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LARRY MARGASAK
01/29/12 6:38 AM
Aware that most Americans would like to dump them all, members of Congress hope to regain some sense of trust by subjecting themselves to tougher penalties for insider trading and requiring they disclose stock transactions within 30 days.
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DAVID BRANDT
01/28/12 7:07 PM
Terrance Henry scored 15 points, Murphy Holloway added 14 points and Mississippi edged South Carolina 66-62 on Saturday night.
Ole Miss (14-7, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) led for most of the night but had to fend off a late South Carolina rally to win. Henry made a 3-pointer from the corner with 16 seconds left that sealed the victory.
Nick Williams scored 12 points and Jelan Kendrick added a career-high 11 off the bench.
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BETH RUCKER
01/28/12 6:18 PM
Jeronne Maymon scored 15 points and grabbed 19 rebounds as Tennessee beat Auburn 64-49 on Saturday night.
Kenny Gabriel sank a long jumper with 9:46 in the first half to give Auburn a 13-12 lead, but the Tigers wouldn't score a field goal for the rest of the half.
As Auburn missed 10 shots, Tennessee got five baskets in the lane as part of an 18-3 run that gave them a 30-16 halftime lead.
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By:
TERESA M. WALKER
01/28/12 2:28 PM
John Jenkins scored seven of his 26 points in the final 4:34, and Vanderbilt held off Middle Tennessee 84-77 Saturday for its 10th win in 11 games.
Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings scheduled this game to take advantage of a break in the Southeastern Conference schedule, and his timing couldn't have been worse with Middle Tennessee coming in having won 12 straight.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 11:30 AM
A Minnesota wholesaler is recalling more than a ton of beef sirloin products because the labels fail to indicate that one ingredient is milk, a possible allergen.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says J&B Group Inc. of St. Michael is recalling about 2,645 pounds of products. The products were made between January and September of last year, and were distributed for institutional use in Montana, North Dakota and Texas.
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By:
MARCUS WOHLSEN
01/28/12 10:25 AM
In Silicon Valley's white-hot competition for tech talent, programmers can face a daily barrage of calls from recruiters seeking to woo them to rival companies with offers of better pay and perks.
But workers for some of the biggest names in the business claim their phones fell silent because of a conspiracy among their employers. And they claim the world's biggest tech icon was at the center.
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By:
DEMETRIS NELLAS
01/28/12 9:04 AM
A disorderly and potentially devastating Greek debt default is looking much less likely.
Greece and investors who own its bonds have reached a tentative deal to significantly reduce the country's debt and pave the way for it to receive a much-needed €130 billion bailout.
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The Associated Press
01/27/12 7:24 PM
Daniel Alfredsson will have a big challenge on his hands in the All-Star skills competition — trying to unseat four-time hardest-shot champ Zdeno Chara.
One day after choosing up sides in a player draft, the two All-Star game captains got to work Friday. The captains of Team Alfredsson and Team Chara, along with their respective alternate captains, Henrik Ludqvist and Joffrey Lupul, made their own roster assignments for the six events to be contested Saturday night.
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The Associated Press
01/27/12 4:56 PM
Some of the tech companies that have gone public recently:
Demand Media Inc., online content publisher, Jan. 26, 2011
Zipcar Inc., online car rental company, April 14
LinkedIn Corp., online professional network, May 19
Pandora Media Inc., Internet radio company, June 15
Zillow Inc., real estate website, July 20
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The Associated Press
01/27/12 4:54 PM
Viacom's Philippe Dauman led the list of America's top-paid CEOs in 2010 with an $84.5 million package, but that included stock bonuses for renewing his contract and he got just half as much in 2011.
Still, an Associated Press tally values Dauman's pay package for 2011 at $43 million.
That's based on figures from a document the company filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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