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Obama: Economy, Not Gay Marriage, Will Decide Vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says it is "hard to say" whether his new stance supporting same sex marriage will hurt his re-election. He says there's a major difference between himself and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on the issue, but says the economy will ultimately determine the outcome of the election
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Romney Wants To Shift Focus On The Economy
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is trying to return the focus of his campaign to the sluggish economic recovery.
The presumptive GOP nominee for president has been restating his opposition to gay marriage and shrugging off a newspaper report that he bullied a gay classmate in prep school
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Survey: High Fuel Prices Slowing Rural Growth
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Oil Falls On Weaker Chinese Growth
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US Consumer Confidence Falls In March
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Western States Boast the Best Wellbeing, Southern States the Worst
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Japan’s Trade Deficit Balloons To Record High
TOKYO (AP) — Japan says its trade deficit ballooned to a record high 1.48 trillion yen ($18.7 billion) in January, the biggest in the three decades that such data became available.
The numbers released Monday by the Ministry of Finance highlight this nation's surging import of fuel after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster sent a nuclear plant into meltdown
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Highest Dow Close Since 2008
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