NEW YORK – The mammoth U.S. services industry (search) recovered in October from a post-hurricane slide but high energy costs still dragged, a report showed Thursday. The Institute for Supply Management’s (search) services index rose to 60.0 in October from 53.3 in September, beating Wall Street’s median forecast for a …
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“DaySide” has a new look, as hosts Juliet Huddy and Mike Jerrick bring you the stories you won’t want to miss. Join us today for what promises to be a lively hour of informative fun! • Lewis “Scooter” Libby makes his first court appearance, pleading not guilty to charges stemming …
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AMSTERDAM – Record company Sony BMG, yielding to consumer concern, said on Wednesday it was recalling music CDs containing copy-protection software that acts like virus software and hides deep inside a computer. “We share the concerns of consumers regarding discs with XCP content-protected software, and, for this reason, we are …
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WASHINGTON – The nation’s 10 million cancer survivors require customized follow-up for years that too few now receive, says a major study that calls for oncologists to create a “survivorship plan” to guide every patient’s future health care. Half of all men and one-third of women in the United States …
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OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – Copies of a high school’s student newspaper were seized by administrators because the edition contained stories about birth control and tattoos, stirring a First Amendment debate. Administrators at Oak Ridge High School went into teachers’ classrooms, desks and mailboxes to retrieve all 1,800 copies of the …
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NEW YORK – GQ magazine’s Man of the Year is a woman. Jennifer Aniston earned the honor because the magazine says the actress showed a lot of poise, grace and good humor during her breakup with Brad Pitt this year. She may be Man of the Year, but Aniston shows …
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LOS ANGELES – Two Nigerian-born scam artists were arrested in Los Angeles in 2002 on charges of using ChoicePoint Inc. (CPS) to tap into its vast database of personal information, a similar security breach that the data warehouser announced last month, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Bibiana Benson, 39, of Sherman …
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NEW YORK – JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) said on Tuesday it will spin off its $13 billion private equity fund, but will keep a similar unit recently acquired in its merger with Bank One Corp. The spin-off, which comes amid a trend of bank spin-offs of private equity funds, …
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•Join host Brit Hume and FOX’s Team Washington weekdays at 6 p.m. ET for “Special Report” — Find out what’s happening inside the Beltway and on the world stage. Real journalism: fair and balanced. That’s why we’re No. 1 — FOX News Channel. Thursday, March 24: Team FOX goes around …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – The spiritual leader of Iraq’s Shiite majority Saturday called on bickering politicians in the clergy-backed United Iraqi Alliance (search) to set aside differences and form a government more than a month after landmark elections. The U.S. military said it launched an “aggressive” investigation into the shooting at …
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