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05/15/2008 06:21 PM
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Wall Street Rises on Declining Oil, Mixed Economic Data
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NEW YORK (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The U.S. stock market climbed steeply higher for a second day straight Thursday, as drop in oil prices and the deal-making technology stocks offset mixed data on economy....
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05/15/2008 06:21 PM
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Taxpayers Get Wrong Stimulus Checks
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MELVILLE, N.Y. (UPI via COMTEX) -- Thousands of U.S. taxpayers' economic stimulus checks have been directly deposited into the wrong accounts by mistake, federal officials said....
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05/15/2008 05:19 PM
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Latina Republicans Learn Political Ropes
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STOCKTON -- Members of the only Latino women's Republican group in the area gathered Wednesday for a lesson on media coverage and political spin, as they push for Republican candidate support this election year....
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05/15/2008 05:19 PM
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Toyota Says Hybrid Vehicle Prius Sales Top One Million
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TOKYO (Thomson Financial via COMTEX) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said on Thursday sales of its Prius, the world's first mass-produced petrol-electric hybrid vehicle, had topped one million since its launch about a decade ago....
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05/15/2008 05:15 PM
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Making Sense of Dealer Incentives
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Somewhere between the glamor of new cars posed on the cover of glossy magazines and the classified section headlines that scream about untouchable deals -- you know, five at this price -- you will discover the truth about buying a new car. So let's get down to it....
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05/15/2008 04:58 PM
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Hispanic-Owned Businesses Estimated to Reach at Least 2.2 Million in 2008
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HispanTelligence estimates that existing trends support the projections
of at least 2.2 million Hispanic-owned businesses generating close to
388.7 Billion Dollars in revenues in 2008 according to a new report
released by Hispantelligence....
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05/15/2008 04:50 PM
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Quince Por Ciento
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La Oficina del Censo de Estados Unidos, el 1 de mayo,rrrr informó que 45.5 millones de Hispanos vivían en Estados Unidos, en julio de 2007, equivalente a 15,1 por ciento de la población total, estimada en 301.6 millones....
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05/15/2008 04:29 PM
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One-Quarter of America's Children are Hispanic
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One out of every four children under the age of 18 years in the United States are Hispanic and almost two- thirds of the increase in Hispanic population in the U.S. last year was by birth. Those are just two of the startling statistics released recently by the U.S. Census Bureau....
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05/15/2008 03:04 PM
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Pain at the Pump: What Goes Into Gas Prices
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If you're like most people, sticker shock is now the name of the game whenever you pull your car into the gas station. Gas prices keep inching higher and it's not going to get better in the near-term....
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05/15/2008 01:09 PM
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Calif. Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage
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SACRAMENTO (UPI via COMTEX) -- The California Supreme Court Thursday upheld 4-3 same-sex marriage, saying the city and county of San Francisco may issue marriage licenses to gay couples....
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05/15/2008 10:39 AM
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Intel Debunks iPhone Atom Rumors
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Following a CNET report that Apple will be using the Intel Atom chipset in the next iPhone, Intel has stepped up to say that isn't the case....
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05/15/2008 10:39 AM
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CBS Agrees to Acquire CNET Networks for $11.50 a share--Total $1.8 billion
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NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) -- CBS Corp. Thursday agreed to acquire CNET Networks Inc. for $11.50 per share, a premium of 44.7% to Wednesday's closing price of $7.95....
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05/15/2008 10:20 AM
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Girl Scout Sets New Cookie Sales Record
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Jennifer Sharpe knows how to sell Girl Scout cookies. She sold them to friends. She sold them to strangers. She even convinced her orthodontist to buy the popular sweet treats....
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05/15/2008 10:20 AM
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Archuleta: My Pop's No Daddy Dearest
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"American Idol" teenthrob David Archuleta defended his allegedly overbearing dad to TV Guide this week, saying Jeff Archuleta is not the "stage father from hell" that the media makes him out to be.
"I've heard some weird things that people have been saying, and it's kind of a bummer," the "Idol" finalist said....
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05/15/2008 08:52 AM
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Clinton Rallies Troops, Obama Adds Backer
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U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., rallied Capitol Hill supporters for the fight ahead while Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., picked up more backing.
Clinton urged her followers at a Washington meeting to bring an uncommitted friend as she sought to capitalize on her 41-percentage-point victory in the Democratic Party primary in West Virginia....
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