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If you still haven't come up with any New Year's Eve plans, that doesn't mean you have to spend the evening watching the ball drop from your living room couch. Read More

The city of Somerton plans to switch to a four-day work week in most of its offices as a way to save money. Read More

By Allen Sykora Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Platinum and palladium futures are leading the precious-metals complex higher Thursday morning after a pair of exchange-traded funds for these metals in the U.S. moved one step closer to an eventual launch. Read More

(MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires 12-24-09 0830ET Copyright (c) 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 08:30 122409 (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires 12-24-09 0830ET Copyright (c) 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 08:30 122409 Corrected Dec. 24, 2009 08:42 ET (13:42 GMT) (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires 12-24-09 0830ET Copyright (c) 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 08:30 122409 By Luca Di Leo Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The number of laid-off workers filing new claims for jobless benefits fell by more than expected in the latest week, following two straight weekly increases, in another sign that the labor market is slowly healing. Read More

By Ian Berry Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Chicago Board of Trade corn futures are expected to open mixed Thursday in an abbreviated session before the Christmas holiday. Read More

By Bradley Davis Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The dollar remained down against the euro Thursday morning, but pared some of its earlier losses, after better-than-expected U.S. jobs data lent additional credence to an improving U.S. economy. Read More

The city's Poet Laureate, Valerie Martínez, and eleven Santa Fe families present mixed-media works of art and poetry that celebrate the breadth of community life in the capital city. Read More

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