Aug

22

Brazil extradites Colombian drug lord to U.S. (Reuters)

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Reuters - Brazil extradited Juan Carlos
Ramirez Abadia on Friday to the United States, where he is
wanted on murder, racketeering and drug charges as one of the
most powerful leaders of Colombia’s cocaine cartels.

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Aug

22

Stocks jump on falling oil, inflation forecast (AP)

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AP - Wall Street capped a volatile week with sharp gains Friday as oil prices tumbled and after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation pressures are likely to moderate. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points.

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Aug

22

Bernanke says inflation outlook “uncertain” (Reuters)

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Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben Bernanke on Friday said the stronger dollar and lower oil
prices, along with the weak economy, should curb inflation, in
a hint that interest rates would stay on hold, though he warned
the inflation outlook is “highly uncertain.”

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Aug

22

Seven Florida deaths blamed on tropical storm Fay (Reuters)

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Reuters - Tropical Storm Fay was blamed on Friday
for seven deaths in Florida as forecasters warned that its
torrential rains threatened a large swath of the southeastern
United States with flooding over the weekend.

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Aug

22

Telecom rollouts raise ire over utility boxes (AP)

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AP - The road to advanced video, Internet and phone services is bumpy — and the bumps can be almost as big as refrigerators.

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