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Calderon: Violence price worth paying in drug war

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Funk band War tells PepsiCo they're not friends

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Discounts spur surprising Aug. retail sales gains

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Most Asian stocks rise on improving US data

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Dell's enterprise challenge remains after 3Par

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Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC

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Time Warner Cable gets ESPN3.com in new deal

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