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Grocery Stores Fight Back Against Food Prices

A suburban Cincinnati man convicted of sexually touching children while claiming to be a market researcher who wanted to measure their underwear has been sentenced to 44 years in prison. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Robert Ruehlman imposed the maximum…

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Ohioan gets 44 years in underwear molestation ploy

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Smackdown in Davos

Fourteen news organizations, including The Associated Press and The New York Times Co., are urging a federal appeals court to allow online streaming of a hearing in a music downloading lawsuit the recording industry filed against a Boston University graduate…

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AP, news groups urge court webcast in music case

A man has been cited for public intoxication while riding a white horse during a snowstorm in the northern Wyoming town of Cody. Police said they cited 28-year-old Benjamin Daniels, of Cody, after they received a call at 4 p.m. Sunday from a motorist who was…

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship has signed deals with two of its top fighters to give them signature gyms in a chain of fitness clubs planned by the mixed martial arts league. UFC President Dana White said Thursday that the gyms will be named for B.J. Penn…

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UFC 94 opponents sign deals for branded gyms

The Walt Disney Co.’s television division is cutting 400 jobs, or about 6 percent of the unit’s work force, due to the slumping economy. The cuts include 200 layoffs, while another 200 vacant positions will not be filled in a division that employs 6,500 to…

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Disney/ABC TV Group cuts 400 positions

A federal prosecutor with a penchant for applying the law creatively is taking on the nation’s largest Roman Catholic Archdiocese in a child molestation case that could break ground for prosecuting high-ranking church officials. But legal experts questioned…

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Prosecutor in LA church abuse tries fraud tactic

People across Illinois who watched former Gov. Rod Blagojevich get the boot Thursday said they hoped removal of the scandal-plagued governor helps the state begin rebuilding its image after weeks of ridicule. “I figured it was coming,” said Darlene Lewis, an…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Russia’s S7 has become the first airline to cancel a major contract for Boeing Co’s 787 Dreamliner, as the country’s airlines face their worst-ever financial crisis.

Russia’s S7 cancels Boeing 787 order

Independent brokerage company Charles Schwab Corp. said today it will eliminate 500 to 600 jobs to prepare for a possible decline in revenue of as much as 20 percent in 2009, due to the continuing market downturn. About half the job cuts will hit Schwab’s San…

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Schwab will cut 500-600 jobs, many in S.F.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc posted higher fourth quarter earnings on robust holiday sales, outshining results from other retailers, and forecast first-quarter sales above expectations, pushing its shares 13 percent higher.

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Illinois Sen. Roland Burris says he stands behind the ouster of Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY’-uh-vich) as governor. He says it shows “loud and clear” that there were serious hurdles keeping the governor from doing his job. Blagojevich was convicted Thursday at…

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Burris says he stands behind Blagojevich removal

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co plans to lay off 200 people at its ABC division, a Disney executive familiar with the situation said, underscoring the media industry’s struggle with sliding ad sales.

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One of the state’s largest builders is suing another in a $268,583 contract dispute over a long-stalled proposed development of townhouses in Randolph. In a civil lawsuit filed earlier this month in Superior Court in Morristown, K. Hovnanian Acquisitions of…

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