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NEW YORK – Blue chips fell Thursday worries about rising oil prices and somewhat disappointing earnings from companies like Caterpillar offset more upbeat profit reports and a rumored takeover bid for AT&T. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) ended down 31.19 points, or 0.30 percent, at 10,467.40. The Standard & …

BOSTON – A judge suing the Boston Herald (search) for libel testified Monday that he never told lawyers to tell a 14-year-old rape victim to “get over it.” The Herald reported that Superior Court Judge Ernest Murphy (search) made the statement in 2002 during a closed meeting with lawyers. Murphy …

TAMPA, Fla. – In what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind, a judge on Wednesday upheld the federal law letting states ban same-sex marriages (search), dismissing a lawsuit by two women seeking to have their Massachusetts marriage recognized here. Attorneys for conservative groups hailed the ruling …