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By Cara Baruzzi Register Business Editor
In reporting May home prices Tuesday, a closely watched national housing price index posted its biggest year-over-year decline ever, but area real estate experts said the Greater New Haven market is holding up better than that data indicates.
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By Jeremiah Johnke
jjohnke@wyomingnews.com
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By Jeremiah Johnke
jjohnke@wyosports.net
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YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
GRANGER -- Andrew Reddout and Christian Ochoa posted double- doubles Tuesday night as unbeaten Granger subdued Cashmere 64-56 in a non-league matchup of highly-ranked Class 1A teams.
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ELLSWORTH - James Potter hit a two-run double and two singles to help spark the Bucksport Golden Bucks to a 13-6 high school baseball victory over the Ellsworth Eagles Tuesday.
Shawn Smith posted a two-run double and a single for the 7-2 Golden Bucks. Evan Eldridge hit a three-run home run while Mike Cummings added three singles.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Sixteen of Illinois' 102 counties are experiencing severe drought after a summer of hot temperatures and little rain, according to the agency that tracks the country's drought conditions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor reclassified the drought conditions in 16 central Illinois counties as "severe" in its most recent drought map, which was posted Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - Delta Air Lines hastily changed its baggage fees for troops Wednesday after a YouTube video showed soldiers complaining that they had to pay $200 apiece to check extra bags as they made their way home from Afghanistan.
The video was posted Tuesday and was viewed almost 200,000 times before it was removed by the person who put it up. By Wednesday afternoon, a Facebook page called Boycott Delta for Soldiers had sprung up, and the airline was backpedaling and apologizing to the soldiers.
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A story in Sports Illustrated challenges Lance Armstrong's statements that he cut ties to a controverisal Italian doctor and training adviser who has long been accused of helping cyclists cheat.
In a report posted Tuesday on its website, the magazine previewed a longer investigative piece that will appear in this week's issue.
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The Democratic primary forced its winner, acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, to spend himself down to the nub, ending a $1.9 million election campaign with just $29,183 in bank and $9,124 in unpaid bills, according to campaign finance filings posted Tuesday.
Republican primary winner Bill Maloney finished with $87,868, but only after he mostly self-funded his campaign. Maloney loaned himself $50,000 on May 26, the last day of the reporting period covered by the recent finance filing.
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A new tourism website advertises the New River Valley with maps, lists, links and outdoor action photos.
The site, www.explore newrivervalley.com, was posted Tuesday.