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Finance
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
The average combined debt for bank-issued credit cards — like those with a MasterCard or Visa logo — fell to $4,951 in the three months ended June 30, down more than 13% from $5,719 in the same period a year ago, according to TransUnion. The credit reporting agency said it was the first three-month period [...]
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EarthQuake
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Officials in Alaska said Sunday there was apparently no significant damage from a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that rumbled through the remote Aleutian Islands. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred Saturday night and was centered 27 miles west of the town of Nikolski. The event did not result in any tsunami warnings, although people [...]
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EarthQuake
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
A Powerful earthquake rattled south west of 1 of the Fox Islands in Alaska on late Saturday evening, seismologists told, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The 6.7-magnitude earthquake at 9.56 p.m. local time (0556 GMT Sunday) struck about 25 miles (45 kilometers) west of Nikolski, a census-designated place on Umnak [...]
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Economy
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
The Obama administration, under pressure to act over the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, is expected to announce Thursday that it will suspend consideration of any applications for exploratory drilling for oil in the Arctic until 2011. The decision is a major blow to Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which had planned an ambitious oil-drilling program [...]
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U.S.
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Sarah Palin’s new TV home is likely to be at Discovery, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Report: A&E and Discovery interested in Sarah Palin reality series