Markets steady after solid earnings reports

LONDON — Stock markets in Europe steadied Wednesday as Wall Street opened solidly following positive earnings news from aluminum company Alcoa. The company reported better than expected results in an after-hours statement Tuesday. Alcoa traditionally...

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Obama officials pledge to stem immigration tide

WASHINGTON — Top Obama administration officials told senators Wednesday they're struggling to keep up with the surge of immigrants at the Southern border, acknowledging they've been overwhelmed as children show up by the tens of thousands from violence-torn...

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Newspaper apologizes for Clooney story

LONDON — Britain's Daily Mail has apologized to George Clooney over a story that claimed his fiancee's mother opposed the marriage on religious grounds. Clooney is engaged to London lawyer Amal Alamuddin, who comes from a family of Druse — adherents...

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Google picks 5 charities to create ideas for Glass

WASHINGTON — Google has chosen five charities to develop ideas using Web-connected Google Glass to enhance their work. After receiving 1,300 proposals, Google is announcing five nonprofits Wednesday that'll get a free pair of the glasses, a $25,000...

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World Cup: Germany-Brazil match scores Twitter records for sports chatter

Germany's 7-1 trouncing of host country Brazil in the 2014 FIFA World Cup semifinals Tuesday registered as the most-discussed sporting game ever on Twitter, with 35.6 million tweets posted worldwide during the match. The blowout also set a Twitter record...

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US stocks creep higher after two days of losses

NEW YORK — Stocks are edging higher in early trading after corporate earnings got off to an encouraging start. The early gains Wednesday follow two days of losses for major U.S. indexes. Alcoa rose 3 percent after reporting earnings the night before...

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Website apologizes for Clooney mother-in-law story

LONDON — The British website Mail Online apologized Wednesday to George Clooney for alleging that his fiancee's mother opposed their marriage on religious grounds — a story Clooney called both wrong and irresponsible. Clooney is engaged to Beirut-born...

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Medicare providers complain of duplicative audits

MIAMI — Health care companies say they're losing millions of dollars that are tied up in appeals because of increasing numbers of Medicare audits. But a new report says the rise in the often duplicative audits has failed to reduce Medicare fraud. A...

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Stocks creep up after 2 days of losses

NEW YORK — Stocks inched higher midday Wednesday, reversing a two-day decline, as the quarterly earnings season got underway with some positive news from the giant aluminum company Alcoa. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 30 points,...

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Corinthian Colleges seeking to reassure students

SILVER SPRING, Md. — A for-profit education company sought to reassure nervous students Tuesday that they'll be able to finish their degrees even though their campuses were being closed amid concerns from the Education Department about its practices....

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