President Barack Obama says that Iraqi security forces taking control of cities from the United States is an important step toward Iraq’s sovereignty and the end of the war. He says Iraqis are rightly treating the day as a cause for celebration. But Obama…

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Obama: Iraqis taking control of cities important

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world’s largest retailer, said on Tuesday that it supports President Barack Obama’s push to require large employers to offer health insurance to workers.

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Wal-Mart supports employer mandated health coverage

Dozens of speakers lined up Tuesday for their chance to weigh in on California’s new proposed rules for executing condemned inmates at a state hearing that quickly morphed into a debate over the morality and practicality of capital punishment. George Husaruk…

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Public comments on Calif lethal injection proposal

Online job advertisements declined by over 500,000 in June compared with the same period a year earlier, but a national report shows only a modest decrease from May, a private research group says. The Conference Board released its monthly Help-Wanted Online…

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Group says online job ads decreased in June

Antioch University agreed Tuesday to transfer the campus of financially strapped Antioch College to an alumni group that plans to turn it into an independent school. But any reopening of Antioch College is at least two years away and hinges on a list of…

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Alumni group to pay $6M for Antioch College

APJohnson & Johnson corporate headquarters in New BrunswickAbbott Laboratories plans to appeal a jury’s $1.67 billion patent infringement ruling in a case involving two blockbuster drugs that treat rheumatoid arthritis and other immune disorders. Late Monday, a jury in the…

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Abbott Labs to appeal patent ruling, order to pay N.J.-based Johnson & Johnson $1.67B

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq launched its first major energy auction since the 2003-led invasion on Tuesday, awarding its largest field to a BP-led group but doling out far fewer contracts than expected due to tough payment terms.

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Michael Jackson claimed to have a net worth of $236 million as of March 31, 2007, according to financial documents obtained by The Associated Press that shed light on the late pop star’s murky finances and prodigious borrowing. The documents also show he had…

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AP Exclusive: Jackson said net worth $236M in 2007

In a rare reversal, China’s government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software. Just hours before the rule was to…

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China backs down from requirement for Web filter

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday that financial markets are showing signs of stabilization, but warned that the global crisis was far from over in developing countries.

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Wal-Mart, a huge company once criticized for less than generous employee benefits, has embraced President Barack Obama’s call for requiring all large employers to offer health insurance to their workers. The move, joined by a major labor union that sometimes…

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Wal-Mart backs employer health insurance mandate

Yoko Ono is the rightful copyright holder of rare, intimate footage showing John Lennon and his family in London in 1970, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel last week refused to reinstate a copyright-infringement lawsuit filed…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – General Motors Corp’s chief executive told a U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday that the sale of GM’s main assets to government-backed “New GM” must win court approval in order for the iconic automaker to survive.

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GM CEO makes case for bankruptcy asset sale

A hedge fund manager being sued over his role the Bernard Madoff scandal is selling off $310 million worth of art. Financier J. Ezra Merkin ran a fund that invested heavily with Madoff, and lost everything when the fraud fell apart. His clients say he misled…

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Madoff `feeder’ Merkin parts with art trove

Michael Jackson claimed to have a net worth of $236 million as of March 31, 2007, according to financial documents obtained by The Associated Press that shed light on the late pop star’s murky finances and prodigious borrowing. The documents offer the…

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Net worth – Michael Jackson – Associated Press – Pop music – United States

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AP Exclusive: Jackson’s net worth $236M in 2007