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  TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar firmed against the U.S. dollar for a fourth straight day on Thursday as a Spanish bond sale saw decent demand and a liquidity move by major central banks raised
• Dollar General Beats, Boosts and Announces a Buyback
  Deep discount retailer Dollar General (DG) posted a gain in fiscal third quarter earnings today. [...]
• American sentenced to prison for Thai royal insult
  An American who translated a banned biography of Thailand's king and posted the content online while living in Colorado was sentenced to two and a half years in a Thai prison Thursday for defaming the
• Gingrich brushes off Freddie, leads Republican race: poll
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has roared into the lead of the Republican nominating race, brushing off concerns about his work for a troubled housing company, a Reuters/I
• Police in LA, Philly raid Occupy camps
  Police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia stormed Occupy Wall Street encampments under darkness Wednesday to arrest or drive out some of the longest-lasting protesters since crackdowns ended similar occu