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February 29th, 2008

Pens Take Risk and Acquire Hossa

Despite the shockwaves the team generated earlier in the day, the postgame dressing room inside the Nassau Coliseum is a mostly quiet place.

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February 29th, 2008

Knicks Claw Bobcats, 113-89

One down, twenty-five to go. Had this been the season that should’ve been, instead of the irrevocable failure that it has turned out to be, then the final two months would be more pleasurable.

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February 29th, 2008

Annual Aly’s Prom Closet opens today

Denise Hachquet shows off some dresses at Aly’s Prom Closet. The shop supplies needy teens with prom clothes and, in some cases, money for tickets.

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February 29th, 2008

Humane Society of Indianapolis to stop accepting stray animals

The Humane Society of Indianapolis says it will stop accepting stray animals and begin requiring frustrated pet owners to go through “surrender counseling” before it takes their pets.

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February 29th, 2008

Expert Visited Charlotte this Week: Advocate offers consumer tips for tough times

The housing market is slumping, gas prices are soaring, and the financial sector is in disarray.

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February 29th, 2008

Camera wins 13 in Colo. Associated Press contest

The Camera received 13 awards Friday—including four first-place honors for best series, business story, sports story and photo illustration—from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters.

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February 29th, 2008

War costs estimated at over $3 trillion to date

When U.S. troops invaded Iraq in March 2003, the Bush administration predicted that the war would be self-financing, and rebuilding the nation would cost less than $2 billion.

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February 29th, 2008

Pizza and beer now cost an arm and a leg

Pizza and beer now cost an arm and a leg coyote writes: Sure sign we’re heading for a recession: Even cheap eats are hard to find If you’re looking for a sure sign the U.S. economy is headed for a recession, ...

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February 29th, 2008

Williams, Hayes back in Group One mode

Craig Williams, who was sacked from star mare Miss Finland by connections, had a satisfying win on her David Hayes-trained stablemate Niconero in Saturday’s Group One Futurity Stakes at Caulfield.

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February 29th, 2008

More Americans using credit cards to stay afloat

More Americans using credit cards to stay afloat Seven years in the credit-counseling business didn’t prepare Ann Estes for the alarming trend she began noticing last fall: As her clients’ mortgage bills became …

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February 29th, 2008

Using ShortTerm Debt Settlement Loans

Short term debt settlement loans are readily available, but are they really in your best interest? There are a lot of reasons that a person would need a short term loan.

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February 29th, 2008

Bankruptcy: a Drastic Step but Sometimes the Wisest One

COMMENT By Ilyce R. Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin Saturday, March 1, 2008; Page F13 John Ventura is on a mission to inform consumers about their credit, debt and rights in a bankruptcy.

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February 29th, 2008

Health Central CFO Alan Crowell dies

Health Central Chief Financial Officer Alan L. Crowell, died Monday morning at home with his family after a prolonged battle with cancer.

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February 29th, 2008

Chuck Carlson Column: S. Door seniors should get what they voted for

When in doubt, vote. It’s what we do in America. We do it to make sure we’re at least trying to do the right thing and, more importantly, we do it to have something tangible to point to so we can cover our …

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February 29th, 2008

Mortgages

Find a Loan That Fits Your Needs. Compare Mortgages and Apply Online. www.Wachovia.com Mortgage – Countrywide No Closing Cost Refi.

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February 29th, 2008

Leaders of the pack

Published: March 1st, 2008 12:27 AM Last Modified: March 1st, 2008 12:57 AM When Lance Mackey strings his team along Fourth Avenue for this morning’s Iditarod ceremonial start, a non-timed, 11-mile puppy parade …

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February 29th, 2008

Ninth Annual Healthcare Transactions Summit on April 10 & 11, 2008

Co-chairs for the event are: * Keith R. Anderson * L. Edward Bryant, Jr. * Paul R. DeMuro * Manfred R. Steiner “When we started putting this conference together, there were tremors in the credit markets, ...

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February 29th, 2008

Novato man gets 2 years in prison for 80-mph wreck

Philip Michael LoCoco, 20, of Novato reacts his sentencing hearing in Marin County Superior Court on Friday.

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February 29th, 2008

Recession talk: is it self-fulfilling?

Saturday PT Crusier meet-up: New location You can’t listen to the radio, turn on the TV or open the newspaper these days without getting bad news about the economy.

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February 29th, 2008

All Business: When economy views collide

Who’s getting it right? Those owning equities have become more upbeat that monetary and fiscal measures will ease the nation’s economic woes fairly fast.

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February 29th, 2008

2 Cents Worth: Feb. 29, 2008

What was the last year that Des Moines had electric street cars downtown? I was born in 1956 and was told I was too young to remember them, but I do remember them.

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February 29th, 2008

Akin beats Ewing on road to the 215 finals

A titanic 215 matchup took place between a pair of area locals. But Triway’s Cory Akin and Northwestern’s Jake Ewing made fans drive 100 miles to the 71st Annual State Wrestling Tournament to see it.

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February 29th, 2008

Southgate seeks the positives from FA rap

MIDDLESBROUGH manager Gareth Southgate believes the Football Association’s decision to further punish Jeremie Aliadiere after the club’s appeal against his red card at Anfield last Saturday will have a …

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February 29th, 2008

New Republicans. Not so you’d notice

It’s kind of odd, even counter-intuitive, for a retired teacher to speak disparagingly of “liberal, nanny-government,” and to sneer at “entitlements.” But that’s just what one of my fellow columnists did …

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February 29th, 2008

Anat Abraham tells how baby Manat survived dad’s attempted abortion pill killing

By Stewart Maclean Stewart.Maclean@Mirror.Co.Uk 1/03/2008 Manat Abraham survived despite dad trying to kill him in the womb Proud mum Anat Abraham last night cradled her miracle baby son Matan – and asked: “How …

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February 29th, 2008

Stocks fall as economic reports stir concerns

Stocks fell sharply Friday after a series of depressing economic and corporate reports and high oil prices stoked concerns about the health of the economy.

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February 29th, 2008

AIG, Dell struggle, so stocks nose-dive

Stocks fell sharply yesterday after a series of depressing economic and corporate reports and high oil prices stoked concern about the health of the economy.

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February 29th, 2008

The Anti-Hit List

Lyrically, it’s an extended, poetic spew, with Cave vamping on both biblical resurrection and urban mythology.

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February 29th, 2008

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Stocks fell sharply Friday after a series of depressing economic and corporate reports as well as high oil prices stoked concerns about the health of the economy.

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February 29th, 2008

Love Letters to the Troubled Financial Markets

Susan C. Walker FOXBusiness Hardly anyone writes about the after-effects of Valentine’s Day once the empty box of chocolates and the drooping roses have been thrown in the trash.

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February 29th, 2008

Leap Day Sell-Off; Dow Plunges 315 on Data, AIG

FOXBusiness Talk about an ugly way to end a month. Stocks plummeted today as the market reacted to a huge loss from insurance giant AIG, a string of bleak economic data and worries about bond insurers.

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February 29th, 2008

UPI NewsTrack Business February 29, 2008

With escalating declines for four days running, three major U.S. stock indexes ended the week in a tailspin Friday.

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February 29th, 2008

Market braces for key economic data

More selling will knock Wall Street stocks lower next week if economic data, including a key report on February payrolls, offers more signs that the U.S. economy is on the brink of recession.

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February 29th, 2008

Stocks fall amid bleak reports

Stocks fell sharply Friday after a series of depressing economic and corporate reports as well as high oil prices stoked concerns about the health of the economy.

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February 29th, 2008

Firm’s stock tanks after trader’s $141.5 mil. loss

On a down day for the stock market, the shares of MF Global were one of the biggest downers of all Friday.

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