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Insurers mine social networks for fraud
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CHICAGO, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Insurance companies are using Facebook and other social networking sites to find evidence of fraud, although experts say they are cautious.
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U.S. home prices deflate further
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NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Home prices dropped month-to-month in November in 19 of 20 monitored U.S. cities, the closely watched S&P/Case-Shiller economic index said Tuesday.
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Crude oil prices slide
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NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices lost ground in New York Tuesday, dropping to less than $87 a barrel as investors found the economy sputtered in Britain in the fourth quarter.
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Ottawa's cold snap breaks record
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OTTOWA, Ontario, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Ottawa's cold spell smashed a weather record Monday when the thermometer plunged to a bone-chilling minus 19.5 F, Canada's weather office said.
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A hint on output brings oil prices down
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NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices slid Monday, dropping to less than $88 per barrel after a key oil minister said OPEC could raise production quotas this year.
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Mob attacks al-Jazeera office
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RAMALLAH, Israel, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A Palestinian mob, angry at an al-Jazeera report on concessions allegedly made to Israel, vandalized the network's office, onlookers said.
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Equities take some shine from gold
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NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Early gains in gold prices dropped modestly Monday, despite the dollar index falling 0.25 percent.
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Grain futures mixed Monday
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CHICAGO, D.C., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Grain futures closed mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade Friday with the dollar index dropping 0.25 percent.
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Mexican trucks could see roadblock lifted
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HOUSTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The Obama administration has proposed new rules that would give Mexican truck drivers permission to drive on U.S. roads beyond the current 25-mile limit.
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Obama to visit Wisconsin
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama will take his Main Street Tour to Manitowoc, Wis., Wednesday where he will check out a power technology firm, the White House said.
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Auto leaders hail electric cars as savior
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DETROIT, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Electric cars can drive Detroit to a new era of progress, Ford's Executive Chairman Bill Ford says.
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Windy City to have natural gas taxis
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CHICAGO, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Taxi Affiliation Services in Chicago said 12 of its cabs this spring will no longer be filling up at traditional gas stations.
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Russian editors seized from newsroom
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NORILSK, Russia, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Two journalists in the Russian arctic city of Norilsk were seized from their office by men claiming to be police, a colleague said.
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China keeps paychecks coming in Michigan
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SAGINAW, Mich., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Residents of Saginaw, Mich., said a paycheck is a paycheck, even if it originates in Beijing.
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Obama: U.S. can 'out-compete' all others
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama said Saturday the United States can "out-compete any other nation on Earth" by being the world leader in innovation.
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