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Stocks Advance as Crude Futures Dip

NEW YORK – Stocks bounced back Monday after oil prices threatened to keep them in the doldrums. Oil prices dropped away from a record high above $67, and light, sweet crude for September delivery fell 59 cents to settle at $66.27 a barrel on NYMEX. Investors welcomed the development, and …

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Pentagon Says Academies Aren't Confronting Sexual Harassment Properly

WASHINGTON – Hostile attitudes and inappropriate treatment of women persist at the U.S. Military Academy (search) at West Point and the Naval Academy (search), a Pentagon task force says in a new study. The panel called for better training of future officers at the academies, saying the value of women …

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Cartoon Network Unveils 'Tickle U.'

ATLANTA – Cartoon Network (search) is plenty popular with school-age children. Now they’re coming for the babies. Starting Monday, the Atlanta-based network begins a two-hour morning block of cartoons for preschoolers, even children under a year old. Other children’s networks already make programs for children that young, and Cartoon Network’s …

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