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WASHINGTON – Inventories at U.S. wholesalers rose 0.8 percent in April, double Wall Street expectations, as automotive stocks swelled, government data showed on Wednesday. The Commerce Department (search) also revised up its March wholesale inventory (search) advance to 0.6 percent, from an originally reported 0.4 percent gain. Economists polled by …

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday turned away several appeals from broadcast and newspaper groups that sought to restore new government rules easing restrictions on media ownership. Without comment, justices let stand a lower court ruling that threw out the Federal Communications Commission (search) regulations as unjustified. The agency …

MOSCOW – Authorities have thwarted two attempts to break into Russian military nuclear facilities since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union (search), a Defense Ministry official said Wednesday. There have been no terrorist attacks on the facilities, but civilians twice tried unsuccessfully to gain illegal access, said Col. Gen. …