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WASHINGTON – The government says the number of newly laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose last week, though the report was distorted by the timing of auto plant shutdowns. Full Story »
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. says Windows 7 is complete. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES - Gidget the Chihuahua, the bug-eyed, big-eared star of 1990s Taco Bell commercials who was a diva on and off the screen, has died. She was 15. Gidget suffered a massive stroke late Tuesday night at her trainer's home in Santa Clarita and had to be euthanized, said Karin McElhatton, owner of Studio Animal Services in Castaic, which owned the dog. Full Story »
TOKYO - Her uniform looks good, with striped scarf and blue cap in perfect order, but railway employee Mitsue Endo has one thing to do before she faces the masses pass the smile test. Full Story »
ARLINGTON, Texas - Clay Buchholz pounced on the bunt near the first-base line, yet all the Boston starting pitcher could do was watch one Texas runner slide across home plate while another ran safely to first. Full Story »
PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) - North Korea has no friends left to shield it from the international community's demands that the country scrap its nuclear activities, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday. Full Story »
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co posted a $2.3 billion quarterly net profit, mainly due to debt restructuring, and said it was on track to at least break even in 2011, sending its shares up more than 7 percent. Full Story »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - One of Osama bin Laden's sons was probably killed by a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year, U.S. National Public Radio reported, citing U.S. intelligence sources. Full Story »
TBILISI/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia vowed on Thursday to prevent its pro-Western neighbor Georgia from rearming and threatened nations who helped it with weapons, in a harsh warning timed to coincide with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Tbilisi. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday police had acted "stupidly" in arresting a prominent black Harvard University scholar at his own home, weighing in on escalating debate over the treatment of minorities by U.S. law enforcement officers. Full Story »
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers killed two Iraqi gunmen when their convoy was attacked in Abu Ghraib in Baghdad's western outskirts, the U.S. military said Thursday. Full Story »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. man has been charged with giving al Qaeda details about the New York City transit system and the Long Island Railroad, as well as firing rockets at American troops in Afghanistan, according to court papers unsealed on Wednesday. Full Story »
PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) - A loud blast near a major Asia security meeting in Thailand on Thursday was caused by a suspicious motorbike being destroyed, Thai security officials said. Full Story »
PHUKET, Thailand (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday North Korea had "no friends left" to offer it refuge from nuclear sanctions, triggering vitriolic defiance from the Stalinist regime. Full Story »
ARLINGTON, Texas – Clay Buchholz pounced on the bunt near the first-base line, yet all the Boston starting pitcher could do was watch one Texas runner slide across home plate while another ran safely to first. Full Story »
GREEN BAY, Wis. - The Green Bay Packers have signed fifth-round fullback Quinn Johnson, leaving them only two first-round draft picks to sign before training camp. Full Story »
GERONA, Spain - Ricky Rubio plans to part ways with Spanish basketball club DKV Joventut even if the Minnesota Timberwolves cannot reach a deal to bring their first round draft pick to the NBA. Full Story »
ARLINGTON, Texas - The Boston Red Sox added some depth a day after they dropped out of first in the AL East, and got rid of shortstop Julio Lugo in one of Wednesday's deals. Full Story »
SEOUL (AFP) - The hard-working Park Ji-Sung is to be rewarded with a new contract by Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson, who praised the South Korean midfielder's intelligence and penetration on the field. Full Story »
ATLANTA - Stewart Cink came home to show off his latest trophy and new nickname. Full Story »
HENDERSON, Nev. - The top administrator of the Mountain West Conference said Wednesday that it could take five years to change the way college football championships are decided. Full Story »
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AFP) - Steady rain has washed out play at the ATP Indianapolis Championships. Full Story »
SUNNINGDALE, England - Tom Watson is ready to start picking on guys his own age again. Full Story »
MANCHESTER, England - Highly touted Amir Khan finally lived up to lofty expectations, earning a unanimous decision over Andreas Kotelnik on Saturday to capture the WBA junior welterweight title. Full Story »
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - An independent drug test on Jeremy Mayfield was negative for methamphetamines, contradicting the results of a NASCAR test taken 40 minutes earlier, the driver claimed in court documents filed Tuesday. Full Story »
MOSCOW - Construction costs for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi will be about 5 percent lower than recent estimates. Full Story »
DEARBORN, Mich. – Helped by a lightened debt load, Ford Motor Co. posted a surprise second-quarter profit of $2.8 billion Thursday, following the worst loss in company history a year earlier. Shares rose 8 percent. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama fiercely defended his embattled campaign to overhaul US healthcare, calling it vital to nursing the economy to long-term vigor after a "full-blown crisis." Full Story »
NEW YORK - JetBlue Airways Corp. said Thursday it posted a second-quarter profit as cost cuts and lower fuel prices balanced out declining passenger demand. Full Story »
STOCKHOLM - Iceland's foreign minister on Thursday handed over the country's application to join the European Union, a move Icelanders hope will bring economic stability. Full Story »
DES MOINES, Iowa - Bankrate Inc. said Wednesday it had agreed to be acquired by New York-based private equity firm Apax Partners in a $571 million deal that will take the consumer-finance Web site operator private. Full Story »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com will pay about $928 million for booming online shoe retailer Zappos.com, expanding aggressively into the apparel arena with a well-known name after trying unsuccessfully to go it alone. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - A real estate trade group's report is expected to show that sales of previously occupied homes inched up in June, a third straight monthly increase. Full Story »
HOUSTON - Occidental Petroleum Corp. said Thursday its first-quarter profit fell 70 percent from a year ago as results were hit hard by lower oil and natural gas prices. Full Story »
TEANECK, N.J. - A New Jersey woman's bake sale has helped her forestall foreclosure. Full Story »
The residential housing market went into a tailspin over a burst housing bubble and a whole lot of bad mortgages. The commercial real estate market has suffered a different sort of one-two punch. Full Story »
As a former student of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management (Carlson Full-Time MBA Profile) and its MBA admissions director for the last two years, Jeff Bieganek can describe the perfect MBA student for Carlson better than most. To hear Bieganek tell it, the ideal Carlson applicant is academically prepared, a team player, and a natural-born leader. Full Story »