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07/26/2008 11:58 AM
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U.S. Senate Passes Housing Bill
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The U.S. Senate used a rare weekend session Saturday to pass a landmark housing bill meant to mitigate the ongoing mortgage crisis.
The Washington Post said the bill, which offers up to $300 billion in loan guarantees for consumers saddled with subprime, adjustable-rate mortgages, was passed by a Senate vote of 72 to 13....
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07/26/2008 11:58 AM
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U.S. House Holds Hearing to Criticize President Bush
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A U.S. House committee held a hearing on Friday for critics of President George W. Bush's policies.
The Democratic-dominated Judiciary Committee insisted that the hearing was not about impeachment of President Bush but a chance to charge him with all his impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors."
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07/26/2008 11:58 AM
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Baseball Game-Day Trade: Nady, Marte, Tabata
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The New York Yankees acquired outfielder Xavier Nady and left-hander Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates, bolstering their bullpen and offense ahead of next week's trade deadline.
New York parted with top outfield prospect Jose Tabata and three other minor leaguers. Nady, batting .330 with 13 home runs and 57 RBIs, started Friday's game for the Pirates but left after the first inning.
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07/26/2008 09:00 AM
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New Report on Drug-Free Zone Inequities Provides Opportunity for 'Smart On Crime' Sentencing Reforms in Massachusetts
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BOSTON, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report shows that Massachusetts'
drug-free zone laws fail to improve children's safety and are a driving
force behind the increased incarceration of minorities and the poor....
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07/25/2008 09:00 PM
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National Fair Housing Commission to Focus on Gulf Coast Housing Crisis in the Wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
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HOUSTON, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, July 31, 2008,
Gordan Quan, former Houston Mayor Pro Tem and Chair of the Housing
Committee for the City of Houston, and Okianer Christian Dark, Associate
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07/25/2008 09:00 PM
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Why Non-White Communities Could Be Hit The Hardest By Climate Change
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CHICAGO, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Public Radio
presents the panel discussion "Covering Climate Change: Why Non-White
Communities Could Be Hit the Hardest," as part of the UNITY '08
Convention....
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07/25/2008 04:21 PM
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Oil Prices Slide Below $124
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NEW YORK(Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Crude oil resumed its slide and settled below $124 U.S. Friday on falling fuel demand caused by a slow economy and supply increase from the OPEC countries.
Light, sweet crude for September delivery dropped $2.23 to settle at $123.26 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange....
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07/25/2008 04:21 PM
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Feds Look into Energy Group Wracked by Losses
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TULSA, Okla. (AP)- - Federal regulators and the U.S. Attorney's Office opened an investigation into Tulsa-based SemGroup LP, which filed for bankruptcy this week after losing a reported $2.4 billion in hedged trading on the oil futures markets....
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07/25/2008 04:21 PM
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GE Realigns into Four Segments
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SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - General Electric said Friday it will reorganize and simplify its corporate structure to align its businesses for "growth and efficiency."
Effective immediately, the Fairfield, Conn.-based diversified conglomerate will move to four business segments from six, including two infrastructure segments....
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07/25/2008 04:21 PM
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Schwarzenegger Signs Bill Banning Trans Fats in California
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07/25/2008 01:00 PM
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Conference to Turn Scientists of Color into PA-Based Entrepreneurs Set for November
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PITTSBURGH, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- With the life sciences positioned to
drive Pennsylvania's economic future, finding an advantage amidst global
competition requires finding new and overlooked resources. The
bench2BUSINESS 2008 Conference and Awards Celebration, Nov. 8-9, does
just that, and will help secure that edge....
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07/25/2008 01:00 PM
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Leaders of Four Metro Atlanta Municipalities Outline Broadband Goals at Alliance for Digital Equality's Digital Empowerment Summit 2008
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ATLANTA, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leaders of four metro
Atlanta municipalities gave highlights of their broadband initiatives at
the first ever Digital Empowerment Summit, hosted by The Alliance for
Digital Equality (ADE)....
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07/25/2008 01:00 PM
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New Study Confirms Rising Energy Costs Disproportionately Impacting Minority Households
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CHICAGO, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Since 2001, energy costs for the
average U.S. household have more than doubled, and sharply escalating
gasoline prices are straining the budgets of lower- and middle-class
minority families. Those are the findings of a new study released today
by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) during a
press conference in Chicago....
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07/25/2008 12:57 PM
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SUV, Pickup Sales Feel Effects of Gas Crunch
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The rise in the price of oil and gas has had mixed effects on the sales of full-size pickups and sport utility vehicles, according to Clovis and Portales dealerships.
"With the rise in gas prices we've seen an increased interest in fuel efficient cars and pickups with smaller engines," said Shawn Hamilton, owner of Big Country Ford in Clovis and Hamilton GM Country in Portales....
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07/25/2008 12:57 PM
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Late July Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Rises to 61.2
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WASHINGTON (Thomson Financial) -- Consumer sentiment, as measured by the Reuters/University of Michigan index, rose unexpectedly to 61.2 in late July from a reading of 56.6 in early July....
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