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Home sales far exceeded expectations last month, surging to the highest level in 2 1/2 years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.
 
  • Economic survey: Job losses to bottom out in 1Q
    AP - 4 hours ago
    Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation's economic recovery will start to slowly abate in 2010, but they predict consumers will continue to keep a tight rein on spending, according to a new survey.
  • Schumer: Dems ready to go-it-alone on health care
    AP - 3 hours , 38 minutes ago
    A leading Senate Democrat said Monday his party is determined to push through a health care overhaul bill with or without Republican support because the "system is broken."
  • Delaware offering assistance to Valero employees
    AP - 1 hour , 15 minutes ago
    State officials are helping people who are losing their jobs at the Delaware City Valero plant get information about training for new jobs and other benefits available to them.
  • Agrium, CF, Terra prolong fertilizer takeover wars
    AP - 1 hour , 22 minutes ago
    The fertilizer wars persisted on Monday as Agrium Inc. vowed to continue its pursuit of CF Industries Holdings Inc., while CF resubmitted its buyout offer to Terra Industries Inc., only to be promptly rejected.
  • World markets rally as gold strikes new high
    AP - 1 hour , 36 minutes ago
    World markets rose sharply Monday amid further hopeful signs about the economic recovery. Commodity stocks led the charge, particularly in London, after gold hit another record high.
  • Campbell Soup earnings rise as expenses fall
    AP - 2 hours , 6 minutes ago
    Campbell Soup Co., the world's largest soup maker, said Monday its first-quarter earnings rose 17 percent as lower costs and more efficient supply chain offset the impact of a decline in soup sales.
  • Ohio, other states giving venison donations a lift
    AP - 1 hour , 43 minutes ago
    Hunters are donating more venison to strapped food banks as Ohio and other states offer financial aid aimed at managing high deer populations. It's a much-needed boost for pantries struggling to meet rising demand.
  • NM wants company to take responsibility for cavern
    AP - 1 hour , 47 minutes ago
    The state of New Mexico has spent more than a half-million dollars investigating and monitoring a giant cavern a few hundred feet beneath the ground in southeastern New Mexico.
  • Denied relief, W.Va. schools ready to sue
    AP - 2 hours , 5 minutes ago
    West Virginia will likely be sued by most -- if not all -- of its 55 county school boards, after the Legislature shot down Gov. Joe Manchin's offer of short-term relief from retiree health costs.
  • France shows off cutting-edge navy ship in Russia
    AP - 2 hours , 11 minutes ago
    A cutting-edge French warship sailed into St. Petersburg Monday to show off its capabilities to potential buyers in the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries.
  • Cadbury shares rise on report of Nestle interest
    AP - 2 hours , 13 minutes ago
    Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC hit their highest level in at least five years Monday on reports that another rival, Switzerland's Nestle SA, may make a takeover bid.
  • Idaho seeks $75M in fed grants for public schools
    AP - 2 hours , 19 minutes ago
    Idaho hopes to win $75 million or more in competitive federal grants for public schools, money that officials say could be the state's only opportunity to boost funding for education in the next few years.
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