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Friday, March 12

  • Healthcare supporters: Moral imperative  (UPI / 12:54AM CST on 03/12) PRINCETON, N.J., March 12 (UPI) -- A Gallup poll indicates 48 percent of Americans polled oppose President Barack Obama's healthcare plan while 45 percent favor it.
  • Report: Lehman used misleading'gimmicks  (UPI / 12:24AM CST on 03/12) NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- Lehman Brothers resorted to misleading accounting gimmicks to hide bad investments, a report by an examiner for the now-bankrupt U.S. investment firm concluded.

    Thursday, March 11

  • Retail loyalty cards used for food recalls  (UPI / 7:34PM CST on 03/11) WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- Retail loyalty cards are used by some food chains to alert customers of recalled products and other retailers should too, a U.S. food advocacy group says.
  • Crude oil tops $82 per barrel  (UPI / 4:34PM CST on 03/11) NEW YORK, March 11 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices topped $82 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange as indications demand would rise trumped a report on increased stockpiles.
  • Grain futures close lower  (UPI / 4:34PM CST on 03/11) CHICAGO, March 11 (UPI) -- Corn prices closed lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade with the dollar index was off 0.21 percent.
  • Siemens Canada to cut 550 jobs  (UPI / 3:34PM CST on 03/11) HAMILTON, Ontario, March 11 (UPI) -- Siemens Fossil Power Generation announced Thursday it is closing its plant in Hamilton, Ontario, and relocating the Canadian operation to North Carolina.
  • Dodd, without GOP, to present bill  (UPI / 2:34PM CST on 03/11) WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said Thursday he would press forward with a regulatory reform bill despite the lack of Republican support.
  • Firms pick windy Nevada for turbine plant  (UPI / 1:14PM CST on 03/11) LAS VEGAS, March 11 (UPI) -- Two U.S. firms and one from China said Thursday they planned to build a 320,000-square-foot wind turbine manufacturing plant in Nevada.
  • Fate of Fannie and Freddie in limbo  (UPI / 1:05PM CST on 03/11) WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- Assistant U.S. Treasury Secretary Michael Barr said the housing market was still too fragile for a retreat from federal support of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  • BP buys interest in Brazilian oil fields  (UPI / 12:34PM CST on 03/11) LONDON, March 11 (UPI) -- British oil giant BP said Thursday it had purchased rights to oil fields in Brazil for $7 billion from Devon Energy, a company based in Oklahoma.
  • Hamas frees British journalist in Gaza  (UPI / 12:24PM CST on 03/11) GAZA, March 11 (UPI) -- A British journalist arrested by Hamas in Gaza a month ago was released Thursday and was on his way to Israel, officials said.
  • Bank data theft involves 24,000 clients  (UPI / 12:24PM CST on 03/11) GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11 (UPI) -- HSBC Private Bank in Switzerland said Thursday a data theft previously revealed to include fewer than 10 clients, in fact involved 24,000 clients.
  • Raw milk consumers seek law in Wisconsin  (UPI / 12:24PM CST on 03/11) MADISON, Wis., March 11 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin legislative hearing was packed with raw milk advocates who said they seek the right to sell and purchase unpasteurized dairy products.
  • Automakers consider brake override systems  (UPI / 11:54AM CST on 03/11) TOKYO, March 11 (UPI) -- Seven Japanese automakers have said they are considering the addition of brake override systems for their vehicles to prevent sudden acceleration problems.
  • Chicagoan covers racist signs  (UPI / 11:05AM CST on 03/11) CHICAGO, March 11 (UPI) -- A Chicago man who wants to keep black people from moving into his neighborhood has covered up racist signs he placed on his backyard fence, neighbors say.
  • Chinese construction site collapse kills 6  (UPI / 9:24AM CST on 03/11) TAI'AN, China, March 11 (UPI) -- A newly built concrete work platform and scaffolding at a construction site in China collapsed, killing six workers and injuring three, police said.
  • Panel criticizes GMAC bailout  (AP / 8:35AM CST on 03/11) The Congressional Oversight Panel for the $700 billion financial firm bailout bill called the rescue of U.S. auto lender GMAC an unnecessary step.
  • Abbas: Freeze construction or no talks  (UPI / 7:05AM CST on 03/11) RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 11 (UPI) -- Unless Israel clearly commits to a total construction freeze, indirect peace talks won't resume, Palestinian Authority leaders said.

    Wednesday, March 10

  • Greek leader seeks U.S. help: Wants to curb speculators  (AP / Patrice Hill, The Washington Times / 6:34PM CST on 03/10) Mar. 10--Top political leaders said on Tuesday that they were sympathetic to demands from Greece's prime minister for a crackdown on speculators who have been plaguing European financial markets.
  • Grain futures mixed Wednesday  (UPI / 4:34PM CST on 03/10) CHICAGO, March 10 (UPI) -- Corn prices closed mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade with the dollar index was off 0.21 percent.

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