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Updated 13 years ago
Government closes doors

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On the brink

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Who'll give ground?

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Exxon to offer benefits to same-sex couples

NEW YORK - Exxon Mobil Corp. said Friday that it will begin offering benefits to legally married same-sex couples in the U.S. for the first time starting next week.

Updated 13 years ago
Free day today at Montana's National Bison Range

Need an excuse to get outside and enjoy the fall weather? Want to hear elk bugling and see geese migrating?

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Obama's no-negotiation stance setting new tone

WASHINGTON - This time, President Barack Obama says, he's not budging. This is the confrontational Obama, the "Make my day" president, betting Republicans blin…

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Surging market drawing investors to IPOs

NEW YORK - Starting next week, you could own a piece of the Empire State Building.

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Farmers arrested in fatal listeria outbreak

DENVER (AP) - The owners of a Colorado cantaloupe farm were arrested Thursday on charges stemming from a 2011 listeria epidemic that killed 33 people in one of the nation's deadliest outbreaks of foodborne illness.

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Slow and steady

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate from April through June, an improvement from the first three months of the year. But economists…

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Durables on the uptick

WASHINGTON - Companies placed slightly more orders in August for U.S. long-lasting manufactured goods, stepping up demand for cars, trucks and machinery. Even …

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Keep talking

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Not-so-smooth sailing