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NEW YORK – Stocks ended a volatile session on the positive side Wednesday as energy and construction companies gained and after the president of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve said the central bank could change its interest rate policy in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) …

NEW ORLEANS – The Federal Emergency Management Agency, responding to concerns about formaldehyde in trailers issued to hurricane survivors, said Thursday that it would offer refunds to people who bought them after their initial use. The federal government began selling trailers in 2006 through online auctions and to victims of …

Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years – starting as young as age 12 – can help protect girls from breast cancer when they’re grown. Middle-aged women have long been advised to get active to lower their risk of breast cancer after menopause. …