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Dollar slips towards 15-year low against the yen

Data showed on Thursday that new U.S. jobless claims marked a nine-month high last week, and Mid-Atlantic manufacturing shrank in August for the first time in more than a year, deepening worries about the f...
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Wyclef NOT Approved to Run for President of Haiti

Haiti hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is not on the list of approved candidates who satisfy legal requirements to run in the country's Nov. 28 presidential election, an electoral official said on Thursday.The presiden...
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Is This The End? The War in Iraq is Over!

 The last U.S. combat troops were crossing the border into Kuwait on Thursday morning, bringing to a close the active combat phase of a 7½-year war that overthrew the dictatorial regime of Saddam Hussein, for...
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Ex-Governor Blagojevich Found Guilty on One Charge

A federal jury today convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of only one count against him: lying to the FBI. Jurors said they were deadlocked on the other 23 counts against the former governor, and all four coun...
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Jay-Z Tops Forbes Hip Hop Cash Kings List

For the third time in four years, Jay-Z has been crowned the "Hip-Hop Cash King" by Forbes. The Brooklyn lyricist topped the business magazine's annual ranking of high-rolling hip-hop stars by earning $63 milli...