Reuters - Circuit City Stores Inc. on
Tuesday said it received an unsolicited takeover bid valuing
the struggling electronics retailer at $3.25 billion, and its
shares rose above the offer price, indicating expectations of a
better offer.
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State and federal emergency agencies are scheduled to meet with county and local city officials over the coming days to assess damage caused by the rainfall, which triggered mudslides, toppled trees and created sinkholes on local streets.
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Chicago Tribune - As tens of thousands of students make spring-break visits to south Texas, a resurgence of drug-related violence across the border in northern Mexico is forcing the U.S. and Mexico to consider how to court these and other tourists.
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A tragic bus accident has left a see of corpses in its wake. Bodies were strewn close to the accident scene. Witnesses said the passengers just lay motionless with a glazed look in their eyes. Many of them...
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Facing stiff resistance, President Bush began
searching state-by-state for support for his plan to overhaul Social
Security and conceded Thursday that not all
lawmakers believe the program has a serious...
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AP - Gasoline prices rose more than 7 percent in January, which typically is one of the slowest driving months of the year. That's leading experts to predict pump prices may surge past last year's record highs when highway travel picks up late in the spring.
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Reuters - Worms squirming on a fishhook feel no pain
-- nor do lobsters and crabs cooked in boiling water, a
scientific study funded by the Norwegian government has found.
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