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Phoenix police: 45 protestor arrests

PHOENIX, Arizona (CNN) — The Phoenix Police Department arrested 45 people during widespread protests Thursday against a controversial immigration law, police spokesman Sgt. Tommy Thompson said Friday. The rest is here: Phoenix police: 45 protestor arrests The Portland, Oregon bankruptcy attorneys and Vancouver Washington bankruptcy lawyers of the Bankruptcy Practice …

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Enbridge says no restart date for ruptured line

DETROIT/CALGARY (Reuters) – Enbridge Inc’s chief executive said on Friday he was unable to say when the company would be able to restart the Michigan pipeline that ruptured earlier this week, spilling more than 800,000 gallons of oil.

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U.S. worried more secret documents may be released

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials are worried about what other secret documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without success to avoid their release, the State Department said on Friday.

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New strain of E. coli sickens Americans: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new, virulent and drug-resistant strain of E. coli bacteria is infecting people in the United States and posing a significant public health threat, doctors reported on Friday.

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NY Mets owner Wilpon sued over Madoff losses

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mets principal owner Fred Wilpon was sued on Friday over alleged losses suffered by retirement plan participants at his firm Sterling Equities.

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Tribune proposes severance package for top executives

The Chicago company, which owns the Los Angeles Times, did not put a price tag on the proposal it has submitted in bankruptcy proceedings. Tribune Co. proposed paying its top 43 executives a severance package of cash and benefits if they are asked by a new board to leave the …

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U.S. urges Cuba to free "unwell" detained contractor

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – The United States urged Cuba on Friday to free a U.S. contractor held in Havana for nearly eight months on suspicion of espionage and subversion, saying he was unwell and had still not been formally charged.

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Jesup & Lamont files for bankruptcy

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jesup & Lamont Inc, a 133-year-old brokerage, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday in Manhattan, a month after it was shut down by regulators for failing to have enough capital.

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Two die in Florida from mosquito-borne disease

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) – Two Florida residents have died from Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease that is rare among humans but has infected a rising number of horses in the state, health officials said on Friday.

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Chrysler to keep Michigan plant open, add jobs

DETROIT (Reuters) – Chrysler Group LLC will add a second shift to the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant near Detroit in early 2011 and keep that plant open beyond 2012, when it had been planned to shut, the company said on Friday.

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