Posts Tagged ‘ends’
Nigeria fuel strike ends with soldiers in streets (AP)
AP – Labor unions ended a crippling nationwide strike Monday in Nigeria after the country’s president partially restored subsidies that keep gasoline prices low, though it took soldiers deployed in the streets to stop demonstrations in Africa’s most populous nation.
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After encampment ends, NYC Occupiers become nomads (AP)
AP – It was only a few nights after the Occupy protesters began sleeping in his church sanctuary when Pastor Bob Brashears realized that his laptop was missing.
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When free preventative care ends up costing you a bundle
Bill Dunphy thought his colonoscopy would be free. Then he received a bill for $1,100.
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Payroll tax deadlock ends as House caves (AP)
AP – House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers. The breakthrough almost certainly spares workers an average $20 a week tax increase Jan. 1.
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Economy ends tough 2011 on a surprising upswing (AP)
AP – WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy is ending 2011 on a roll.
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Packers’ perfect season ends with 19-14 loss to KC (AP)
AP – Mike McCarthy never put a whole lot of stock in a perfect season, except as a means of gaining home-field advantage and setting the Green Bay Packers up for another Super Bowl run.
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Last US troops elated to leave Iraq as war ends (AP)
AP – The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border into neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. Their convoy’s exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly nine years and left Iraq shattered, with troubling questions lingering over whether the Arab nation will remain a steadfast U.S. ally.
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