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Lower prices won’t fix economy

By John Porretto
The Associated Press
October 22, 2008

HOUSTON (AP) — It's almost like a surprise stimulus check: Gas prices have fallen so fast that the nation has found itself with an extra $125 billion to spend. But don't expect the freed-up cash...

Pirates seize Indian vessel, 13 crew members off Somalia

By The Associated Press
October 21, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A maritime official says armed pirates have hijacked an Indian cargo vessel with 13 crew members near Somalia. Noel Choong of the International Maritime Bureau says...

India launches moon mission in space race

By The Associated Press
October 21, 2008

NEW DELHI (AP) — Scientists have better maps of distant Mars than the moon where astronauts have walked. But India hopes to change that with its first lunar mission. Chandrayaan-1 — which means...

Alaska funded Palin kids’ travel expenses

By The Associated Press
October 21, 2008

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended expense reports to specify that...

McCain, Palin hit Obama over taxes in NH, Ohio

By The Associated Press
October 21, 2008

GREEN, Ohio (AP) — John McCain struck an anti-tax chord Wednesday in the state that launched him toward the Republican presidential nomination and in the home state of the plumber he hopes will help...

Study shows gap is still growing between rich and poor

By The Associated Press
October 21, 2008

PARIS (AP) — Economic inequality is growing in the world's richest countries, particularly in the United States, jeopardizing the American Dream of social mobility just as the world tilts toward...

McCain reminds Biden he’s been tested in crisis

By The Associated Press
October 21, 2008

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican John McCain told voters in Pennsylvania on Tuesday he was personally tested by the same kind of crisis that Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph Biden warned...

Russia, Iran and Qatar discuss making gas cartel

By The Associated Press
October 21, 2008

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Russia, Iran and Qatar made the first serious moves Tuesday toward forming an OPEC-style cartel on natural gas, raising concerns that Moscow could boost its influence over energy...

Obama brushes off GOP criticism of his tax plans

By The Associated Press
October 21, 2008

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama brushed aside Republican charges that his tax plan amounts to socialism on Wednesday, but acknowledged it involves "spreading around opportunity" so that...

China’s economy feels chill from global crisis

By The Associated Press
October 19, 2008

SHANGHAI, China (AP) — The laid-off factory workers and slumping car sales indicated China's booming economy was not immune to the global meltdown. New figures confirm it: China's economy is still...

Meat donated to the needy by hunters

By The Associated Press
October 19, 2008

LAFAYETTE (AP) — Just in time for hunting season, Lafayette area hunters and sportsmen cleaned out their freezers and donated game and fish to support the Hunters for Hungry food drive. Participants...

Auditor: Towing company lacked safety documents

By The Associated Press
October 19, 2008

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A vessel auditor said Monday the towing company involved in a major oil spill that shut down the Mississippi River for six days this summer had not been able to produce key safety...