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NEW YORK-- A proposal to eliminate plastic foam takeout containers in New York City was met with criticism Wednesday by restaurateurs who said a ban on the ubiquitous containers would drive up costs and potentially put them out of business.
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Plumbing and other investigators who looked look through the Best Western Plus Blue Ridge Plaza pointed to the water heater located beneath room 225 as the source of the killer gas, Boone police said in a statement.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo.-- Looking for ways to export coal mined in Wyoming, Gov. Matt Mead said he will tour port facilities in British Columbia as part of a weeklong trade trip to Canada. British Columbia has ports that already ship U.S. coal, and Mead's trip sends a message that Wyoming is willing to look elsewhere to get its coal to other markets.
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The Appalachian District Health Department said it inspected the swimming pool at the Best Western Blue Ridge Plaza in Boone six weeks before a Longview, Wash., couple were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in their motel room.
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OLYMPIA, Wash.-- The driver of an oversize load that triggered an Interstate 5 bridge collapse told investigators that he felt "crowded" by a passing vehicle and moved closer to the side of the bridge that had less clearance, according to a preliminary federal report released Tuesday.
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NEW YORK-- Coinstar Inc. shares rose modestly Tuesday on news that the company's Redbox subsidiary reached a deal to sell some of its DVD rental kiosks that it bought from NCR Corp. last year. Proceeds from the sales and the licenses are expected to total about $17.9 million, Coinstar said in a regulatory filing late Monday.
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DALLAS-- Southwest Airlines Co. is running a three-day sale on fall travel, and other airlines are starting to match the lower prices. Southwest and its AirTran subsidiary launched the sale Tuesday, with round-trip prices ranging from $98 to $298 based on distance.
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WARTON, England, June 11- Sales of combat aircraft in the Middle East and Asia will more than compensate for cutbacks in U.S. and European spending, Britain's BAE Systems forecast on Tuesday. "This is a prudent view," Peter Anstiss, the division's business development director, said at a briefing on Tuesday in Warton, northwest England.
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NEW YORK-- Amazon.com' s push into the grocery business could win over shoppers with convenience, but it faces a tougher challenge if the decision comes down to price, Janney Capital Markets said in a research report Tuesday. Amazon has tested an online grocery service for almost six years in Seattle and on Monday it said it's bringing AmazonFresh to Los Angeles.
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PARIS/ SEATTLE, June 11- Boeing upgraded its 20- year forecast for airplane demand as aerospace firms heading to next week's Paris Airshow look beyond the financial crisis to pin their hopes on Asia. Boeing said passenger and cargo traffic, both indicators of economic activity, are expected to grow 5 percent annually.
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SEATTLE/ PARIS, June 11- Boeing on Tuesday upgraded its 20- year forecast for airplane demand, saying airlines will need 35,280 new jets worth $4.8 trillion as the world's fleet doubles over the next two decades.
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SEATTLE/ PARIS, June 11- Boeing on Tuesday upgraded its 20- year forecast for airplane demand, saying airlines will need 35,280 new jets worth $4.8 trillion as the world's fleet doubles over the next two decades.
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Amazon expanded its AmazonFresh online grocery business into parts of Los Angeles on Monday, after testing the service in its hometown of Seattle for more than five years. Amazon offered a 90- day free trial of AmazonFresh in Los Angeles to consumers who are already members of Prime, which costs $79 a year for free two-day shipping on millions of products.
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The Senate wants three major reform bills passed as part of a final budget compromise, but the House has not approved the policy ideas. One of the Senate proposals would give principals the option of rejecting teachers who are appointed to their schools.
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NEW YORK-- Mayor Michael Bloomberg last week nixed a requirement for many city businesses to provide paid sick leave, but the City Council was expected to override Friday's veto and make New York the most populous place in the United States with such a law.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7- President Barack Obama insisted on Friday his healthcare overhaul is already proving worthwhile as he promoted the plan in California, where an argument is raging over whether it is living up to its name as the Affordable Care Act.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7- President Barack Obama will complain to Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit on Friday about alleged Chinese hacking of U.S. secrets, even as the White House faces growing questions at home over American government surveillance.
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CONCORD, N.H.-- New Hampshire's Senate voted unanimously Thursday to prohibit bosses from requiring employees or job applicants to disclose user names or passwords to personal Facebook, Twitter or other social media or email accounts. The House passed the bill in March, but the Senate amended it Thursday so the House must review the changes.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7- President Barack Obama will complain to Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit on Friday about alleged Chinese hacking of U.S. secrets, even as the White House faces growing questions at home over American government surveillance.
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If history is any guide, President Barack Obama will pick a candidate to succeed the one-time Princeton University professor sometime during the summer, allowing ample time for the Senate to consider the nominee before a final confirming vote. She began her career as an assistant professor at Harvard in the early 1970 s before shifting over to the Fed.
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