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Stocks End Mixed, Cap Week of Uncertainty

NEW YORK – Stocks ended mixed Friday after profit-taking hit the Dow and a sunny outlook from Dell lifted the Nasdaq on a day that saw mixed messages on the economy vying for investors’ attention. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) edged lower 49.36 points, or 0.48 percent, to settle …

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Dems Bail on Medicaid Reform Commission

WASHINGTON – Democratic lawmakers said Thursday that they would not participate on a commission that will recommend how to trim Medicaid (search) by $10 billion over the next five years. Michael Leavitt (search), the secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, announced last week the framework of the commission, …

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Guests and Topics: Thursday, May 5

See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… The ABC News magazine show “Primetime Live” unveiled their “American Idol” expose last night. Was the story really newsworthy or just “Idol” chatter? What did we learn? Was …

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