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Key services are being restored to the Canterbury region after the devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake

DE SOTO, Mo. (AP) -- Funeral services will be held next week for a soldier from eastern Missouri who was killed in Afghanistan. Army Staff Sgt. James Ide of De Soto was one of seven U.S. troops killed in weekend attacks. He died of wounds sustained in an insurgent attack at Hyderabad, Afghanistan.

Funeral services for Bob Harrell will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Northbridge Baptist Church. Burial will be at Live Oak Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at J. Henry Stuhr, West Ashley Chapel. ...

Visitation and funeral services have been set for Pete Lyday, a longtime Port Arthur businessman who died Thursday.

Visitation and funeral services have been set for Pete Lyday, a longtime Port Arthur business man who died Thursday.

Services Growth Slows In August, ISM Says

The services sector was 'sluggish' in August, but rose slightly after the withdrawal of fiscal stimulus.

U.K. services growth slowed in August, Markit Economics and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply said in a statement today in London. A gauge of services activity dropped to 51.3 from 53.1 in July, the lowest since April 2009.

The expansion of Ireland's services sector slowed in August but companies remained confident about future prospects and recorded rising orders from both home and abroad, a survey showed today.

Activity in the services sector was "sluggish" in August, rising slightly in the wake of the gradual withdrawal of fiscal stimulus, a report shows.