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'New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 12:17PM

The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 11:57AM

Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.

Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 11:27AM

Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated - beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 11:22AM

While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.

Investors look to data-heavy week for more clarity

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 10:57AM

Investors are heading toward the final month of the year with more questions about the economy than they had just a few weeks ago.

More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 10:47AM

The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.

RI slow to spend millions in stimulus funding

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 10:47AM

Gov. Don Carcieri's administration has failed for months to spend $20 million meant to insulate poor people's homes against the winter chill and put unemployed people to work during one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression.

Holidays will again test NYC air travel bottleneck

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 10:37AM

Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season, but travelers shouldn't expect a full reprieve from the horrid flight delays of Thanksgivings past, especially if they need to land anywhere near New York City.

Rising unemployment taxes could hinder hiring

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 10:27AM

As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself.

NY saves $3.1 million in energy efficiency program

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 10:17AM

Turning off lights, turning down the heat and buying with an eye toward energy efficiency is saving New York more than $3.1 million so far this fiscal year.

Report: UK's Cadbury won't bite on Hershey offer

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 9:02AM

British candy company Cadbury PLC will reject an expected 10.3 billion pound ($17 billion) takeover bid from U.S. confectionary giant Hershey Co., a newspaper reported Sunday.

NRC investigating radiation at Three Mile Island

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 9:02AM

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending investigators to the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant after a small amount of radiation was detected there.

Schumer wants probe of frequent flier mile claims

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 5:19AM

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for a federal review of complaints by consumers that they are losing millions of frequent flier miles without notice in confusing agreements.

Deutsche Bahn signs $26B Qatar railroad deal

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 4:24AM

An investment company owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has signed a $26 billion (euro17 billion) joint venture with Germany's national railway operator to build a railroad network in the natural gas-rich Gulf sheikdom.

Iraq's Oct. oil exports drop due to attacks

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 4:19AM

An Iraqi official says insurgent attacks caused a 4 percent drop in the country's oil exports in October compared to the previous month, but that revenues were up due to higher prices.

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