HHS grants extra time to enroll for health care

WASHINGTON — Trying to avoid sending thousands away empty-handed, the Obama administration has announced that people who started applying for health insurance but aren't able to finish before the March 31 enrollment deadline will get extra time. The...

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Lachlan Murdoch returns to take leading role in father's empire

LONDON -- Lachlan Murdoch has returned to the fold to take a leading role within his father's empire after several years' break. Rupert Murdoch said Lachlan was a "strategic and talented executive with a rich knowledge of our businesses." Meanwhile,...

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UK man wins 16-year legal battle over laptop

LONDON — It started with an unwanted laptop, and it ended in Britain's Supreme Court. A Scottish man on Wednesday won a 16-year court battle sparked by a wrangle over a loan he'd taken out to buy a computer. Oil worker Richard Durkin bought a laptop...

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Young workers change jobs frequently, study shows

WASHINGTON — The Labor Department says young adults held an average of just over six jobs each from ages 18 through 26. Since 1997, the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics has been keeping tabs on about 9,000 young men and women born in the early...

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Obama highlights need for US-EU energy cooperation

BRUSSELS — A trans-Atlantic free trade deal would allow the European Union to reduce its dependence on Russian energy and strengthen its ability to stand up to Moscow on issues like Ukraine, U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday. Several of the...

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Report: Digital sites bring momentum to news

NEW YORK — Growing digital outlets are bringing "a sense of momentum" to the news business even as long-term problems continue to plague the industry, a journalism think tank said on Wednesday. The Pew Research Center's annual state of the news media...

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Bodyguard: Berezovsky seemed 'broken' before death

LONDON — Boris Berezovsky's bodyguard said Wednesday the Russian oligarch seemed to be a broken man and had discussed killing himself before his apparent suicide last year. Avi Navama told a coroner's inquest in Windsor, near London, that Berezovsky's...

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Stocks edge higher after manufactured goods report

NEW YORK — Stocks were mostly higher Wednesday after a strong report on American manufacturing. The maker of the hit game "Candy Crush Saga" flopped in its market debut and Facebook slumped after announcing its acquisition of virtual reality company...

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Levis Strauss to eliminate about 800 positions

SAN FRANCISCO — Levi Strauss & Co. will eliminate about 800 jobs, almost 20 percent of its non-retail and non-manufacturing employees, over the next 12 to 18 months. The privately held company said Wednesday that the cuts will include some management...

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House Dems try to force vote on immigration

WASHINGTON — House Democrats deployed a little-used legislative move Wednesday to force a vote on a comprehensive immigration bill, an effort doomed to fail but designed to increase the election-year pressure on Republicans to act. "It is time for us...

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