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Senate nears passage of $858 billion tax-cut deal
WASHINGTON — The $858 billion tax-cut deal moving through Congress will jolt life into the struggling U.S. economy over the next two years, but faces one more major hurdle first — passing the House of Representatives despite Democrats angry about its estate tax and ...
Congress acts to prevent lapse of Patriot Act provisions
WASHINGTON—Congress approved a four-year extension of...
AT&T to call off acquisition of T-Mobile
LOS ANGELES — AT&T Inc. will hang up the phone on its embattled bid to take over T-Mobile USA for $39 billion...
Small Town Gets Court To Ban Fracking
Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," has been linked to everything...
Scientists Urge Protection of Newly Open Arctic Fisheries
More than 2,000 scientists from 67 countries urged Arctic leaders, in an open letter released April 22...
County: Culprit is soil damage, not spills
Rob Alexander, agricultural resource specialist for Boulder County Parks and Open Space, says the real problem with oil and gas companies on open space is not so much spills as it is other impacts from drilling operations...
Apple, Samsung own 95 percent of all mobile phone profits
Apple and Samsung together hoovered up more than 95 percent of mobile phone profits last quarter, leaving little left for other players, says Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley...
Farmers Face Tough Choice On Ways To Fight New Strains Of...
OK, so this story is about weeds and weedkillers, neither of which is...
Redbox, Verizon Team on Streaming Service
Redbox and Verizon are working on a streaming video service to take...
Optimistic investors push markets up to start new year
LOS ANGELES — The new year is starting off as a happy one for the stock market...
Jobs package may come in steps, Obama says
WASHINGTON — A legislative package aimed at creating jobs may come out of Washington in "incremental steps," President Barack Obama said Tuesday after a high-level meeting at the White House with congressional leaders of both parties...
3 killed as small plane crashes into home, day care center
EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. — A twin engine Cessna 310 crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday morning in East Palo Alto, hitting a home and a day care center...