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NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI's announcement that it found additional emails linked to Hillary Clinton is having an impact on Wall Street. The disclosure came at about 1 p.m. Eastern Time and added a new note of uncertainty shortly before the election. The stock market gave up an early gain and wobbled to a slightly lower close. The Dow fell 8 points to 18,161. The S&P 500 lost over 6 points to close at 2,126. The Nasdaq fell more than 25 points to 5,190.
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil futures are down today. Benchmark U.S. crude fell $1.02, or 2.1 percent, to $48.70 a barrel in New York. That was its lowest price this month. Meanwhile, Brent crude, the international standard, lost 76 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $49.71 a barrel in London.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX is closer to understanding last month's rocket explosion at its launch pad. The company already had targeted the rocket's helium system as being breached. Today, SpaceX says the investigation has been further narrowed to one of the pressurized helium containers, located in the second-stage oxygen tank. SpaceX says more tests are planned to identify the precise cause. The company still aims to resume launches by year's end.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters will be the first in the nation to decide whether to amend their state constitution to prohibit sales taxes from being expanded to services such as auto repairs, haircuts, legal work and financial accounting. The proposal on the Nov. 8 ballot is a backlash against efforts in numerous cash-hungry states that have considered extending sales taxes beyond goods to keep pace with the service-based economy.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A California woman awarded more than $70 million in her talcum powder lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson says she's pleased by the ruling, but it doesn't make up for the damage to her health. She made the comments after a St. Louis jury decided in her favor. She says she used Johnson's Baby Power for 45 years before being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012. J&J says science has shown no link with talcum powder and it plans to appeal.
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