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Stocks Drop on Weak GM Sales, Katrina Concerns

NEW YORK – Blue chips fell Thursday as carmaker General Motors Corp. declined after reporting lower sales, while energy stocks rallied in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) was down 21.97 points, or 0.21 percent, at 10,459.63. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index (search) was …

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Do I Really Need Medicare?

Even if your employer offers health-care coverage to retired employees, you still need Medicare. Think you can ignore Medicare reform just because you spent the last 30 years toiling away for a Fortune 500 company that promises generous retiree health benefits? Think again. Once you hit 65, you too will …

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U.S. Doubts al-Zarqawi Killed

WASHINGTON – A top U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday he has “absolutely no reason” to believe the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, died in a weekend raid in Mosul. Lt. Gen. John Vines, chief of the Multi-National Corps Iraq, also confirmed that U.S. officials have …

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