Dow plunges on bear market day at New York Stock Exchange
The Dow Jones slips 390.23 points to 8019.26 on Friday marking a four year low and the worst postwar bear market in mood and value. Nasdaq falls 2.8 percent as S P 500 reconstitution triggers heavy trading and mutual funds scramble to track the index.
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Cibc Oppenheimer
Dallas
Bryan Piskorowski
Prudential Securities
Johnson & Johnson
Food and Drug Administration
Piskorowski
Standard & Poor
United States
Dow
Donald Straszheim
Merrill Lynch
Misery Loves Company
Dan Walsh
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
ConAgra recalls large beef batch amid E Coli fears
ConAgra Beef Co of Greeley Colorado asks Americans to destroy 19 million pounds of hamburger meat after E coli concerns nationwide. Seventeen Colorado illnesses linked to the beef, with six other cases in California Michigan South Dakota Washington and Wyoming not yet linked. Authorities urge safety precautions.
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U.S
Colorado
ConAgra Beef Co
Greeley
Colo
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Michigan
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Wyoming
ConAgra Beef
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ConAgra recalls beef over E coli illness linked to 22 cases
A nationwide recall of 354,200 pounds of hamburger from ConAgra Beet Co in Greeley Colorado follows 22 reported E coli related illnesses. The affected meat, sold since April under various brands, bears EST 969. Consumers should return products and cook ground beef to 160 degrees.
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ConAgra Beet Co
Greeley
Colo
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Food Safety and Inspection Service
ConAgra
Colorado
Douglas County launches first capital murder case since 1994
Douglas County faces a landmark capital murder case as Christine Kenney, the newly serving district attorney, files charges against Damien C. Lewis for the killing of an elderly Lawrence couple. The case, the first capital murder proceeding locally since Kansas reinstated the death penalty in 1994, could demand an unprecedented trial process in the county.
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Douglas County
Kenney
Damien C. Lewis
Lawrence
Kansas
Lewis
Stephen Maxwell
Debate Sparks Tensions Between Kansas 3rd District Candidates
After a TV debate at KCPT two Kansas Republicans Jeff Colyer and Adam Taff clashed as aides intervened. The men, vying to face incumbent Democrat Dennis Moore in the August primary, argued over voices and actions following taping of a KC Week in Review segment.
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Jeff Colyer
Adam Taff
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Taff
Dennis Moore
Lawrence
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Nick Haines
Dave Helling
KCTV
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