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After being replaced by Honolulu for a year, Los Angeles took back the title of most congested metro area.
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LONDON, April 26- Solar power, fast catching up with global wind capacity, presents its own problems for grid operators balancing increasingly variable supply from renewables with the demand fluctuations they were designed to handle.
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LOS ANGELES, April 24- Los Angeles may boast some of the best weather among U.S. cities while scoring high in celebrity sightings, but the Southern California metropolis remains unable to shake off its more notorious No. 1 rankings for worst smog and heaviest traffic.
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In California the unemployment rate fell to 9.4 percent, the lowest since December 2008 and more than a percentage point below March 2012, when it was 10.7 percent. California and Nevada, two places where housing had flourished, have consistently had some of the highest unemployment rates in the country over the last few years.
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April 19- Unemployment rates dropped in most U.S. states in March from the year before, including California where joblessness fell to a four-year low, as the recovery picked up in places hit hard by the housing downturn.
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The Dow dipped while the S&P 500 edged up on Wednesday as a sharp drop in durable goods orders last month added to worries about slower U.S. economic activity and Apple's results disappointed investors. **BOEING CO, $91.15, up 3.3 pct. **APPLE INC, $401.20, down 1 pct.
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April 19- Unemployment rates dropped in most U.S. states in March from the year before, including California where joblessness fell to a four-year low, as the recovery picked up in places hit hard by the housing downturn.
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From handpicked flowers to three brands of shampoo, hotels are offering choices to guests who shy away from cookie-cutter travel experiences.
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Nonetheless, alongside Wisconsin and New Hampshire, it registered a decrease from the year before. New York collected the second most taxes, $71.55 billion, followed by other states with large populations: Texas at $48.6 billion, Illinois at $36.44 billion, Florida at $33 billion and Pennsylvania at $32.95 billion.
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*Missile defense system to be deployed in Guam- Pentagon. PAJU, South Korea, April 3- North Korea closed access to a joint factory zone with South Korea on Wednesday, officials said, putting at risk $2 billion a year in trade that is vital for an impoverished state with a huge army, nuclear ambitions and a hungry population.
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WASHINGTON, April 3- The Pentagon said on Wednesday it was sending an advanced ballistic missile defense system to Guam in the coming weeks, as U.S.
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North Korea is threatening attacks on the U.S., reports CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera. The country's bluster doesn't appear to be backed up by action--there's been no mobilization of troops anywhere in the country.
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CNBC's Courtney Reagan reports on the moves in South Korean stocks as they respond to the threat from North Korea.
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Discussing what's behind the bluster and military strategies of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group president, provides perspective. "There is a potential of the North Korean regime just falling apart," he says.
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CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports on the growing nuclear threats from North Korea. Bill Richardson, the former New Mexico Governor and special envoy to North Korea, and Sameer Samana, Wells Fargo Advisors, offer insight for U.S. investors.
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BEIJING, March 26- China said on Tuesday it hopes all sides on the Korean peninsula can exercise restraint, after North Korea ordered its strategic rocket and long-range artillery units to be combat ready to target U.S. military bases on Guam, Hawaii and mainland America.
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Eschewing the Sun Belt, retirees are finding ways to cope with the high prices and high taxes that come with enjoying a big-city lifestyle.
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The National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems' leadership did make the decision to hold their 2013 annual conference at a luxury resort in Hawaii before the financial crisis struck, hammering public pension funds' investments and leaving them with a funding gap of at least $770 billion.
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Island Air, a Honolulu- based carrier with a handful of island-hopping planes and about 245 employees, will not make any staff changes as part of the sale and will continue normal operations, the company said. Ellison has acquired Island Air. He has the vision and resources to literally take Island Air to new heights, "said Les Murashige, Island Air president.
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Less than a year after buying the Hawaiian island of Lanai, Oracle chief Larry Ellison has purchased Island Air, a local airline that factors in his development plans.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 24- Dire warnings from Washington about a "cyber Pearl Harbor" envision a single surprise strike from a formidable enemy that could destroy power plants nationwide, disable the financial system or cripple the U.S. government.