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Hotel owner finds gold
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TRENTHAM, Australia, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The owner of a historic hotel in central Victoria, Australia, says she found a gold nugget in a fireplace.
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PacifiCare faces $9.9B in fines in Calif.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- California regulators accuse PacifiCare of violating state law almost 1 million times and propose fines of up to $9.9 billion, court records show.
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Oil prices make slight gains Tuesday
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices rose slightly in New York Tuesday, but held under $74 per barrel as concern over a stalled recovery continues to dominate economic news.
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Farmers/foresters: Healthiest behaviors
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Farmers and foresters lead all occupations in healthy behaviors such as eating healthy and exercising, a U.S. survey indicates.
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Japanese journalist freed in Afghanistan
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A Japanese freelance journalist freed after being held 6 months denied Afghan claims his kidnappers were Taliban insurgents.
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Grain futures mixed Tuesday in Chicago
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CHICAGO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Grain futures closed mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade Tuesday as the dollar index surged 1.03 percent.
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Corn keeps ahead of five-year average
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. corn harvest is under way, with 6 percent done after a hot summer put the crop's progress ahead of its historic averages, the government said.
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Cameron aide to be questioned
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LONDON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The former editor of News of the World, now British Prime Minister David Cameron's press secretary, faces police questioning, a top official said Tuesday.
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Minor injuries in Ohio auto plant blast
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TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- An explosion at an automotive supplier plant for Chrysler in Ohio has injured nine people, none of them seriously, authorities said.
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Barclays picks Diamond as next CEO
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LONDON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- British banking giant Barclays Tuesday said Robert Diamond will replace Chief Executive Officer John Varley at the end of March.
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Heavy death toll among Iraqi journalists
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- More reporters and journalists have been killed in Iraq since 2003 than in any conflict since World War II, Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday.
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Japan, China protest ship collisions
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TOKYO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Japan and China exchanged protests after collisions between vessels off the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands Tuesday, officials said.
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Banks in Japan, Australia maintain rates
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TOKYO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The Bank of Japan said Tuesday it would keep its overnight bank-to-bank lending rate near zero, at 0.1 percent, during a mixed economic recovery.
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N. Korea to free fishing boat, crew
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SEOUL, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- North Korean officials said Monday they will free a South Korean squid fishing boat and its seven-member crew.
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Gilad Shalit's father: 'Bring him back'
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The parents of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit said they were disappointed after meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to discuss their son's plight.
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