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U.S. Business
  • Price of Gas Digs In Its Heels as Oil Prices Slide
  • Chrysler keeps mandatory vacation policy
  • Oil jumps $5 on U.S.-Russia tensions, sliding dollar
  • Grand Theft Auto Rocks
  • Airline stocks drop as oil soars

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  • Kirsten Dunst rules out Broadway career
  • Salma Hayek and brother sued by former employee
  • Hollywood star Matt Damon father of second baby girl
  • Iranian actress faces legal problems after Hollywood movie
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    Missouri Rep. Hulshof joins Republican House members in call for expanded oil drilling
    August 21, 2008 - 3:19 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - Missouri Rep. Kenny Hulshof is joining his Republican colleagues in their call for a House vote on expanding oil drilling in federal waters that are...

    Missing Jefferson City Girl
    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The mother of an 11-year-old girl missing for more than three weeks is reportedly charged with hiding the child in a crawlspace at the home of the woman and her boyfriend....

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    Vatterott Career College opened a 25,000-square-foot facility Thursday in Memphis, Tenn. The new campus, located at 6991 Appling Farms Parkway in Appling Farms, offers seven vocational programs:...

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    McCain cutting into Obama numbers
    John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, has dramatically sliced into Democratic rival Barack Obama's lead in most nationwide polls, bringing the presidential race to a dead...

    Israel says expectations of peace with Palestinians premature
    Israel is warning the United States and other countries not to pressure it into reaching what it says could be a premature Palestinian peace...

    Clean sweep of Olympic sprint gold medals for Jamaica
    Defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women's 200m race on Thursday at the Beijing Olympics to complete a clean sweep of sprint gold medals for...

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    Wall Street traders remain hesitant
    Stocks remained directionless on Wall Street Thursday as uncertainty continued over the future of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie...

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    Nintendo sued by American electronics company
    Nintendo's hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been sued by a U.S. technology company....

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    Missouri
  • Obama To Stump In KC Before Convention
  • FDA Allows Irradiation Of Lettuce, Spinach
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