A year’s worth of failed job leads prepared Richard Briggs for anything, including night shifts as a Minnesota State Fair custodian. For $8.50 an hour, the out-of-work financial analyst vacuums and cleans bathrooms in fairground buildings. Briggs, 38, said he’…

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State fairs offer many people badly needed jobs

Boston Red Sox right-hander Tim Wakefield expects to get a cortisone shot Monday after his next scheduled start was scratched because his balky back acted up again. The 43-year-old knuckleballer spent 5 1/2 weeks on the disabled list with back problems after…

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The Democratic Party of Japan has taken control of Japan’s Lower House with an historic victory

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Japan Gets a New Government

Authorities say a routine traffic stop led to six arrests after investigators unearthed a suspected drug ring. The California Highway Patrol on Saturday stopped a speeding car in San Rafael and found 20 pounds of pot, a half pound of hashish and four ounces…

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Much of the world knows Petra, the ancient ruin in modern-day Jordan that is celebrated in poetry as “the rose-red city, ‘half as old as time,’” and which provided the climactic backdrop for “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” But far fewer know Madain…

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Steve Adubato coaches and speaks on communication and leadership Don Hewitt, former executive producer and the main architect of “60 Minutes,” passed away recently. Hewitt was a hard-driving, in-your-face leader who communicated in a direct and confrontational fashion. He…

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Struggling with an economy that has gouged gambling profits and cut casino companies’ ability to borrow, MGM Mirage hopes to keep expanding its international hotel and casino empire and fattening its profit _ but have other companies foot the bill. Under 10…

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Bed-and-breakfast owner Jeff Connor was hoping for a boom in business once Vermont opened the door for same-sex couples to marry. The law takes effect Tuesday, but he’s still waiting. So far, he has only one wedding celebration planned at the 11-unit Grunberg…

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Key milestones in the development and growth of the Internet: 1969: On Sept. 2, two computers at University of California, Los Angeles, exchange meaningless data in first test of Arpanet, an experimental military network. The first connection between two…

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Goofy videos weren’t on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn…

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Ferrari will decide by Wednesday whether Luca Badoer will remain Felipe Massa’s replacement. Team principal Stefano Domenicali made the announcement Sunday after the Belgian Grand Prix. Badoer qualified last for the second consecutive Formula One race, while…

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A suburban New York nuclear power reactor is running again after shutting down because of a leak in an oil pipe. Plant spokesman Jerry Nappi says Indian Point 3 went back in service around 6:30 a.m. Saturday. It shut down automatically Thursday night because…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of insurance giant American International Group soared more than 50 percent last week and they now look overpriced, Barron’s said in its August 31 edition.

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DAN GOODMAN/APThe Cellfire mobile coupon application for iPhone and iPod Touch is demonstrated. Electronic coupons, arriving by cell phone, Twitter, e-mail and Facebook, are helping generate an old standby’s comeback and bringing in new, younger customers. Many shoppers, especially young…

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New coupons have users clipping less

NEW YORK (Reuters) – For corporate America and Wall Street, the second quarter may be a tough act to follow.

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U.S. second-quarter earnings tough to beat