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Forrester Probed for Having Too Much Influence

TRENTON, N.J. – Republican Douglas Forrester (search) has spent millions of his own dollars running for governor and supporting GOP candidates, but he is now fighting questions about whether that spending violated a New Jersey law designed to prevent undue corporate influence. Forrester holds a 51 percent ownership interest in …

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Barnes & Noble Hurt by Harry Potter Discounts

NEW YORK – Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) posted disappointing second-quarter sales on Thursday, hurt by heavy discounting on Harry Potter (search) books and store closings, pushing shares of the No. 1 U.S. bookseller down 3 percent. The company’s sales rose just 6 percent, to $1.17 billion. Analysts had been …

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Rangers' Kenny Rogers Reinstated by Arbitrator

NEW YORK – Kenny Rogers (search) was reinstated Tuesday when an arbitrator ruled that commissioner Bud Selig (search) went too far by suspending the Texas pitcher for 20 games and fining him $50,000 for shoving two cameramen. Rogers has already sat out 12 games. He will return to the Rangers …

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