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Mr Knight said the pair had been kept in a cage that had been welded shut for more than 10 years.

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If Russia is unable to refine, store or export its oil output, it would have to start shutting down wells—which would take many of them offline permanently, he added.

Figuring out the path of inflation from here gets dicier, especially if the federal government remains shut down.

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It’s the first time in history… that any party has had the audacity to shut down the government over a clean CR.

County Superior Court Judge Terry Bork directed the company to shut down the scrap yard for good and sign a land covenant that would prohibit future recycling on the site.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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