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Philippine peso - US dollar - Currencies
(photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Peso appreciates as appetite for US dollar dips
Inquirer
| MANILA, Philippines -- The peso strengthened further Thursday against the US dollar, benefiting from the generally anemic appetite of investors for the greenback. | The local currency closed at 45.73 to $1, up 17 centavos from the previous day's 45.9. | Intraday high hit 45.71, while intraday low ...
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks during an interview in New York, Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009. Blagojevich said he would respect "the law and the Constitution and the rules" if legislators vote him out of of
(photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Jury Deliberation Begins in Blagojevich Trial
The New York Times
| CHICAGO — Jurors on Wednesday began deliberating the fate of Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois who was impeached and ousted from office and now faces 24 counts in a federal corruption trial. Related | Times Topic: Rod R. Blagojevich | Among the accusations against Mr. Blago...
Capitol Alert: Obama plans Calif. trip to raise cash for House Democrats
Fresno Bee
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Deputy shot in chase after upstate NY bank robbery
Newsday
| July 29, 2010   | (AP) — Police say a sheriff's deputy has been shot chasing suspects in an upstate New York bank robbery, one of whom is still at large in a Utica suburb where a college campus is locked down. | The Oneida County deputy's co...
Mangano to MTA: Give us back our money
Newsday
| July 29, 2010   | If the MTA doesn't want to support Long Island Bus anymore, then Nassau County should get its money back. | That was the message from County Executive Edward Mangano as he announced that the county has filed a lawsuit aiming ...
First Northern Bank parent shows profit
Business Journal
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Bottled Mineral Water - Drinking Water
WN / Sweet Radoc
Activists urge state to use less bottled water
The Boston Globe
| State lawmakers and environmental activists yesterday urged Governor Deval Patrick to reduce the amount of money the administration spends on bottled water. | They called on Patr...
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama. speaks at a rally in Missoula
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U.S. Congress gives Obama long-delayed Afghan war funds
The Star
| WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Tuesday gave President Barack Obama long-delayed funding for his troop increase in Afghanistan despite opposition from many fell...
080504-M-6001G-013       U.S. Marines patrol an area of Garmsir in the Helmand province in Afghanistan on May 4, 2008.  The Marines are assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, International Security Assistance Force.  DoD photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra, U.S. Marine Corps.  (Released)
U.S. Marine Corps. / Cpl. Alex C. Guerra
US Congress approves new funding for Afghan war
BBC News
The US House of Representatives has approved funds to pay for President Barack Obama's increase in US troop numbers in Afghanistan. | The 308 to 114 vote comes at a time when some ...
U.S. Century Bank's profit shrinks, bad loans up
Business Journal
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Wisconsin receives second part of train money
Star Tribune
| MADISON, Wis. - The state of Wisconsin has received another portion of the $810 million in federal stimulus money that will go toward building a high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee. | Gov. Jim Doyle and U.S. Transportation Secretary ...
Eaton Rapids wind turbine parts project gets $3.5 million in Michigan backing, US match
Hartford Courant
EATON RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Michigan has given a Centers of Energy Excellence designation and $3.5 million in funding for a wind turbine component project in Eaton Rapids. | The collaboration is being led by URV USA, a subsidiary of a Finnish su...
Banking
President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting on the Affordable Care Act, Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at the Holiday Park Multipurpose Senior Center in Wheaton, Md.
(photo: AP / Alex Brandon)
Obama signs a bill that lets banks have US over a barrel once more
Newsvine
| "Because of this law, the American people will never again be asked to foot the bill for Wall Street's mistakes," Obama boomed at the schmaltzy signing ceremony, amid bursts of applause. | "These reforms will put a stop to a lot of the bad loans that fuelled this debt-based bubble," the President gushed to America and the rest of the world. "This...



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