News Corp. board approves $5 billion deal to buy Dow Jones

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Just moving this evening on the AP wire: this story from AP business writer Seth Sutel reporting that Rupert Murdoch is closer to his goal of owning Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. after the board of his News Corp. media conglomerate signed off on the $5 billion deal today.

-- Caryn Rousseau