U.S. governors impeached and ousted from office: _William W. Holden of North Carolina, removed in 1871 after he sent a militia to quell violence by the Ku Klux Klan and suspended the right of habeas corpus for accused Klan leaders. He also had several…

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he’s saddened, but not surprised, by the state Senate’s decision to boot him from office. Blagojevich spoke to reporters and neighbors gathered outside his home on Chicago’s North Side. He says he “loves the people of…

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Key moments in Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s time in office and downfall: _Jan. 13, 2003: Sworn in. _June 30, 2006: U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald says he has witnesses to “very serious allegations of endemic hiring fraud” in the Blagojevich…

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Timeline of Blagojevich downfall

Week by week, the numbers that measure the economy get worse, heading toward uncharted territory. The Labor Department released figures Thursday showing that the percentage of the workforce receiving unemployment benefits reached a 25-year high in mid-…

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Analyst Actions: Oshkosh, Lam Research, Fair Isaac

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One of the developers planning to build a $5 billion casino resort modeled after the Plaza Hotel in New York says they have agreed in principle with lenders to extend a loan used to buy the land. Israeli-based Property and Building Corp. said in a Thursday…

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Developers of Plaza in Vegas get loan extension

The state lost a preliminary round in the Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday in a legal dispute with big tobacco companies over about $40 million in payments stemming from a landmark 1998 national settlement. The high court rejected a petition from the attorney…

Nevada loses round in tobacco case

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks tumbled on Thursday, derailing a four-day surge in the S&P and Nasdaq as poor earnings, coupled with a fresh wave of bleak labor market and housing data, heightened fears of a deep recession.

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Signs of deepening economic woe slam Wall St.

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The Best of New Antidepressants

State officials are alerting at least 175 Southern California school districts and agencies that they may have received tainted peanut products as part of the federal school meal program. The peanut goods are part of an expanding recall by Georgia-based…

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Calif school meal programs added to recall alert

A U. S. Attorney with a penchant for applying the law creatively is taking on the biggest target of his career _ the nation’s largest Roman Catholic Archdiocese _ in a child molestation case that could break ground for prosecuting high-ranking church…

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Legal experts question LA priest probe

The U.S. Agriculture Department has declared almost all of Nevada a natural disaster area because of losses caused by drought over the past year. The only Nevada counties not on the list are Nye and White Pine. But USDA officials say farm operators in those…

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International Paper Co. reported a fourth-quarter loss as a deepening recession forced it to shut mills that are struggling with tepid demand for paper and packaging. IP, the nation’s biggest paper and forest products company, has closed mills and facilities…

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IP posts loss, hurt by mill closures, other costs