In a cold dose of reality for reality TV, Pennsylvania’s Labor Department has opened an investigation into whether the hit show “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ is complying with state child labor laws. The TLC series about two parents raising 8-year-old twins and 5-year-…

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An Ohio man arrested for mowing unkempt grass at a public park said he just wanted to make his city look nice. John Hamilton said he took control of the situation because the grass in Sandusky’s Central Park was about a foot high. According to a police…

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Iowa is levying a record-setting, wage-related fine against a Texas labor contractor for alleged labor-law violations in its employment and care of dozens of mentally disabled men who worked at an Iowa meatpacker. Iowa Workforce Development imposed $900,000…

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A late day shot of adrenaline sent stock prices soaring Friday and gave Wall Street its third straight monthly gain. After fluctuating much of the day on mixed economic data, stocks shot higher right before the close. Analysts attributed the surge to buying…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Friday, capping their third straight monthly advance, as rising commodity prices lifted shares of natural resource companies, while a sliding dollar boosted the allure of multinationals, including Coca-Cola Co .

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BERLIN/DETROIT (Reuters) – Canadian auto parts group Magna has reached a preliminary deal with General Motors Corp to invest in Opel, boosting hopes for a deal to save the German unit as its U.S. parent prepares to enter bankruptcy.

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A Delaware bankruptcy judge has approved several first-day motions in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of automobile parts supplier Visteon Corp. Visteon, the top supplier to and a former subsidiary of Ford Motor Co., filed for bankruptcy protection on…

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Bank of America Corp. says its lead outside director, O. Temple Sloan Jr., has resigned from its board. Sloan, 70, was a director for 13 years, as the Charlotte-based bank expanded to become one of the nation’s largest banks. He has been among the board…

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It’s no secret General Motors has been in trouble for a long time. The nation’s largest automaker has been teetering on the edge of collapse for months, losing billions of dollars, laying off thousands of workers and shuttering big factories as its vehicle…

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A Massachusetts leather-goods factory raided in 2007 by immigration agents will close. Minneapolis-based military contractor Alliant Techsystems said Friday that the factory will shut down by July 31. The plant employs more than 300 people, mostly Latinos….

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A look at developments in the auto industry Friday: ___ _General Motors Corp. said it plans to reopen a shuttered U.S. factory to build subcompact cars that will be the smallest vehicles the automaker has ever produced in the U.S. The move comes as GM…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar hit a five-month low against a basket of major currencies on Friday and the euro rose above $1.41 for the first time this year as investors bought higher-yielding currencies and assets on hopes of a global economic recovery.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil rose to a six-month high above $66 per barrel on Friday, marking its largest monthly percentage gain in more than a decade, after U.S., Japanese and Indian data suggested the economic downturn may be easing.

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DETROIT (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union has overwhelmingly ratified a new cost-cutting labor agreement with General Motors Corp , clearing a major hurdle in the automaker’s restructuring efforts.

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