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                 |                                                                               |   09/24/2012  |          |                 |              |                     |                 |                                    |                                   |     |         |    |            | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New voting laws in 23 of the 50 states   could keep more than 10 million Hispanic U.S. citizens from   registering and voting, a new study said on Sunday, a number   so large it could affect the outcome of the November 6 election. |              |     |                                |     |         |    |            | (Reuters) - Gasoline prices in the United States dropped four-tenths   of a cent over the past two weeks as crude oil prices fell,   ending a long stretch of sustained price increases, according   to a widely followed survey. |              |     |                  |                            |     |         |    |            | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Daniel McCune graduated from college   three years ago, he was optimistic his good grades would earn   him a job as an intelligence analyst with the government. |              |     |                  |                             |    |            | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - With an eye toward developing   a commercial spaceport, Florida has asked NASA to transfer 150   acres of land north of the shuttle launch pads and the shuttle   runway to Space Florida, the state's aerospace development agency. |              |     |                  |                             |    |            | (Reuters) - A double amputee in a wheelchair was shot and killed   by Houston police after threatening an officer with what turned   out to be a pen, local media reported on Sunday. |              |     |                  |                          |     |         |    |            | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Call it the Keystone of coal: a regulatory   and public relations battle between environmentalists and U.S.   coal miners akin to the one that has defined the Canada-to-Texas   oil pipeline. |              |     |                  |                             |    |            | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The giant panda cub born at the National   Zoo just one week ago died on Sunday, zoo officials said. |              |     |                  |                       |    |            | (Reuters) - Musicians at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra went   on strike after failing to reach an agreement on wages and healthcare   benefits, prompting the cancellation of a Saturday night concert,   the association that runs the orchestra said. |              |     |                                                       |    |            | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief of the Internal Revenue Service   will step down soon and, with no successor in sight, the IRS   is likely to head into a difficult 2013 tax-filing season led   by an interim boss. |              |     |                  |                                                                             |    |            | KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Mike Yoder's herd of dairy   cattle are living the sweet life. With corn feed scarcer and   costlier than ever, Yoder increasingly is looking for cheaper   alternatives -- and this summer he found a good deal on ice   cream sprinkles. |              |     |                  |                      |                          |                            |                        |                                            | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today |         |                  |                  |              |                          |                  |                                            | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today |         |                  |                  |          |              | » MORE NEWSLETTERS |            |                  |     |              |               |         
          
          
 
 
 
          
      
 
 
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