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"The Cape Fear River: Road to Bladen County " 

                      

                                                        

 

                                                                              

 

 

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Good signs seen for Black Friday

Nov. 22: A new poll says that Americans will be looking to spend less and get more this holiday shopping season. NBC's Janice Lieberman reports. (Other)When the holiday shopping season kicks off the day after Thanksgiving, retailers can expect to see millions of less frightened, but even more bargain-hungry customers.


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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:58:21 GMT
Congress losing its patience with Fed

Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.

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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:01:23 GMT
Fine print is costing cities millions

Donna Snyder, Hoosier's vice-president for finance for Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, calls a John Hancock Financial Services'$120 million fee againstHoosier "a huge challenge." Local governments and public entities, already reeling from the recession, face another fiscal crisis: billions of dollars in fees owed to Wall Street firms on investment deals gone bad.


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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:22:06 GMT
9/11 defendants want to air views

Nov. 22: According to the lawyer for one of the accused terrorists, the five men facing trial will plead not guilty so they can voice their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy. NBCs Lester Holt reports.(Nightly News)The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.


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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:09:33 GMT
Iraqi refugees move tostressed Mich.

Iraqi refugee Rawaa Bahoo helps her daughter Maryam, 5, with her hair as Marvin 8, left, and Maryana, 4, right, watch television in Farmington Hills, Mich. The hard-hit Detroit area saw a big jump in Iraqi refugees from other U.S. cities as the national economy eroded during the past year, according to a Michigan-based refugee resettlement agency. Bahoo, 29, came to Michigan in July 2008 just a few days after arriving in Atlanta.Tens of thousands have fled Michigan's troubled economy in recent years, yet Iraqi refugees continue to move there despite a U.S. government policy trying to limit refugee resettlement in the Detroit area.


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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:51:34 GMT
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