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Maine governor moves out of office over TV dispute
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- Published on 05/23/2013 - 12:44 pm
- Written by GLENN ADAMS, Associated Press
(AP) — Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the IRS to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of governor's mansion because of a dispute over a television screen.
Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady
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- Published on 05/23/2013 - 12:39 pm
- Written by JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press
(AP) — The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way.
Shuttered NM plant resumes making peanut butter
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- Published on 05/23/2013 - 12:32 pm
- Written by JERI CLAUSING, Associated Press
(AP) — The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered eight months ago after a salmonella outbreak is back in production, and company officials say their coveted natural and organic butters could be back on store shelves within a month.
Top 50 highest-paid CEOs
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- Published on 05/23/2013 - 12:30 pm
- Written by The Associated Press
A look at the 50 highest-paid CEOs of 2012, as calculated by executive pay research firm Equilar.
Markets roiled by Nikkei's 7.3 percent slide
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- Published on 05/23/2013 - 8:57 am
- Written by PAMELA SAMPSON, PAN PYLAS, AP Business Writers
(AP) — Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago.
Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
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- Published on 05/23/2013 - 8:54 am
- Written by KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press
(AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.
Stocks fall on news Fed weighed cutting stimulus
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- Published on 05/22/2013 - 1:41 pm
- Written by Associated Press
(AP) — Stocks are closing lower on news that several Federal Reserve policymakers favored cutting back on stimulus programs as early as June if the economy continues to improve.
Amid immigration reform, calls to change asylums
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- Published on 05/22/2013 - 1:35 pm
- Written by Manuel Valdes, AP Writer
(AP) — As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home countries.
Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion
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- Published on 05/22/2013 - 1:32 pm
- Written by Ramit Plushnick-Masti and Sean Murphy, AP Writers
(AP) — The tornado that tore through an Oklahoma City suburb destroyed or damaged as many as 13,000 homes and may have caused $2 billion in overall damage, officials said Wednesday.
Fox show brings messy workplaces to television
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- Published on 05/22/2013 - 1:30 pm
- Written by David Bauder, AP Writer
(AP) — This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week.
