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Three Uighur Web site managers get prison
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URUMQI, China, July 30 (UPI) -- Chinese courts sentenced the managers of three Uighur-language Web sites to prison, Amnesty International said Friday.
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Traffickers pressure Mexican media
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NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico, July 30 (UPI) -- Mexican reporters say they have been threatened regularly for daring to cover the ongoing carnage of their country's drug wars.
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Obama: Faith in auto industry 'vindicated'
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DETROIT, July 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Friday said helping the auto industry was the right thing to do and that belief has been "vindicated."
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7 rescued from flooded Chinese mine
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CONGQING, China, July 30 (UPI) -- Seven miners survived more than three days in a coal mine after being trapped by a flood, officials said Friday.
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Obama tries out electric Volt
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DETROIT, July 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama took a spin Friday in a Chevy Volt during his visit to Michigan to highlight the recovery of the auto industry.
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Hackers attacking online bank accounts
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NEW YORK, July 30 (UPI) -- Online banking, used by most U.S. households, is not as safe as the standard face-to-face practices of the past, bank consultant group Novantas reported.
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IMF gives U.S. finances a mixed review
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WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- The International Monetary Fund praised the U.S. financial system as stable, but warned smaller banks remained under stress.
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IMF gives U.S finances a mixed review
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WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- The International Monetary Fund praised the U.S. financial system as stable, but warned smaller banks remained under stress.
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Crude oil prices follow stocks lower
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NEW YORK, July 30 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices continued a see-saw week, dropping to less than $77 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, as stocks in Asia and Europe declined.
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$187,000 fee to man with pickup truck
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TAMPA, Fla., July 29 (UPI) -- A Florida judge ordered a local homeowners association to pay more than $187,000 in legal fees to a man who wanted to park his pickup truck in his driveway.
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Crude oil prices rise Thursday
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NEW YORK, July 29 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices jumped above $78 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange Thursday, despite a stock report showing inventories surged in the latest week.
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Grain futures jump higher Thursday
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CHICAGO, July 29 (UPI) -- Grain futures surged higher for the second consecutive day on the Chicago Board of Trade Thursday, despite a drop in stock markets.
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Helen Thomas may get statue at museum
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DEARBORN, Mich., July 29 (UPI) -- A museum near Detroit is raising money for a statue of newswoman Helen Thomas, now controversial because of her remarks about Israel.
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Fed policymaker Bullard warns of deflation
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ST. LOUIS, July 29 (UPI) -- Federal Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard warned Thursday that the U.S. economy could be headed toward a sluggish period marked by falling prices.
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Citigroup, two executives, to pay fines
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NEW YORK, July 29 (UPI) -- Citigroup and two former executives agreed to settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange complaint for $75 million with small fines tacked on for the executives.
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