NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell on Tuesday as a surprise drop in a gauge of consumer confidence overshadowed signs of stabilization in housing and solid earnings from Walgreen Co .

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Sex in a dorm at Tufts University is fine. Sex in a Tufts dorm with your roommate there? That’s a no-no. The Boston-area school has a new policy this semester banning sexual activity while a roommate is in the same room. A school spokeswoman said Tuesday that…

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The Obama administration, while skeptical of an early breakthrough in nuclear talks with Iran, indicated Tuesday it does not intend to swiftly press for stiffer economic sanctions. In advance of six-nation talks with Iran on Thursday in Geneva, the State…

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US: No `snap judgment’ this week on Iran nukes

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a poll posted on Facebook asking people to vote on whether President Barack Obama should be assassinated, reports Computerworld

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Business Exchange: Health Insurance Reform

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The Senate Finance Committee votes 15-8 against creating a new government health insurance plan to compete with the private market

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Senate Committee Rejects ‘Public Option’

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks slipped on Tuesday as a surprise drop in a gauge of consumer confidence offset signs of stabilization in housing and Walgreen Co’s stronger-than-expected profit.

Wall Street dips as confidence data tempers optimism

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell slightly on Tuesday as U.S. consumer confidence data weighed on markets and the government revised downward U.S. demand for July.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After dismissing complaints that might have uncovered Bernard Madoff’s $65 billion fraud, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must reform how it reviews tips and conducts examinations, the SEC’s internal watchdog said on Tuesday.

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Madoff scandal prompts dozens of SEC reforms

NEW YORK (Reuters) – CIT Group Inc shares surged on Tuesday following a newspaper report that hedge fund Paulson & Co wants to combine the cash-strapped lender with a Paulson-affiliated bank once known as IndyMac. But a person familiar with the matter denied the report.

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Business Exchange: The Music Industry

The agreement ends a year-long dispute over revenue sharing. Now all four major music labels have arrangements with the video site

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Warner Music Makes Nice With YouTube

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc’s highly anticipated real-time communications service is not “ready for prime time,” but the company said on Tuesday it was on track to begin the biggest field test yet of the potentially groundbreaking Google Wave.

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Google to expand Wave testing, eyes Wave store

For many social-service charities across America, the recession has delivered a staggering one-two punch. Sharp drops in donations and investment income have been coupled by soaring demand for their services. The casualties so far include countless needy…

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Recession delivers a double blow to many charities