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  • Asian stock markets were mixed in early trading Friday after the Standard & Poor"s 500 index closed at a 17-month high with investors worried about inflationary pressures in Chinafrom Channel 7
  • Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich"s attorneys asked a federal judge Thursday to postpone his corruption trial... saying so many uncertainties surround the charges it would be "playing Russian Roulette" with his future if the court went ahead with the June 3 start datefrom Channel 7
  • A Toyota executive said Thursday the company is "mystified" by a report that a California man"s Prius gas pedal became stuck and caused the car to speed out of control on a California freewayfrom Channel 7
  • Records obtained by The Associated Press show a convicted sex offender charged with killing a 17-year-old San Diego County girl could have been sent back to prison in 2007 for violating his parolefrom Channel 7
  • A woman whose car plunged off a bridge into the murky Los Angeles River was fighting for her life Thursday after being submerged for nearly a half-hour until divers rescued her... officials saidfrom Channel 7
  • Citigroup Inc. is poised to return to "sustained profitability" as it sheds risky assets and focuses on emerging markets... CEO Vikram Pandit said Thursdayfrom Channel 7
  • Two Vermont utilities signed an agreement Thursday on a 26-year deal to buy power from Canadian provincial utility Hydro-Quebec... replacing contracts that expire beginning in 2012from Channel 7
  • President Barack Obama sought Thursday to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years... calling the effort imperative to putting people back to work. But doubts remain about how many net jobs his trade agenda will create - and how he will get it done.from Channel 7
  • BP is expanding its dominant oil and gas operations in the Gulf Mexico and dropping anchor off Brazil with a $7 billion deal to buy exploration rights from Devon Energy.from Channel 7
  • President Barack Obama sought Thursday to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years... calling the effort imperative to putting people back to work. But doubts remain about how many net jobs his trade agenda will create - and how he will get it donefrom Channel 7
  • Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth - gradually.from Channel 7
  • China"s inflation rose in February amid galloping growth and demand for scarce labor... increasing pressure on Beijing to ease off its stimulus while keeping a recovery going in the world"s third-largest economyfrom Channel 7