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Month: October 2011

Occupy Oakland encampment creates a community

Grassroots people and political activists create a community of tents, music, children, food and other activity in Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of City Hall, which they’ve renamed Oscar Grant Plaza. They are preparing to...

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Kansas grain elevator blast: 3 dead, 3 missing

Three people remained unaccounted for and two others were hospitalized in critical condition Sunday following an explosion at a grain elevator in northeast Kansas that killed three workers, authorities said. Among the missing...

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Canadian harvest cruises

An unusually warm, dry fall has made this one of the smoothest harvests in recent memory for Canadian farmers. Canada is the world’s leading exporter of spring wheat, durum, canola and malting barley — all of which are prominent...

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Cosco and China Shipping report losses

Two major carriers reported losses this week. Click on the headlines to read the full articles in the Journal of Commerce: Cosco Loses $325 Million, Reverses Year-Earlier Profit China Cosco Holdings, battered by weak bulk and...

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