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Stocks Hurt by Citigroup, 3M Results

NEW YORK – Stocks fell Monday after blue-chip giant Citigroup Inc.’s (C) second-quarter profit missed analysts’ forecasts, but a drop in oil prices limited the market’s decline. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) slipped 65.84 points, or 0.62 percent, to end at 10,574.99. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (search) …

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FDA Issues Infection Warning on Abortion Pill

WASHINGTON – The government warned doctors Tuesday to be on the lookout for rare but deadly infections in women using the abortion pill RU-486 (search), citing two more deaths after its use. At least five U.S. women have died after taking the pill since it began selling in 2000, although …

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Woman Wins Right to Have 'Gay' Vanity Plates

SALT LAKE CITY – The state of Utah can’t block a woman from using her license plate to tell the world “GAYSROK,” a judge has ruled. The state has no good reason to prevent Elizabeth Solomon (search) from having that plate — which can be read “Gays are OK” or …

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