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U.S. unemployment benefits up by 46,000
10/18/12 11:26 AM Comment
Weekly applications for U.S. unemployment benefits jumped 46,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 388,000, the highest in four months.
Chicago weighs bullet, firearm tax to help curb gang violence
10/18/12 6:20 AM Comment
As Chicago struggles to quell gang violence that has contributed to a jump in homicides, a top elected official wants to tax the sale of every bullet and firearm--an effort even she acknowledges could spark a legal challenge.
Texas cheerleading bible battle: Judge to decide on using verses at games
10/18/12 5:59 AM Comment
A group of teenage cheerleaders is expecting to hear Thursday from a Texas district judge whether they will be allowed to continue displaying Bible verses at high school football games.
Missouri city poisoning pigeons to reduce numbers
10/17/12 11:08 AM Comment
Hannibal, Missouri will use poison to reduce the number of pigeons that are roosting in the city.
Lance Armstrong steps down as chairman of Livestrong charity
10/17/12 8:05 AM Comment
Lance Armstrong is stepping down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity to help it limit the damage from the doping scandal that has snared the former champion cyclist.
Social Security recipients to see increase in payments next year
10/16/12 11:06 AM Comment
More than 56 million Social Security recipients will see their monthly payments go up by 1.7 percent next year.
Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit steps down
10/16/12 10:15 AM Comment
Vikram Pandit abruptly stepped down as CEO of Citigroup on Tuesday, surprising Wall Street, after steering the bank through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed.
Golden Globes: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler to host
10/16/12 5:57 AM Comment
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are teaming up for the Golden Globes.
Tobacco companies say corrective statements go too far
10/15/12 2:16 PM Comment
Tobacco companies are urging a federal judge to reject the government's proposed industry-financed corrective statements, calling them "forced public confessions."
Nobel economics prize goes to two Americans
10/15/12 1:04 PM Comment
Two American scholars were awarded the Nobel economics prize on Monday for studies on the match-making that takes place when doctors are coupled up with hospitals, students with schools and human organs with transplant recipients.
Companies push for technology jobs for veterans
10/15/12 11:36 AM Comment
Some of the nation's leading manufacturing companies are launching a program to help veterans gain the skills necessary to fill some of the estimated 600,000 high-tech, manufacturing jobs that remain open because employers can't find qualified applicants.
Giant eyeball likely from swordfish, researchers say
10/15/12 10:46 AM Comment
Researchers say the giant eyeball that washed up on a South Florida beach is likely from a swordfish.
Pizza Hut rethinking lifetime of pizza for asking presidential contenders question
10/15/12 10:04 AM Comment
Pizza Hut is rethinking its contest daring people to ask "Sausage or Pepperoni?" at the presidential debate Tuesday.
Arlen Specter dies at 82
10/14/12 5:11 PM Comment
Shanin Specter says his father, former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, died Sunday morning at his home in Philadelphia, from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He had battled cancer and other health problems.
Stratosphere skydive: Felix Baumgartner jumps from 24 miles above Earth
10/14/12 3:56 PM Comment
Felix Baumgartner landed in an eastern New Mexico desert minutes after jumping from 128,000 feet, or 24 miles, above Earth.
Jessica Ridgeway, missing Colo. girl, found dead
10/13/12 10:45 AM Comment
"Our focus has changed from the search for Jessica to a mission of justice for Jessica," Westminster Police Chief Lee Birk said Friday. "We recognize there is a predator at large in our community."
Zumba prostitution scandal continues
10/12/12 6:53 PM Comment
Townspeople were waiting with curiosity Friday as police prepared to release names of some of the men accused of engaging in prostitution with a Zumba fitness instructor.
Kellogg's recalls Mini-Wheats for possible metal
10/12/12 10:41 AM Comment
Recalls only include boxes with the letters KB, AP or FK before or after the Best If Used Before date.

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Pizza Hut rethinking lifetime of pizza for asking presidential contenders question

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