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Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air
Updated: 3 hr ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows. An...
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Ex-Groupon CEO working 9 to 5 on business album
Updated: 5 hr ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is diving into several new ventures, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of "motivational business music." Mason said Thursday...
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Review: Toshiba brings high-res screen to Windows
Updated: 6 hr ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Last year, Apple added a visually stunning option to its MacBooks: screens with ultra-high resolution. These "Retina" displays reveal four times as much detail as any Windows...
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Friday's AA prep girls track results
Updated: 6 hr ago
CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Here are Friday's results in the class AA girls state track and field meet at Eastern Illinois: Flight No. 1 — 1, Gillian Urycki, Metamora, 17-05.75q. 2, Lauren Zick,...
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Friday's AA prep girls track results, 1st Ld-Writethru
Updated: 6 hr ago
CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Here are Friday's results in the class AA girls state track and field meet at Eastern Illinois: Flight No. 1 — 1, Gillian Urycki, Metamora, 17-05.75q. 2, Lauren Zick,...
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A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus
Updated: 7 hr ago
NEW YORK (AP) — It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger...
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J.C. Penney, Stage Stores, ViaSat are big movers
Updated: 7 hr ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE J.C. Penney Co., down 78 cents at $18.01 Still...
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Hits and misses in Facebook's history
Updated: 7 hr ago
Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company. The social network's market value was more than...
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BC-GA--Georgia Weekend Advisory; 2nd Ld-Writethru, GA
Updated: 8 hr ago
Editors, UPDATE: SHOOTING OUTSIDE PRESCHOOL will not move on Sunday. Here's the lineup of Georgia stories moving for the weekend of May 18-19: Moving Saturday GEORGIA REPUBLICANS ATHENS, Ga....
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Grizzly bear researcher retiring
Updated: 10 hr ago
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — One could say that Kate Kendall is retiring at the end of this month as something of a scientific trailblazer for her work in modern grizzly bear population studies in...
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Sacramento mayor says deal has been signed to sell NBA's Kings to group led by software tycoon
Updated: 10 hr ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento mayor says deal has been signed to sell NBA's Kings to group led by software tycoon.
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AP-Daybook-Tue-General
Updated: 11 hr ago
AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Tuesday, May 21 GENERAL GENERAL GEFILTE FISH CRONICLES — Gefilte Fish Chronicles, the Musical, an endearing new musical, which celebrate the power of family, has been...
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