11 March 2010
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Pulte Homes Inc. ( PHM ) offered to purchase 27 San Antonio homes damaged by a January retaining-wall collapse that created crevices up to 15 feet deep and eight feet wide. The builder will also erect a new wall, a six-month project estimated between $4 million...
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11 March 2010
(Adds comments beginning in the eighth paragraph.) WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Obama administration will strictly enforce existing trade deals as it seeks to expand into new markets and double exports by 2015, top trade officials said Thursday. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said trade is a "huge priority" for...
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11 March 2010
NEW YORK -- Copper futures finished with slight gains on Thursday, receiving a boost after Chile, the world's largest producer of the metal, was hit by aftershocks to last month's earthquake. Copper for May delivery rose 1.2 cents, or 0.4%, to end at $3.38 a pound at the New York Mercantile Exchange...
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11 March 2010
SAN FRANCISCO -- Northrop Grumman Corp. said Thursday that it expects to a see a lull in work at its maintenance and modification center in Hagerstown, Md. About 180 employees will be affected. Northrop said it expects to complete current projects in mid-June, and hopes to get new projects at the...
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11 March 2010
A controversial group is hitting the streets of Honolulu, Hawaii with cash in their pockets in hopes of persuading drug addicts and alcoholics to get sterilized or go on long-term birth control. Project Prevention, founded by Barbara Harris of North Carolina, is offering addicts $300 if they agree to...
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11 March 2010
OOLOGAH, Okla. — The superintendent of the Oologah-Talala School District says an elementary school student has died of bacterial meningitis. Superintendent Rick Thomas said Thursday the Oologah Lower Elementary student died and two other students are hospitalized. Details of the death and the child's name and age were...
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11 March 2010
TUCSON, Ariz. —Arizona manager A.J. Hinch says there’s an increasing chance that Brandon Webb (notes) will start the season on the disabled list. Webb reached what Hinch called a “plateau” in his comeback from shoulder surgery. He has not thrown a bullpen session for...
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11 March 2010
As she supposedly struggles with postpartum depression, Kendra Wilkinson is opening up to the sources that will pay her help her the most: supermarket tabloids. Earlier this month, the new mother told OK! Weekly she had suicidal thoughts soon after giving birth to Hank Baskett IV. Now, in the latest...
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11 March 2010
Washington (CNN) -- House Republicans agreed Thursday to adopt a ban on congressional earmarks in spending bills for next year, upping the ante with Democrats in the political battle over fiscal responsibility and pork barrel spending. "Federal spending is out of control, and the American people know it," said Rep...
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11 March 2010
MIAMI -- Miami Beach police say Heat forward Dorell Wright has been charged with DUI and driving with a suspended license. Wright was stopped around 3:30 a.m. Thursday, then booked. Bond was set at $1,000, according to Miami-Dade County corrections officials. The team did not have an immediate comment...
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