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Political instability, weather spur wheat prices
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ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press 
Mar 27, 2014
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Political instability in Ukraine —coupled with potential freeze damage to winter wheat in the United States and a deepening droug...
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Using video, GM CEO reaches out to customers
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DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writers 
Mar 27, 2014
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors CEO Mary Barra is reaching out directly to customers, as GM tries to counter bad publicity from a recall of cars with a ...
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Stocks give up an early gain and turn lower
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STEVE ROTHWELL AP Markets Writer 
Mar 26, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks gave up an early gain and turned lower in early afternoon trading. Facebook slumped, leading technology stocks lower after anno...
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Rewrite of Tenn. whiskey law fails
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ERIK SCHELZIG Associated Press 
Mar 26, 2014
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — State lawmakers on Tuesday decided not to rewrite the legal definition of Tennessee whiskey this session, meaning the rules su...
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IRS says bitcoin will be taxed like property
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STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press 
Mar 26, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Virtual currencies like bitcoin will be taxed like property — not currency, the Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday. The IRS says ...
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Stocks open broadly higher on Wall Street
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STEVE ROTHWELL AP Markets Writer 
Mar 25, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks opened higher on Wall Street Tuesday as investors shrugged off a two-day slump. The gains were led by health care and technolog...
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Whispers, secrets and lies? Anonymity apps rise
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BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer 
Mar 25, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — At a time when Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are pushing people to put forward their most polished, put-together selves, a new class ...
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