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SPOKANE, Wash. – Gay activists in this staid Washington city are planning to create a neighborhood of gay-oriented homes, businesses and nightlife — a development religious conservatives contend would clash with Spokane’s family-centered culture. “A gay mecca is not what we’d like to see Spokane marketed as,” said Penny Lancaster, …

WASHINGTON – U.S. construction spending (search) fell unexpectedly by 0.4 percent in November, as a cooling in residential construction overpowered a small rise in public spending, a government report showed on Monday. Construction put in place in November decreased to a $1.013 trillion annual rate, compared with an upwardly revised …

TRENTON, N.J. – Aerospace and high-tech manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. (HON) said Wednesday it will trim 2,000 jobs from its aerospace division, as it reported adjusted second-quarter profit grew 29 percent on surging sales even as a one-time charge for repatriating foreign earnings depressed net income. Honeywell Chief Financial Officer …