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Review: Rooming with strangers _ a game of trust

Review: Rooming with strangers _ a game of trust
By By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - "Do we still have a TV?" That's the text message I got from my husband as I walked up the steps to our Brooklyn apartment on a Friday afternoon this fall. I was fairly sure that we did. I opened the door. Cats, check. TV, check. He

Slain Minn. teens may be tied to earlier burglary

Slain Minn. teens may be tied to earlier burglary
By By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A car linked to two Minnesota teens who were fatally shot during an alleged home burglary on Thanksgiving Day contained prescription drugs that had been stolen from another house, authorities said Wednesday. Nicholas Brady, 17, and his cousin

Twin car bombs near Damascus kill 34

Twin car bombs near Damascus kill 34
By By ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Two suicide bombers detonated their explosives packed vehicles near a cluster of commercial buildings in a suburb of Damascus Wednesday, killing at least 34 people and covering the street with pools of blood and debris. The

Stocks slide on 'fiscal cliff' warning

Stocks slide on 'fiscal cliff' warning
By STEVE ROTHWELLAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks slumped on Wall Street Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was frustrated by the lack of progress in talks over the U.S. budget impasse in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 89.24 points to 12,

ConAgra gobbles up store brands with Ralcorp deal

ConAgra gobbles up store brands with Ralcorp deal
By CANDICE CHOI and MICHELLE CHAPMANAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - ConAgra Foods is set to become the nation's biggest maker of store-brand foods, with a $5 billion purchase of Ralcorp that expands its stake in the growing market for cereals, crackers and other packaged foods sold under

Ranbaxy recalls generic Lipitor doses

Ranbaxy recalls generic Lipitor doses
By By LINDA A. JOHNSONAP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. has recalled dozens of lots of its generic version of cholesterol drug Lipitor because some may contain tiny glass particles, the latest in a string of manufacturing deficiencies that once led U.S.

After Sandy, lower Manhattan limps back to life

After Sandy, lower Manhattan limps back to life
By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The hum of massive mobile generators, boilers and pumps emerges blocks from Manhattan's Financial District and turns into a steady din south of Wall Street - the now-familiar sound of an area laboring to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Other parts

After Sandy, lower Manhattan limps back to life

After Sandy, lower Manhattan limps back to life
By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The hum of massive mobile generators, boilers and pumps emerges blocks from Manhattan's Financial District and turns into a steady din south of Wall Street - the now-familiar sound of an area laboring to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Other parts

Eagles Edge Cal State Fullerton, 50-45, to Wrap Up Cal Classic by Doubletree

Eagles Edge Cal State Fullerton, 50-45, to Wrap Up Cal Classic by Doubletree
The Eastern Washington University women's basketball team closed out its Thanksgiving trip to the Bay Area with a 50-45 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Saturday (Nov. 24) in Berkeley, Calif. With the win, the Eagles claimed third place in the 2012 Cal Classic by Doubletree, while improving

Mass. natural gas explosion damaged 42 buildings

Mass. natural gas explosion damaged 42 buildings
By SUSAN HAIGHAssociated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Preliminary investigations show more than 40 buildings were damaged in a natural gas explosion in Massachusetts that injured 18 people, building inspectors said Saturday. A strip club was flattened and a day care center was heavily