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After sinking eight years and more than $8 billion into the effort, Shell Oil is pulling out of the Arctic Ocean. The company dropped the surprising news…
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Janet Sims-Wood, 67, is like millions of other seniors still working in order to make ends meet. For the part-time librarian, the recession put a huge dent in her savings, so she expects she'll have to work as long as her health allows.
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The lessons of the final deal come down to this: Washington is very nearly broken. Next up? Finishing the work this agreement postponed.
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Washington’s jobless rate rose slightly as the state lost 1,100 jobs in August.
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Researchers at the University of Oregon have found that wildfires can actually have an upside to local economies.
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Alcohol is almost entirely banned in Pakistan, a country that's overwhelmingly Muslim. But there is one brewery, which has a 150-year history and has been in the same family for generations.
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There have been a few glimmers of hope lately for the U.S. economy, such as a better-than-expected jobs report. But local economist Dick Conway says…
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One sector of the housing market never let up during the economic downturn. Real estate agents who sell what’s known as “survival realty” are experiencing boom times. A remote corner of the Northwest has become a hotspot for home buyers wanting to ride out disaster –- natural or otherwise.
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That means that the rich are more likely to live with the rich and the poor with the poor. All but three of the 30 largest metropolitan areas analyzed saw an increase.
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The government forecasts food prices will go up as much as 3.5 percent this year; meat prices will rise as much as 4.5 percent. If the drought continues, prices may go up even more. "Until we get that first heavy rain, we're not going to know for sure" just where prices will end up, a USDA economist says.