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BOGOTA, Colombia - Security gains and capitalist-friendly investment rules are spurring an unprecedented mining and oil boom in Colombia, a pro-business outpost on an increasingly leftist continent.

Text of President Barack Obama's first State of the Union speech, as prepared for delivery on Wednesday and provided by the White House.
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators on Wednesday tightened rules for money-market mutual funds to require them to hold some assets that could be easily converted to cash and to disclose new information on fund values.