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• Asia stocks off 5 percent
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 157.47, or 1.5 percent, to 10,325.38 on Friday. In currencies, the euro slid to $1.3570 from $1.3774 late Friday. But the dollar was weaker against the yen, falling to 103.66 from 105.30 yen late Friday. Oil prices ...
• Environmental damage heavy after Ike
The hardest hit places were industrial centers near Houston and Port Arthur, Texas, as well as oil production facilities off Louisiana's coast, according to the AP's analysis. "We are dealing with a multitude of different types of pollution here ...
• How captivity shaped McCain
The surface-to-air missile sites that once circled Hanoi have been replaced by sprawling industrial parks churning out sneakers and television sets for the U.S. market. Hanoi and Vietnam have changed dramatically since the war with the United States ...
• Inmates already angry at Paris Hilton
The two-story concrete building sits in an industrial neighborhood, beside train tracks and beneath a bustling freeway. Though a judge sentenced her to 45 days behind bars, Hilton is expected to serve only 23 days because of a state law that requires ...
• Employees will testify in Troopergate probe
Oct. 5: NBC's Chuck Todd tells us that industrial Midwest states have moved out of the "toss-up" category and into the Obama column. ANCHORAGE - Seven Alaska state employees have reversed course and agreed to testify in an investigation into whether ...