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Stocks tumble after sales of existing homes fall
NEW YORK - Wall Street abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower Thursday after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing home sales and worries about the financial sector chilled the market's recent optimism. The major indexes fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost more than 280 points.  Flooded Midwest asks White House for more aid
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Midwest governors pleaded with the White House on Tuesday for more help to counter billions of dollars in damages from floods that drowned parts of the U.S. farm heartland and drove thousands from their homes. Mississippi overflows levees, crops threatened
FORT MADISON, Iowa (Reuters) - The swollen Mississippi River ran over the top of at least 12 more levees on Wednesday, as floodwaters swallowed up more U.S. farmland, adding to billion-dollar losses and feeding global food inflation fears.
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Batman slays 'Mummy' at box-office, nears record
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight" conquered the North American box office for a third straight weekend and was close to smashing the record for the fastest film to gross 400 million dollars, final figures showed Monday. Court tosses FCC 'wardrobe malfunction' fine
PHILADELPHIA - A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS Corp. for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that ended with Janet Jackson's breast-baring "wardrobe malfunction."
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