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    <title><![CDATA[   Your weekend fill-up: Prices continue to slide ]]></title>
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        Declining demand for gasoline continues to push prices modestly lower in the Kansas City area.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   The Closing Bell: YRC in reverse, back above a buck ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:28 CST</pubDate>
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        Shares in YRC didn&#39;t spend much time below Wall Street&#39;s Mendoza line -- that&#39;s is below a buck. The stock rallied Friday, gaining 23 cents and finishing at $1.14.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Midtown's Lava Room is opening as Gusto Lounge ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:31 CST</pubDate>
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        Midtown&#39;s retro Lava Room is going retro again &#151; moving from a hippy to a hip Mad Men vibe.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   BATS flies from equities to options ]]></title>
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        What a Lenexa company has done in U.S. equity markets it now hopes to do in options markets. The company is Bats Global Markets, whose Bats Exchange has grabbed one tenth of national stock trading volume away from the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Market.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   New BMW sedan to hit showrooms ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:17 CST</pubDate>
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        BMW will start offering its new 5-Series Gran Turismo sedan in the U.S. early next month as the world&#39;s largest maker of luxury autos tries to add sales with &#147;niche&#148; models.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Leawood mortgage broker pleads guilty to fraud ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38 CST</pubDate>
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        Wildor Washington Jr., 39, of Leawood pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy, seven counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Consumer sentiment slides lower ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:25 CST</pubDate>
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        The recession may be (officially) over but consumers aren&#39;t buying it. The national measure of consumer sentiment tumbled in November by 4.6 percent percentage points to 66 percent. Analysts had expected an increase to 71 percent.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Waldenbooks to close in Crown Center ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:55 CST</pubDate>
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        After more than 36 years of operation, Crown Center&#39;s Waldenbooks will close by late January.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Independence weapons plant supplying Afghanistan security forces ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:42 CST</pubDate>
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        Alliant Techsystems has won a $21 million contract to supply ammunition products to the security forces of Afghanistan.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Dell to launch Android-based phone in China and Brazil ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:41 CST</pubDate>
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        Dell will start selling the Mini 3 smart phone with China Mobile Ltd. and a Brazilian unit of America Movil SAB.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Board of Trade records membership sale ]]></title>
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        The Kansas City Board of Trade has sold a membership for $360,000. The Class A membership allows an owner to trade all of the exchange&#39;s contracts, including the hard red winter wheat futures contract.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Earnings reports push stocks higher; Dow gains 73 ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:33 CST</pubDate>
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        Encouraging earnings news from major retailers and The Walt Disney Co. drew investors back into the stock market to cap a second big week of gains.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   The Closing Bell: YRC breaks a buck ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:47 CST</pubDate>
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        Shares in YRC Worldwide fell below $1 Thursday, as investors continue to size up the trucker&#39;s chances of survival. The Overland Park-based company dropped 11 cents, closing at 91 cents.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Goodyear raising tire prices ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:16 CST</pubDate>
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        Goodyear is raising tire prices. Spokesman Jim Davis says Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber Co. will raise the price on all consumer replacement tires sold in North America by 6 percent starting Dec. 1.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   AMC loses money in latest quarter ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:53 CST</pubDate>
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        AMC Entertainment Inc. says it lost money in the second quarter as fewer people bought tickets.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Lenexa-based Icop Digital settles patent-infringement lawsuit ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:05 CST</pubDate>
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        L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.&#39;s Mobile-Vision unit settled a patent-infringement suit it filed against Icop Digital Inc. over components for police video- surveillance systems, Icop said in a regulatory filing.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Foreclosure rates in Kansas, Missouri decline ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:54 CST</pubDate>
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        Kansas reported a 27 percent decline in home foreclosures during October compared with September, according to RealtyTrac. However, the rate was up from October 2008. In Missouri, home foreclosure actions were up 2.03 percent from September, but down 12.36 percent from October 2008.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Sprint approves bylaw change for special shareholder meetings ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:10 CST</pubDate>
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        Sprint said today that its Board of Directors approved an amendment to the corporate bylaws allowing shareholders representing at least 10 percent of all issued and outstanding common stock to call a special meeting of shareholders.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Ford workers vote to approve strike; talks continue ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:19 CST</pubDate>
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        Ford Motor Co.&#39;s workers at the Claycomo plant began a strike-authorization vote over workload and safety issues. Jeff Wright, president of United Auto Workers Local 249, said the vote would conclude late Saturday night.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Initial jobless claims fall by 12,000 from previous week ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:17 CST</pubDate>
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        The Labor Department this morning reported a 12,000 decrease in initial jobless claims for the week that ended Nov. 7 compared with the previous week.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   GM to release third-quarter earnings Monday, first since bankruptcy ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:04 CST</pubDate>
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        The company is not expected to make a profit but has hinted that its results for the quarter will show a big improvement over the same period last year.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Mortgage rates falling again ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:07 CST</pubDate>
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        Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed U.S. home loans fell to the lowest in five weeks, providing a boost to potential buyers and those who want to refinance.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Moody's assigns rating on KU Hospital expansion funding ]]></title>
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        Moody&#39;s has assigned a Aa3 rating on $55 million in revenue bonds being issued by the University of Kansas Hospital. Some of the proceeds will be used to finance a medical office building, the credit report said.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   The CEO carousel continues, but pace is slower ]]></title>
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        Eighty-nine chief executives lost their jobs in October, 29 fewer than the same month in 2008, according to a new monthly report from the Challenger, Gray &amp; Christmas outplacement firm.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Drug industry presses FDA to allow more online ads ]]></title>
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        As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical companies are pressing their case to market drugs via Google, Twitter and other Web sites.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Higher oil prices seen threatening global recovery ]]></title>
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        Rising oil prices could imperil a modest increase in crude demand and the recovery of the global economy, the International Energy Agency said Thursday as it raised its outlook for oil demand this year.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Americans may be settling into spending less ]]></title>
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        Americans spent about the same amount in October as in August and September, according to figures released Thursday by a key data service, and they may be settling into new low-spending habits.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Wal-Mart posts 3 percent rise in profit for 3Q ]]></title>
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        Wal-Mart Stores Inc. posted a 3.2 percent increase in third-quarter profit, helped by cost-cutting measures like slashing inventories, and raised its full-year earnings outlook.      
    
  

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        Wal-Mart Stores said Wednesday that it will keep its stores open 24 hours and take new crowd-control measures Thanksgiving weekend after a temporary employee was trampled to death in a Black Friday rush last year.      
    
  

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        A senior Obama administration official says world leaders agree that next month&#39;s much-anticipated international summit on climate change will be a preliminary step that will require subsequent efforts to tackle global warming.      
    
  

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        Ford Motor Co. said Saturday union concerns over working conditions at its assembly plant in Kansas City have been resolved. But a union officer said members were moving ahead with a planned strike authorization vote.      
    
  

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        About 37 percent of U.S. Saab dealers will close as part of General Motors Corp.&#39;s planned sale of the ailing Swedish car brand to Koenigsegg Group AB, a GM spokeswoman said Saturday.      
    
  

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        The housing market welcomed a bigger share of first-time buyers and single women this past year, while a majority of sellers resorted to dialing down prices to get their homes sold, a new homebuyer survey shows.      
    
  

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        Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a report by a top official at the agency that oversees Medicare.      
    
  

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        The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient&#39;s condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year.      
    
  

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        Federal Housing Administration Commissioner David Stevens said Saturday that concerns the agency is headed for the same financial trouble that snared Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the subprime sector are unwarranted.      
    
  

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