Gustav disrupts Labor Day travel 09/02/2008
ATLANTA - By disrupting travel to and from the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Gustav denied the airline industry some critical revenue over the Labor Day holiday weekend.
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Shrinking packages, pricier foods fluster parents when packing lunch 09/02/2008
MILWAUKEE - Kids may be worried about homework, teachers and that pesky bully this school year. But parents? They're leery about lunches.
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Tough times mean spending cutbacks; But booze? 09/02/2008
NEW YORK - By 6:30 p.m. every stool at the bar is taken. It's a Thursday night at the White Horse Tavern, a well-worn watering hole in the shadows of lower Manhattan's financial district, and the regulars have found a refuge.
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Realtors use bike tours to entice a new generation of homebuyers 09/01/2008
PORTLAND, Ore. - With gas prices high, bicycles flying out of stores and a buyers' market for houses, a handful of real estate agents around the country are touting the two-wheeled appeal of their listings.
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Wind, solar energy built on tax breaks 09/01/2008
WASHINGTON - Congress is putting the short-term future of renewable energy companies in jeopardy even as the presidential candidates and most lawmakers hail windmills, solar panels and biofuels as long-term solutions to high gasoline prices and global warming.
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Gustav shutters oil refineries on the Gulf Coast 09/01/2008
HOUSTON - Hurricane Gustav's threat to the Gulf Coast halted about 15 percent of U.S. refining capacity Sunday, though for now prices at the pump have not risen dramatically.
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Ad targeting based on ISP tracking now in doubt 09/01/2008
NEW YORK - It sounded like a winning proposition - free money - for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online advertising market dominated by Internet search companies.
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Alpharetta bank the 10th to fail 08/31/2008
NEW YORK - Integrity Bank of Alpharetta on Friday became the 10th U.S. bank to fail so far this year, done in by the very business it was built on - real estate lending.
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Bush touting improvements in the economy 08/31/2008
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Saturday that Americans may have cause this Labor Day weekend to start worrying less about the nation's - and their families' - economic health.
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Water wranglers 08/31/2008
SAN FRANCISCO - Tara Hui climbed under her deck, nudged past a cluster of 55-gallon barrels and a roosting chicken, and pointed to a shiny metal gutter spout.
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