Unclear whether Fed's bond buying has helped economy: Fisher
(Reuters) - While the Federal Reserve's accommodative policies have boosted stocks and helped the rich, it is unclear whether they a...
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Monster machines fan out on U.S. farms facing slow sow
By Tom Polansek and Mark Weinraub SHERIDAN, Illinois (Reuters) - With the U.S. spring planting season off to a historically slow sta...
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Analysis: Shrinking deficit reduces pressure for budget deal
By Jason Lange and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chances of a deal between Democratic and Republican lawmakers that would...
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Insight: The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill
By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering f...
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Analysis: At margins of shale oil boom, a tempered euphoria
By Kristen Hays and Jonathan Leff HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past three years, the boom in the U.S. shale oil industry has...
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Insight: The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market
By Ernest Scheyder WATFORD CITY, North Dakota (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy bo...
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Officials warn of commuter chaos from Connecticut derailment
By Richard Weizel BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as ...
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Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states
By Chris Francescani (Reuters) - A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region...
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Shooting death of gay man rocks New York's cradle of gay rights
By Anna Hiatt NEW YORK (Reuters) - Greenwich Village, the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement, remained in shock on Sunday ov...
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For Detroit in crisis, next six weeks determine bankruptcy fate
By Bernie Woodall and Karen Pierog DETROIT (Reuters) - Bond restructurings, negotiated settlements with bondholders and bond insurer...
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