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As colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug
Issued: February 6, 2012
When US News & World Report debuted its list of “America’s Best Colleges” nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a...
US doubles terrorism no-fly list to 21,000
Issued: February 5, 2012
The Obama administration has more than doubled, to about 21,000 names, its secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within...
Obama urges public to press Congress on housing proposal
Issued: February 4, 2012
President Barack Obama is rallying support for his plan to expand government assistance to homeowners, pressuring Congress to help lower lending rates...
Border Patrol OT up as arrests drop
Issued: February 4, 2012
WASHINGTON — Border Patrol agents have racked up daily overtime at a cost of about $1.4 billion in the past six years while the number of arrests of...
Ex-Stanford exec says bank’s profits faked
Issued: February 4, 2012
HOUSTON — Texas financier R. Allen Stanford helped fake profits for his Caribbean bank and funnel millions of depositors’ dollars to a secret Swiss...
Super Bowl ads that generate buzz after the game
Issued: February 3, 2012
NEW YORK - Companies hope you'll be gabbing about their Super Bowl ads on Monday morning. But the ultimate score is if those conversations...
Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants
Issued: February 3, 2012
NEW YORK — The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to eliminate grants to Planned Parenthood. The startling...
Trump endorses Romney after a puzzling Vegas day
Issued: February 3, 2012
LAS VEGAS — With his trademark flair for spectacle, Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday on the famed Las Vegas strip — just hours...
US service industry growth surges in January
Issued: February 3, 2012
WASHINGTON - U.S. service companies grew at the fastest pace in 11 months in January as companies started hiring to keep up with rising demand. ...
Stocks jump after strong jobs report
Issued: February 3, 2012
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are opening sharply higher after the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest in two years. ...
Corporate tax haul is lowest in decades
Issued: February 3, 2012
Corporate tax receipts as a share of profits are at their lowest level in at least 40 years even as U.S. companies are booking higher profits than...
Unemployment rate hits 8.3% after hiring burst
Issued: February 3, 2012
WASHINGTON — Employers went on a hiring spree in January and drove down the unemployment rate for a fifth straight month to 8.3 percent, its lowest...
For Facebook, exchange choice is a matter of image
Issued: February 2, 2012
NEW YORK — When Facebook goes public in a few months, will its stock appear on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq? Depends what its billionaire...
Ex-Stanford exec says financier was intimidating
Issued: February 2, 2012
HOUSTON — Jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford ran his business empire through a mix of flattery and fear, the man who was in charge of the...
Cancer charity confronts backlash over grant cuts
Issued: February 2, 2012
NEW YORK — Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the renowned breast-cancer charity, is facing an escalating backlash over its decision to halt...
AOL's Huff Post to launch live streaming network
Issued: February 2, 2012
NEW YORK — AOL's Huffington Post Media Group announced Thursday that it will launch the Huffington Post Streaming Network this summer. ...
Feds: 'Unusual' wear on new tubes at CA nuke plant
Issued: February 2, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Federal regulators said Thursday that unusual wear has been found on hundreds of virtually new tubes that carry radioactive water at...
Payroll tax extension talks yield slow progress
Issued: February 2, 2012
WASHINGTON — House and Senate negotiators made halting progress Thursday on legislation to extend a two percentage point cut in payroll taxes, but big...
Bernanke urges caution in sharp deficit cutting
Issued: February 2, 2012
WASHINGTON — Ben Bernanke is urging lawmakers to balance their desire to cut deficits with policies that could help boost the weak economy in the...
Bernanke defends Fed policies against GOP critics
Issued: February 2, 2012
WASHINGTON — Ben Bernanke defended the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates at record-low levels for the next three years, during a...
Trump: Getting to know Romney led to endorsement
Issued: February 2, 2012
LAS VEGAS — Donald Trump has confirmed that he will endorse Mitt Romney's GOP presidential bid. He says he made the decision after getting to know...
Feds: Mid-Atlantic wind farms take step forward
Issued: February 2, 2012
BALTIMORE — Offshore wind farms from New Jersey to Virginia took a big step closer to reality with the completion of a review that showed the...
Former MF Global official says he warned Corzine
Issued: February 2, 2012
WASHINGTON — The former chief risk officer of MF Global says he warned then-CEO Jon Corzine in late 2010 of the risks in large bets on European...
Gingrich: 'We should care about the very poor'
Issued: February 2, 2012
LAS VEGAS — Newt Gingrich says he believes "we should care about the very poor," unlike GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney. ...
Fewer seek unemployment aid as US job market improves
Issued: February 2, 2012
WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to a level that signaled a steadily improving job market. The figures...


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