Oil at 4-year lows below $44 on dire economic news (AP via Yahoo! News)

Oil prices were steady near four-year lows below $44 a barrel Friday in Asia as more bad U.S. economic news soured the outlook for global growth and demand for crude.

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Scripps puts Rocky Mountain News up for sale (AP via Yahoo! News)

The Rocky Mountain News, Colorado's oldest newspaper, was put up for sale Thursday after its owner, E.W. Scripps Co., said it lost about $11 million on the business in the first nine months of the year.

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NBC News announces layoffs; Correspondents let go (AP via Yahoo! News)

Several correspondents and other staff were laid off at NBC News this week as part of $500 million in planned cuts at General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal, according to a person familiar with the situation.

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Scripps putting Rocky Mountain News up for sale (AP via Yahoo! News)

E.W. Scripps Co. says it's putting the Rocky Mountain News up for sale after losing $11 million on the Denver operation in the first nine months of the year.

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Rocky Mountain News for sale (Denver Post)

Publisher E.W. Scripps Co. is putting its flagship newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News, up for sale in a move to stem major financial losses. Newspaper analysts said that the prospect of selling the News may be slim and that Thursday's announcement could be a prelude to shutting the paper down.

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Dead wood or dead good... How will you score in our news quiz? (BBC News)

Northern Ireland news quiz

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Oil hits near 4-year low on weak economic news (AP via Yahoo! News)

Oil prices sank Thursday to lows last seen nearly four years ago as more bleak news from the world's largest economy boosted views that crude could tumble below $40 by the end of the year.

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