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Core CPI Up 0.1 Percent, Less Than Expected

WASHINGTON – A plunge in energy costs pulled consumer prices down by 0.1 percent in May, the first drop in 10 months, according to a government report Wednesday that suggested inflation pressures were under wraps. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, the popular core consumer price index (search), rose by …

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Dems Reject Roberts Compromise on Bolton

WASHINGTON – A leading Senate Democrat rejected a GOP offer on Wednesday to end the impasse over the nomination of John R. Bolton (search) to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Republican Sen. Pat Roberts (search), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, offered to disclose some information about secret …

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Case a Tale of Two Eccentrics

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – The jury deliberating the fate of Michael Jackson (search) may have to decide who’s weirder: Jackson or the mother of his accuser. Much of Jackson’s defense came down to trying to prove the mother was the winner of the strange contest — even though Jackson’s eccentricities …

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