Fed's Bullard: U.S. inflation may reflect global growth
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official said faster global growth may be keeping inflation higher than expected in the United States. "Typical estimates suggest inflation should have remained l
Detroit unions do not want more negotiations
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DETROIT (Reuters) - The head of one of Detroit's major unions said on Monday that union leaders will not continue negotiating cost-cutting agreements with the city if elected officials agree to a so-called consent
APNewsBreak: AmEx pulls gift cards from NJ
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American Express has become the first company to pull its gift cards from New Jersey pharmacies, groceries and convenience stores rather than attempt to comply with a new wrinkle in the state's unclaimed property law. ...
Occupy protesters take over vacant SF building
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Occupy protesters have invaded a vacant Archdiocese of San Francisco building, saying they will take it over permanently for use as a homeless shelter. It's the first major action by Occupy San Francisco since...
Denver news anchor back after televised dog bite
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A Denver television news anchor who was bitten by a dog on live TV has returned to work. Kyle Dyer of KUSA-TV (!a href="http://on9news.tv/H8iOoq">http://on9news.tv/H8iOoq!/a>) was back on the set Monday, more than a...
Manufacturing sector picks up in March: ISM
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of growth in the manufacturing sector picked up a tad in March, while new orders dipped modestly, according to an industry report released on Mon day. The Institute for Supply M
AirTran leads 15 airlines in performance last year
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Low-cost carrier AirTran had best performance last year among 15 airlines that carry at least 1 percent of domestic passenger volume, according to an annual report released Monday. Overall, airline performance improved...
In California's `last frontier,' an unsure future
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The day begins at 1:40 a.m. for Maria Guadalupe Pimentel when her husband knocks on their bedroom door, less than four hours after she fell asleep. "It's time," Ignacio Erape says before heading to the kitchen of their...
Beef processor files for bankruptcy over 'pink slime' uproar
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(Reuters) - Ground beef processor AFA Foods filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday and said it plans to sell some or all of its assets, citing the impact of media coverage related to a meat filler critics have d
Pa. school bus driver gets 2 DUIs within 17 hours
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A western Pennsylvania man fired after he was charged with driving three busloads of students under the influence of alcohol has been charged with driving drunk in his own vehicle less than 17 hours later. Online court...
Conn. teams set record for longest kickball game
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A friendly game of kickball in Connecticut ended after 345 innings with a score of 164-117 and a Guinness world record. Two teams in Naugatuck raising money for cancer research began playing Friday morning and finally...
Coty bids $10 billion for Avon
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(Reuters) - Beauty company Coty Inc said on Monday it had offered to buy cosmetics direct seller Avon Products Inc for $10 billion. Coty, known for fragrances for such celebrities as Beyonce and Lady Gaga, s
Euro zone unemployment reaches near 15-year high
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By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Unemployment in the euro zone reached its highest level in almost 15 years in February, with more than 17 million people out of work, and economists said they expected jo
1940 census records include 21 million still alive
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When the 1940 census records are released Monday, Verla Morris can consider herself a part of living history. Morris, who is in her 100th year, will get to experience the novelty of seeing her own name and details...
Total to send helicopter to Elgin platform: sources
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By Muriel Boselli and Oleg Vukmanovic PARIS/ABERDEEN (Reuters) - Total plans to send a helicopter to inspect its Elgin North Sea platform in the next few days to ensure it is safe before beginning work to ca
Mother of 2 slain SC toddlers in Columbia prison
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A 30-year-old South Carolina mother has begun a 35-year prison sentence for killing her two young sons. Records show Shaquan Duley (shah-KWAHN' DOO'-lee) was admitted Friday to a maximum-security women's prison in...
Pakistan jails bin Laden's family for illegal stay
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court charged former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's three widows and two daughters with illegally staying in the country and sentenced them to 45 days in jail, their lawyers sai
Mexican drug kingpin to be sentenced in San Diego
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Benjamin Arellano Felix seemed to get off easy considering he was one of the world's most powerful drug traffickers in the 1990s. He pleaded guilty in January to crimes that would give him no more than 25 years in...
Insight: As currency floats, Myanmar's banks rise again
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By A Reuters staff reporter YANGON (Reuters) - Every table and much of the floor at Co-Operative Bank in Myanmar's commercial capital is stacked with thick bricks of the local kyat currency. Money counting m
The nation's weather
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Weather Underground Forecast for Monday, April 02, 2012. Active weather will form in the West and parts of the Plains on Monday. A cold front extending across the West will move into the Upper Midwest with limited...
Calling America's builders: Australia needs you!
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CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia has made a plea for American plumbers, electricians and builders to move downunder to fill chronic shortages of skilled workers as the economy struggles to keep up with a resources bo
Friends recall Micah True: passionate and playful
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Up mountainsides, through deserts and the wildest of rugged terrain, there was little that could break the serenity or solitude of Micah True as he ran. Only, perhaps, the pounding beat of his heart or the rhythm of his...
How to search the 1940 census records online
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Personal details of 132 million people will be disclosed on Monday as the U.S. government releases the 1940 census to the public for the first time after 72 years of privacy protection lapses. Access to the records...
Analysis: Europe ponders free trade or fair trade
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By Paul Taylor PARIS (Reuters) - Europe has opened a can of worms by trying to reconcile free trade with fair trade. Under pressure from French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the European Commission adopt
Insight: Bank stampede keeps Spanish real estate on the ropes
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By Sonya Dowsett MADRID (Reuters) - When Jose Morales travelled up from Granada in southern Spain in February to look at a new apartment in the Madrid satellite town of Sesena, he was greeted by long queues
Five die, 13 injured in Kansas truck crash
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KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Five people died and 13 were injured Sunday when a large truck equipped as a motor home they were riding in left a rural Kansas freeway and careened into a creek, the Kansas Highway
Analysis: Young U.S. farmers coax crops from conservation lands
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By Tom Polansek (Reuters) - North Dakota farmer Justin Zahradka will plant wheat this spring on 40 acres that has been off-limits for two decades, protected by a government conservation program that is shrin
Today in History
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Today is Monday, April 2, the 93rd day of 2012. There are 273 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 2, 1912, the just-completed RMS Titanic left Belfast to begin its sea trials eight days...
Russian plane crashes with 43 aboard, 12 survive
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian passenger plane with 43 people on board crashed in Siberia on Monday, killing at least 16 people while 12 survivors were rescued, an emergency official said. The ATR 72, a twin-e
Wife: JetBlue pilot wasn't 'intentionally violent'
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The wife of the JetBlue pilot whose frightening behavior forced an emergency landing says the family believes he wasn't "intentionally violent toward anyone." Connye Osbon released her statement Sunday through the...
Nations pledge millions for Syrian opposition
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A coalition of more than 70 partners, including the United States, pledged Sunday to send millions of dollars and communications equipment to Syria's opposition groups, signaling deeper involvement in the conflict amid...
Lawyer: Man may enter US from Mexico to bury son
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An immigration lawyer says a Mexican man will be allowed to enter the United States to bury his 10-year-old son, a U.S. citizen who died in a house fire in northeastern Pennsylvania. Fidelmar "Fidel" Merlos-Lopez...
Thousands gather at Miami rally for Trayvon Martin
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Political leaders, sport stars and entertainers were among several thousand people who gathered Sunday at a Miami rally to call for an arrest in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Florida teenager by a neighborhood watch...
For Suu Kyi, a new role and heavier burden
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By Andrew R.C. Marshall YANGON (Reuters) - Soe Thein is a pious man. Every evening he kneels before a Buddhist shrine in his Yangon home to pray for the only woman he believes can lead Myanmar to a brighter
Crews near full containment of Colorado wildfire
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Colorado authorities are allowing all remaining evacuees from the Lower North Fork wildfire to return home on Monday. Jacki Kelley of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said that residents of 50 homes can return...
ICC prosecutor courts Hollywood with Invisible Children
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By Mary Slosson LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court threw his weight behind Invisible Children, the group behind the viral hit "Kony 2012" video, in Los Angeles t
Weather Service to test more graphic tornado warnings
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By Jim Forsyth (Reuters) - The National Weather Service on Monday plans to begin a new initiative in Kansas and Missouri designed to make people in Tornado Alley sit up and take notice when potentially devas
Milwaukee mayor shakes up Wis. recall election
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Unions backing the successful effort that forced Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker into a recall election are suddenly facing an uncomfortable scenario: Their favored candidate may not survive the Democratic primary now that...
Police: Dismembered Ohioan was stabbed, suffocated
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Five people have been arrested in connection with the death of an Ohio woman who police said was stabbed, suffocated and dismembered in a bathtub before some of her remains were taken to Kentucky. Jessica Rae Sacco,...
Seven black California teens charged with beating Hispanic youth
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(Reuters) - Seven black teenagers are facing assault and hate crime charges for an attack on a 15-year-old Hispanic student who was punched and kicked repeatedly on his way home from a Southern California school, t
Utah mayor defends police in Susan Powell case
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A Utah mayor is defending his police department's handling of the Susan Powell case, insisting it did everything it could to resolve it. After Friday's release of court documents linking Josh Powell to the 2009...
JetBlue pilot's wife says husband "not intentionally violent"
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By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The wife of the JetBlue pilot who had a midair meltdown that triggered an emergency landing said on Sunday his family is focused on his recovery and thanked thos
1940 census records include 21 million still alive
5:08
When the 1940 census records are released Monday, Verla Morris can consider herself a part of living history. Morris, who is in her 100th year, will get to experience the novelty of seeing her own name and details...
Slain airman's son dies in accident at SC home
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The 2-year-old son of an airman killed in a terror attack in Germany has died after a dresser fell on him and suffocated him, authorities said. Authorities said William Alden was trying to reach something on top of a...
Buffett delivers news and a tune at Omaha press club show
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (Reuters) - Investor Warren Buffett learned more than economics and thrift as a paper boy during the 1940s when he earned the $5,000 that launched the investments that grew into Berkshire Hatha
Dozens arrested in Kentucky's Final Four celebration
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By Ellen Wulfhorst (Reuters) - Dozens of people faced charges on Sunday after violence broke out as fans celebrated the University of Kentucky's win over arch rival Louisville in their NCAA Final Four match-
Court setbacks put damper on NJ corruption busts
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Louis Manzo was preparing to do a radio interview from his family's shore home on the morning of July 23, 2009, when the FBI called. Hours later, he was being led in handcuffs before TV cameras with dozens of other...
Widow of Pa. teacher slain in Yemen felt no threat
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The widow of a teacher from central Pennsylvania who was killed in Yemen two weeks ago said the family knew about the risks of living there but never felt threatened. Joel Shrum, 29, of Mount Joy, Pa., was gunned down...
U.S. Coast Guard heads to aid 4 injured yacht crew members
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(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday was conducting a rescue operation to aid four crew members from the Geraldton Western Australia who were injured when a big wave struck the yacht hundreds of miles west of
Missing Maine toddler generates online discussions
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When his wife's young granddaughter disappeared, Jeff Hanson felt helpless as the family anxiously awaited word from law enforcement authorities. He decided he needed to do something constructive as the investigation,...