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Carnegie Hall slashes schedule and budget
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| Carnegie Hall is cutting its 2009-10 schedule by 10 percent because of the recession, instituting a hiring freeze and slashing $4 million from the budget for its current season to keep it... |
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Obama freezes salaries of some White House aides
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| President Barack Obama's first public act in office Wednesday was to institute new limits on lobbyists in his White House and to freeze the salaries of high-paid aides, in a nod to the... |
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Elway, Swann, Craig in coin toss
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| Super Bowl winners John Elway, Lynn Swann and Roger Craig will take part in the coin toss for the Feb. 1 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals. Swann starred in... |
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Obama institutes ethics rules, freezes salaries
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| President Barack Obama's first public act in office Wednesday was to institute new limits on lobbyists in his White House and to freeze the salaries of high-paid aides, in a nod to the... |
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McCain speaks in defense of Clinton
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| Sen. John McCain is imploring his Republican colleagues to drop partisan demands and let the popular president get to work. The Arizona Republican made his first comments on the Senate... |
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Homebuilder sentiment index hits new record low
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| A key gauge of homebuilders' confidence sank to a new low this month, as the deepening U.S. recession and rising unemployment erode chances for a housing turnaround. The National... |
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A look at economic developments around the world
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| ___ LONDON _ World stocks were mixed as a higher opening on Wall Street helped Europe's markets recoup earlier losses, with stronger technology shares offsetting some of the ongoing... |
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Study: Antarctica joins rest of globe in warming
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| Antarctica, the only place that had oddly seemed immune from climate change, is warming after all, according to a new study. For years, Antarctica was an enigma to scientists who track... |
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Obama freezing some aides' salaries
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| President Barack Obama announced on his first day in office Wednesday that he is freezing the pay of the about a hundred White House employees who make over $100,000 a year. The freeze... |
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Dodgers' Jeff Kent to announce retirement at 40
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| Jeff Kent plans to announce his retirement from baseball on Thursday at Dodger Stadium. He spent 17 years in the major leagues and leaves as the career home-run leader among second... |
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Dodgers' Jeff Kent to announce retirement at 40
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| Jeff Kent plans to announce his retirement from baseball on Thursday at Dodger Stadium. He spent 17 years in the major leagues and leaves as the career home-run leader among second... |
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Jeff Kent to announce retirement at 40
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| Jeff Kent plans to announce his retirement from baseball on Thursday at Dodger Stadium. He spent 17 years in the major leagues and leaves as the career home-run leader among second... |
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Judges grant Obama request to suspend 9/11 trials
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| President Obama's request to suspend all war crimes trials at Guantanamo was promptly accepted by military judges Wednesday in what may be the beginning of the end for the Bush... |
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Gaza doctor who lost girls demands Israel explain
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| The Gaza doctor who recounted live on Israeli television how his three daughters and niece had just been killed by shelling demanded on Wednesday that Israel's defense minister explain... |
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Obama freezes salaries of some White House aides
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| President Barack Obama announced on his first day in office Wednesday that he is freezing the pay of the about a hundred White House employees who make over $100,000 a year. The freeze... |
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Fiat: Chrysler deal not contingent on loan
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| A Fiat spokesman said Wednesday a deal for the Italian auto company to take a 35-percent stake in Chrysler is "absolutely not" contingent on the struggling American carmaker getting an... |
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AP NewsAlert
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| Barack Obama announces sweeping rules limiting involvement of lobbyists in his White House. |
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One-third of big-city TV homes saw inauguration
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| About 30 percent of TV homes were tuned to the inauguration coverage of President Barack Obama in the 56 local television markets measured by Nielsen Media Research, the company says. ... |
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Oil prices rise as Wall Street rebounds
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| Oil prices edged upward Wednesday along with a rebounding Wall Street, though investors awaited another government report expected to show that U.S. crude inventories continue to swell. ... |
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Madoff associate skips 2nd Mass. hearing
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| An associate of alleged Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff has failed to appear at a hearing with Massachusetts securities regulators. A lawyer for Robert Jaffe said his client, who... |
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