Ala. jobless rate rises to 10.9 percent in October
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Just two years after hitting a record low, the unemployment rate in Alabama climbed to 10.9 percent in October, the highest it has been in more than 25 years, state officials announced Friday.

Chase drops arbitration from card contracts
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BOSTON (AP) - JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Friday it is dropping a clause from its credit card contracts that required disputes with customers to be handled through binding arbitration, a move that could lead to consumers filing class-action and other lawsuits.

Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.

Early votes on W.Va. table games already top 1,300
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CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (AP) - More than 1,300 people have already voted on whether to let the Charles Town Races & Slots put table games in its casino.

Dollar keeps gaining as traders pare risk exposure
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NEW YORK (AP) - The safe-haven dollar further strengthened Friday and Treasury yields hovered around their lows for the year as worries about the economy in 2010 diminished traders' appetites for risky bets.

Judge strikes down Tennessee guns-in-bars law
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's new law allowing people with handgun permits to be armed in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol is unconstitutionally vague, a judge ruled on Friday.

Pa. residents sue gas driller over polluted wells
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DIMOCK, Pa. (AP) - Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too.

Report: Hershey may launch bid for Cadbury
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Wall Street Journal reports that Hershey Co. may make a $17 billion competing bid for UK candy company Cadbury.

Gold ekes out small gain, other metals hold steady
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NEW YORK (AP) - Gold prices finished higher for a sixth straight day Friday, rising even as the dollar strengthened.

UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike
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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Students barricaded themselves inside buildings on University of California campuses to protest a 32 percent increase in student fees and budget cuts that have led to slashed programs and lost jobs.