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Average cost of gasoline rises to $3.57 a gallon

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 02:25 PM PDT

Gasoline prices in the United States rose 6.65 cents per gallon over a two-week period, carried by the rise in crude oil prices stemming from the turmoil in Libya, an industry analyst said.

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Japan reports progress at leaking nuclear complex

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 04:06 PM PDT

People shop for produce at a makeshift store in a devastated area of Kesennuma, in northern Japan, on Sunday.Japanese officials report progress in their battle to gain control over a leaking nuclear complex, but the crisis is far from over, with the discovery of more radiation-tainted food.




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Indian youth suicide crisis baffles community

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:55 AM PDT

In this Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 picture, Darrell Follette, left, and Ida Follette recount the day of their daughter Chelle Rose Follette's suicide during an interview in their home on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar, Mont. Chelle Rose Follette fashioned a noose with her pajamas, tying one end to a closet rod and the other around her neck. When her mother entered the bedroom to put away laundry, she found the 13-year-old hanging.




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3 foreign reporters missing in Libya

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:49 AM PDT

Two journalists working for a French news agency and a photographer traveling with them have gone missing in Libya while reporting on the fighting between Moammar Gadhafi's forces and rebels, the agency said Sunday.

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Detroit schools struggle to solve budget woes

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 08:31 AM PDT

Teacher Calvin Hobbs works with students at African-centered Timbuktu Academy of Science and Technology in Detroit on March 15. Timbuktu has about 350 students and is one of nine Detroit Public Schools-authorized charter schools. Despite reworking vendor contracts to save money, shutting down old buildings, weeding out cases of fraud and theft, and keeping dozens of teaching and other district jobs unfilled, the $327 million  deficit hasn't gone away.




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Four-goal third period sparks Rangers past Pens

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 01:45 PM PDT

Marian Gaborik and Ryan Callahan scored power play goals 11 seconds apart as part of a four-goal third period and the New York Rangers extended their winning streak to a season-high four games with a 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.




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America's best cities for pizza

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 12:19 PM PDT

You can't walk more than a block in the Big Apple without passing a pizzeria — and there are precious few chains. Motorino is just one of the pizza joints that New York City is known for.Is it the crust, the toppings, or just the attitude? Travel + Leisure readers vote on America's best cities for pizza.




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No stopping 'Limitless' at the box office

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:26 AM PDT

The film stars Bradley Cooper as a struggling writer who takes a magical pill that allows him to tap into his maximum brain potential; "Rango," "Battle: L.A." round out top three.

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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:26 AM PDT

AT&T to buy T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 03:38 PM PDT

AT&T Inc. said Sunday it will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $39 billion that would make it the largest cellphone company in the U.S.

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Yemeni president fires Cabinet

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:11 AM PDT

Anti-government protesters pray Sunday  around the bodies of demonstrators killed in clashes with Yemeni security forces.President Ali Abdullah Saleh is facing a monthlong popular uprising against him that has turned increasingly bloody in the past few days as security troops opened fire on demonstrators in the capital and in the country's south.




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Minneapolis tops list of best cities to find a job

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 01:12 PM PDT

In Minneapolis, Minn., the unemployment rate is 6.5 percent. From December 2009 to December 2010, the unemployment level dropped by .7 percent.A place with low unemployment doesn't always mean it's the best place for finding a job.




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Investors should get prepared for a wild week

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 03:37 PM PDT

Watch out for intraday swings because it's going to be wild.

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Sarah Palin visits Israel, will see Netanyahu

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin arrives at the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday. Palin began a private visit to Israel, her first to the Jewish state, and planned to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and tour holy sites. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin visited a Jewish holy site in Jerusalem soon after arriving in Israel Sunday on a trip that has raised speculation she is honing her foreign policy credentials before a run for the U.S. presidency next year.




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Zippo hopes to spark sales by branching out

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:47 AM PDT

The newest wing of the company's headquarters is a showcase for Zippo's plans. It features a Zippo kiosk and what's known as a "shop-in-shop" — a tiny Zippo store meant to take up residence inside a larger department store.Zippo lighters have retained their retro cool even as the tiny northwestern Pennsylvania company that makes them gets ready to celebrate its 80th anniversary and 500 millionth lighter next year.




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Egypt: Voters OK constitution changes

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Protesters throw stones as Egyptian reform campaigner and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, unseen, arrives to cast his vote outside a polling center in Cairo's Mokkatam district, Egypt, on Saturday. A crowd of angry men pelted ElBaradei with rocks and smashed his car windows outside a polling center. He wasn't injured but was forced to flee in an SUV without casting his ballot.The elections commission chief says constitutional changes were approved in Egypt's landmark referendum, with 77 percent of the vote in favor according to final results.




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Obama: Brazil's democracy an example to Arab world

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:51 AM PDT

President Obama kicks a soccer ball with children during his visit to a slum in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.The events in Libya had threatened to overshadow President Obama's five-day Latin American tour, so he sought to use Brazil's own history to illuminate what's happening in the Middle East. 




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Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:51 AM PDT

One-legged wrestler wins NCAA championship

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 08:57 AM PDT

Arizona State's Anthony Robles, right, poses after beating Iowa's Matt McDonough in their 125-pound finals match Saturday.Anthony Robles, who was born without a right leg, took a 7-1 decision from Iowa sophomore Matt McDonough to win the 125-pound title at the NCAA wrestling championships Saturday.




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Video: Mullen: No-fly zone effectively in place in Libya

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 06:33 AM PDT

March 20: Admiral Mike Mullen tells NBC's David Gregory that strikes Admiral Mike Mullen tells NBC's David Gregory that strikes "took out" Moammar Gadhafi's air defenses and hit Libyan air fields and that Western forces have established combat air patrols over the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. (Meet the Press)




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