Animal rights activists rallied outside a courthouse before a judge set a preliminary hearing next month for a 24-year-old man accused of beheading and dismembering several dogs.

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Laid-off Atlantic City casino workers are getting some help with health care and insurance.

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A federal judge says a former soldier suing Burger King for swallowing needles in a sandwich should pay attorneys’ fees and costs to the defendants for not showing up at a settlement conference.

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A manufacturer of sapphire glass that Apple Inc. uses in iPhones plans to eliminate 727 jobs at an Arizona plant.

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State officials say a new Georgia distribution center planned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will create more than 400 jobs over the next three years.

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AMD says it is will cut 7 percent of its global workforce in an effort to improve its profitability.

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Google’s third-quarter earnings slipped 5 percent on higher expenses and as the Internet search leader absorbed a charge covering a mobile patent.

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New Jersey’s unemployment rate has dropped a tick for September as hiring elsewhere more than offset jobs lost as three Atlantic City casinos closed.

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Venture-capital firm Canaan Partners is announcing its tenth fund, Canaan X, which will bring total capital under management to more than $4.2 billion.

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New York City-based startup Paintzen also announced a $1.81 million seed round of funding.

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