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Stocks End Lower on Housing Disappointment

NEW YORK – U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday after a disappointing outlook from luxury home builder Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL) pointed to weakness in the housing sector and raised concern about the health of the U.S. consumer. Stocks ended a four-day winning streak as pessimism about home builders spread to …

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EU Pols Demand Probe of Alleged Secret CIA Prisons for Suspected Terrorists

STRASBOURG, France – European lawmakers on Monday called on the European Union’s executive office to conduct a formal investigation into allegations that the CIA set up secret prisons at Soviet-era compounds in Eastern Europe to interrogate Al Qaeda suspects. Earlier this month, the European Commission promised to launch an informal …

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Space Station Marks Five Years of Residence

HOUSTON – The International Space Station on Wednesday marked five continuous years of people living and working aboard it. But there wasn’t much time for celebration. The station’s two residents spent the day cleaning air filters, upgrading exercise equipment and doing other maintenance. Astronaut William McArthur Jr. (search) and cosmonaut …

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