A San Francisco newspaper has received a series of emails from a person claiming responsibility for a California woman’s abduction, including one demanding that police apologize to the woman for calling it a hoax.

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An eye-popping baseball record will be set even before the first pitch of the 2015 season is thrown.

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A California woman and her boyfriend say kidnappers entered their house in the middle of the night last week, abducted the woman and held her for ransom before releasing her two days later.

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The medical community has become united in its opposition to playing any role in capital punishment killings.

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One negative phrase can ‘turn off’ a customer or employee, make sure your business dictionary has omitted these.

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Stacy Lewis hit one of the most significant drives of her career, and it really didn’t matter where it landed.

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An improving job market drove U.S. consumer confidence higher this month after a dip in February.

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Fast-food labor organizers are expanding the scope of their campaign for $15 an hour and unionization, this time with a day of actions including college campuses.

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U.S. Steel plans to idle part of its Minntac plant in northeastern Minnesota, resulting in layoffs for about 680 workers.

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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says a big reason four of Atlantic City’s 12 casinos closed last year is the “exorbitant” payments they had to make to a union-run health insurance fund and an underfunded pension plan.

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