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Olive Garden, LongHorn workers sue company

MIAMI - Darden Restaurants violated federal labor laws by underpaying thousands of servers across the country at Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Red Lobster and other eateries, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of the workers.


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Obama accepts party's nomination for second term

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - His re-election in doubt, President Barack Obama conceded only halting progress Thursday night toward fixing the nation's stubborn economic woes, but vowed in a Democratic National Convention finale, "Our problems can be solved, our challenges can be met." -á


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Jury convicts Drew Peterson of 3rd wife's death

JOLIET, Ill. - Jurors convicted Drew Peterson of murdering his third wife Thursday, capping a sensational, five-year legal saga that began after the swaggering former Illinois police officer's fourth wife vanished.



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Obama to sketch path forward after Clinton pitch

President Barack Obama goes before the Democratic National Convention and the nation on Thursday for a capstone speech designed not just to persuade undecided voters to swing his way in a tight election but to put fire in the belly of his supporters and get them to come out on Election Day.



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President Barack Obama ready to sketch path forward for nation

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - President Barack Obama goes before the Democratic National Convention and the nation on Thursday for a capstone speech designed not just to persuade undecided voters to swing his way but to put fire in the belly of his supporters.


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Feds vow to prove gross negligence by BP

The Justice Department is urging a federal judge to ignore BP's assertion that the Gulf Coast's natural resources are making a "robust recovery" from its massive 2010 oil spill.



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Jurors at Peterson murder trial review evidence

Jurors at Drew Peterson's murder trial asked Wednesday to review several pieces of evidence as they deliberated whether the former suburban Chicago police sergeant murdered his third wife.


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Ind. legislators want to defend immigration law

INDIANAPOLIS - Three state senators say Indiana's attorney general effectively nullified their votes when he opted not to defend sections of a state immigration law he said were rendered invalid when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down similar sections of an Arizona law.






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