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Democrats weigh compromise on Iraq
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The Senate, defying a veto threat by President Bush, joined the House
on
Thursday in passing a military spending bill that requires troop
withdrawals
from Iraq to begin by Oct. 1.

Feds to enforce chemical security
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Six years ago, anyone in a boat could have gone up the murky Brazos
River,
hopped ashore and walked up to a tank holding one of the world's
deadliest
chemicals here at the nation's largest petrochemical complex.

N.C. military town mourns 9 lost in attacks
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On Monday, two suicide truck bombers killed nine soldiers from the 82nd
Airborne Division and wounded 20 others. Together, their deaths
represented
the single deadliest day for the division since the fabled unit lost 12
paratroopers in Vietnam in June 1969. Some in this tight-knit community
outside Fayetteville are feeling worn.

MONEY

Frist won't be charged in stock sale
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has decided not to file
insider-trading
charges against former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist in connection
with
the sales of stock in the hospital chain his family owns, The Washington
Post
reported Friday.

Strategies: Planning your exit helps you grow your business
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When you're busy trying to build your business, you don't spend much
time
thinking about how you'll eventually end it. Sure, you might think that
one
day you'd like to retire. But while you can envision yourself golfing
or
gardening, what happens to your company? You need an exit plan.

Investing: Discipline key when withdrawing retirement funds
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For most investors, managing money while taking withdrawals is like a
visit to
Bizzaro World, the cube-shaped planet in Superman comics where
everything is
backward.

# posted by John @ 4/27/2007 09:26:00 AM