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-Here’s Friday’s stock market stuff.

–GM is making a comeback.

-Longtime rivals Myspace and Facebook are teaming up.

-Two Round Rock schools were evacuated because of a very distant bomb threat.

-Our Federal Reserve Chairman is getting heat for his decision to add to the government’s debt.

-Another coal mine explosion trapped 27 in New Zealand.

-Congressman Charles Rangel is in trouble.

-Everybody’s making fun of Sarah Palin.

-And finally, there’s sexual innuendo in the new Harry Potter movie.

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This article appears in November 19 • 2010.

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