In a case that echoes a “Seinfeld” episode, a former postal worker has been charged with stealing thousands of pieces of mail that authorities say she had kept in a storage unit northwest of Detroit. More than 9,000 pieces of mail have been recovered from a…

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Volatile world stock markets showed mixed reactions Tuesday to U.S. lawmakers’ rejection of a $700 billion economic rescue plan, with global investors turning from sellers to buyers as the day progressed. Asian stocks fell but some finished above their lows…

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Congress has passed legislation that will require the government to keep closer tabs on who has access to the Internet and who does not. Supporters hope the Broadband Data Improvement Act will help policymakers better identify areas of the country that are…

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Stocks are rebounding and a new bailout package could be coming soon, but the credit markets _ where day-to-day borrowing occurs to keep the gears of the economy turning _ are still stuck. Even relatively healthy businesses are being left out in the cold….

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For an audition to be second fiddle, Thursday’s debate between often ill-informed newcomer Sarah Palin and often gaffe-prone veteran Joe Biden offers unusually large pitfalls _ and promise. For once, the whole world may be watching. Already, 3,100 media…

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Investors looking at their 401(k) statements for the quarter that ended Tuesday may be tempted to bail out of stocks entirely. Who can blame them? With share prices down and daily triple-digit swings in the Dow Jones industrials almost the norm, most everyone…

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Rising gold prices pushed the value of mineral production in Nevada up 10 percent from 2006 to a total of $5.4 billion last year, an new report said Tuesday. Three-fourths of the value came from the gold, which saw its price rise to an average of $695 an…

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The brother of the engineer of the Metrolink train that collided head-on with a freight train this month, killing him and 24 others, has called for a more thorough investigation into whether the commuter line’s signal lights, radios and other safety equipment…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Nasdaq Stock Market said it will cancel some of the late trades in Google Inc , whose shares appeared to plunge as low as 1 cent at the close of North American markets on Tuesday.

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