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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that he does not know if the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will open over Labor Day weekend because of safety concerns. It's the first time the governor acknowledged serious worries about the structural integrity of the $6.4 billion...

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new budget. Scott praised the overall budget — which now stands at roughly...

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — With labor and energy costs on the rise in Asia, Walmart highlighted an effort to promote domestic goods on Monday, including products made by more than 40 Arkansas suppliers. Bentonville-based Walmart is encouraging customers to buy items made in the United States....

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wheat 5,408 bushels: 5¾ cents lower to 4½ cents higher; No. 2 hard 7.20½-7.41¼; No. 3 hard 7.09½-7.40¼n; No. 2 red wheat 7.30½-7.41¼n; No. 3 red wheat 7.19½-7.40¼n. Corn 12,176 bushels: 23½ cents lower to 24¾ cents higher; No. 2 white 7.05-7.21n; No. 2...

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THE NEW GUY: Chesapeake Energy named Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO. Lawler is a petroleum engineer with 25 years of experience in the exploration and production industry. THE OLD GUY: Founder and former CEO Aubrey McClendon left the company last month. He and...

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FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — The $1.1 billion cost of selling a coal-fired power plant from one FirstEnergy subsidiary to another is "a reasonable price for protection" against the more expensive option of buying electricity on the spot market to meet demand in West Virginia, a utility executive...

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MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. military has shut down wireless internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba because of online hacking threats. A spokesman for the Guantanamo Bay prison says that officials have also blocked access to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter through...

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NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Shopping center owner Kimco Realty Corp. said Monday that the sale of a nine-property Mexican shopping center portfolio to a local real estate operator has been completed for 2.78 billion pesos ($227 million). The buyer is also assuming 573 million pesos ($47...

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday is Mayer's boldest move since she left Google 10 months ago to lead Yahoo's latest...

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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Delaware bankruptcy judge has given final approval to the reorganization plan of failed battery maker A123 Systems Inc., which was the recipient of a $249 million Department of Energy grant. Monday's court hearing resolved minor outstanding issues following the sale...