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GE confirms plans to exit appliance business

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- General Electric Co. said today that it planned to sell or spin off its iconic appliance business, which has provided refrigerators, air conditioners and ovens for millions of U.S. homes. ... (05/16/2008)

Clinton wins big in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton clobbered Sen. Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary last night, but the show of strength may have done little to brake her rival's momentum toward the Democratic presidential nomination. (05/14/2008)

Churches across country help with mortgage crisis

NEW YORK -- The Rev. Jeffry Dillon switched from the religious to the secular on a recent Sunday morning to ask his parishioners a pointed question: "Do subprime mortgages scare you?" ... (05/14/2008)

Study: More than half of insured Americans on chronic medicines

TRENTON, N.J. -- For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. ... (05/14/2008)

Bush says he wasn't lied to on Saddam weapons

WASHINGTON -- President Bush, in what the White House said was his first interview with online news organizations, yesterday declined to say he had been misled leading up to the war with Iraq five ... (05/14/2008)

Pentagon drops Qahtani from 9/11 case

WASHINGTON -- U.S. authorities have long considered Mohammed al-Qahtani one of the most dangerous alleged terrorists in U.S. custody, a man who could have been the 20th hijacker in the Sept. ... (05/14/2008)