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Expectations high for Fed to announce major action

By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - If the world's investors are right, the Federal Reserve is about to take a bold new step to try to invigorate the U.S. economy. And many expect the central bank, which began a two-day meeting Wednesday, to unleash its most potent

Hardy hits 2 homers to carry Orioles over Rays 9-2

By DAVID GINSBURGAP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) - For the second time in three games, the Baltimore Orioles had an uplifting victory marred by an injury to a key player. J.J. Hardy homered twice, doubled and drove in five runs, and the Orioles defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 Tuesday night to

Wildfire Smoke, Dust Make For Unhealthy Air Quality Levels

SPOKANE, Wash. – The combination of wind, dust and smoke made for a brown haze that settled in over the Spokane area Monday.  At peak times, the air quality level was recorded was unhealthy for sensitive groups, including children, seniors, and anyone with asthma or other respiratory

British schools put cameras in bathrooms, lockers

By RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - At the King Ecgbert School in Sheffield, teens who go to the loo are never really alone - video cameras are inside all 12 bathrooms. Citing findings gathered via freedom-of-information requests, privacy activists Wednesday identified King Ecgbert