German sportscar builder Porsche, taking the companies one step closer to completing the deal. The contracts set out the organizational, structural and legal details of the agreement which was
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Volkswagen supervisory board moves closer to Porsche merger, approves agreement contracts
Tiny Iowa town has the chargers, awaiting drivers ELK HORN, Iowa — The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of charging stations — if an electric car can make it there. The town is hundreds of miles from the nearest charging station, but it has four devices and four more planned. Plug-in hybrids and electric
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Tiny Elk Horn, Iowa, has plenty of electric car chargers _ but cars might not make it to town
200 in UK tourist region rescued from floodwaters COCKERMOUTH, England — Britain’s air force and emergency workers using inflatable boats rescued about 200 people Friday as rising floodwaters caused widespread havoc in northern England’s picturesque Lake District. One police officer was missing after a bridge was washed away. British soldiers were called in to conduct house-to-house searches
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British air force rescues 200 people from floodwaters in tourist region
Recently as I was parked outside of a client site, I was approach by a man who gestured to me to roll down my driver’s side window. He commented that I looked stressed. He started to indicate that I was a nice man, a good man, but that I should not let things distress me so
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Mystery of the Mind Trick: Can You Get Someone to Say “We Should Cancel Thanksgiving Because It Is Cruel to Turkeys”?
British lawyer appointed Karadzic standby counsel THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has appointed a British lawyer to represent Radovan Karadzic if the former Bosnian Serb leader continues to boycott his trial when it resumes in March. The U.N. court has named Richard Harvey, a lawyer with experience of representing war crimes suspects from
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UN war crimes court appoints British lawyer as standby counsel for Radovan Karadzic
End of an era: Oprah ending show after 25 years CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey was set to announce Friday that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. Winfrey planned to announce the final date for “The
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Winfrey set to announce “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will end in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air
more images more images more images more images US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit BEIJING — Washington’s ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama’s visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues. Although producing no breakthroughs on key issues, Obama’s first state visit to
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US ambassador criticizes negative coverage of Obama’s China visit by US media
WASHINGTON – Scientists are reporting evidence that air pollution – a well-recognized problem at major airports – may pose an important but largely overlooked health concern for people living near smaller regional airports. Those airports are becoming an increasingly important component of global air transport systems. The study, one of only a handful to examine airborne pollutants
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Air pollution may pose health concern for people near smaller regional airports
Volunteers strive to save Santa letter service ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Santa’s “elves” at the North Pole have been given their walking papers — but they’re not going quietly. The volunteer “elves” are trying to counter a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to discontinue a program begun in 1954 in the small Alaskan town of North Pole,
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Alaska volunteers strive to save Santa letter service after Postal Service puts program on ice
Man charged with raping, killing NC girl, 5 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A man charged with raping and killing a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was expected in court Friday, a day after authorities revealed what they believed happened to her in her final days. Authorities said Thursday that Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated before her body
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Man faces murder, rape charges in death of 5-year-old NC girl; her body found off rural road
Gunman opens fire on Saipan; 5 dead SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan on Friday, killing four people and wounding six others before fatally shooting himself, officials said. Public Safety spokesman Jason Tarkong said two men, a 4-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl were killed
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Gunman opens fire on Pacific island of Saipan; 5 dead, including 2 young children
Pakistan: 8 militants killed in reported US strike MIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least eight militants Friday in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, the second attack this week in an area believed to hold many insurgents who fled from an army offensive elsewhere in the Afghan border region. Separately, five Pakistani soldiers
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Officials say US missile strike kills 8 suspected militants in northwestern Pakistan
Russian ship frees itself from ice in Antarctic MOSCOW — A Russian icebreaker carrying more than 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on an Antarctic cruise has reached clear water after being halted for days by thick ice, its owners said Friday. The Captain Khlebnikov icebreaker got stuck in sea ice earlier this week near Snow Hill Island
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SKorea: Gunman opens fire on Saipan; 5 dead SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean official says a gunman has opened fire on the island of Saipan, killing four people before fatally shooting himself. The Foreign Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to release the information, says local authorities on the Pacific
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South Korean official: Gunman opens fire on Pacific resort island of Saipan; 5 dead
Leonardo da Vinci exhibit opens in Times Square NEW YORK — An interactive exhibit featuring life-size models of Leonardo da Vinci’s 500-year-old inventions and machines is opening in New York City’s Times Square. Although best known for painting the masterpiece “Mona Lisa,” da Vinci also designed a fantastical array of futuristic flying machines, robots, weapons and mechanical
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Leonardo da Vinci exhibition of futuristic inventions opens in New York’s Times Square
Suicide bomber kills 6 in western Afghanistan KABUL — Afghan officials say a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle in western Afghanistan has killed six people and wounded 36 others. Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry said Friday a police officer was among the injured in the morning explosion in Farah province. A doctor at the hospital in Farah, Shir Agh
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Afghan officials: At least 6 killed, 36 wounded in suicide bombing in western Afghanistan