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• The Fool's Look Ahead
Turn off CNBC. It's Labor Day. The market's closed. OK, technically it's the stateside markets that will be closed in observance of the holiday. It's business as usual for the rest of the world, including a few companies you may know, like France's ...
• Violence still scars Iraq's Diyala after U.S. push
BAQOUBA, Iraq - The government offices in Iraq's Diyala province are encased in thick blast walls, a shield against suicide bombings. Nearby buildings are pockmarked from fighting between U.S. troops and Sunni insurgents. Diyala has proven one of the ...
• An all-out battle for women's votes begins
In 1984, Walter Mondale's choice of Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate shattered a glass ceiling as old as the republic, thrilled feminists and helped create a gender gap among voters that has aided Democrats ever since. That was 24 years before ...
• Southwest China quake kills 15, scores injured
SHANGHAI - An earthquake hit southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing 15 people and injuring nearly a hundred as houses in rural villages collapsed, state media reported.
• MMA League Starting in Billings
It's a sport that combines boxing, martial arts, and wresting and it's headed to Billings. BILLINGS - It's a sport that combines boxing, martial arts, and wresting and it's headed to Billings. Starting next week, the Fusion Fight League will host ...