Official: Escaped Fla. prisoners captured
Two convicts freed from prison by phony documents were captured without incident.Read More ...
Source: JPMorgan reaches tentative $13 billion settlement
JPMorgan
Chase & Co has reached a tentative $13 billion agreement with
the U.S. Justice Department to settle government agency investigations
into bad mortgage loans the bank sold to investors before the financial
crisis, a source said on Saturday. The tentative deal does not release
the bank from criminal liability for some of the mortgages it packaged
into bonds and sold to investors, a factor that had been a major
sticking point in the discussions, the source said. ...Read More ...
AP sources: 476,000 Obamacare applications filed
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Administration officials say about 476,000 health insurance
applications have been filed through federal and state exchanges, the
most detailed measure yet of the problem-plagued rollout of President
Barack Obama's signature legislation.Read More ...
Train kills 2 track workers amid SF Bay strike
OAKLAND,
Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area commuter train returning from
routine maintenance struck and killed two workers who were inspecting
the tracks Saturday afternoon — an accident that comes amid a strike
that has shut the Bay Area Rapid Transit system down to riders for the
past few days.Read More ...
Syria's civil war plays out on social media
BEIRUT
(AP) — Amid all the bloodshed, confusion and deadlock of Syria's civil
war, one fact is emerging after 2½ years — no conflict ever has been
covered this way.Read More ...
Ga. to review tough death penalty provision
ATLANTA
(AP) — The state that was the first to pass a law prohibiting the
execution of mentally disabled death row inmates is revisiting a
requirement for defendants to prove the disability beyond a reasonable
doubt — the strictest burden of proof in the nation.Read More ...
AP source: Govt, JPMorgan reach tentative deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has tentatively agreed to pay $13 billion to settle allegations surrounding the quality of mortgage-backed securities it sold in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, a person familiar with the negotiations between the bank and the federal government said Saturday.
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Red Sox beat Tigers 5-2 to advance to World Series
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox are going back to the World Series for the third time in 10 seasons.Read More ...
World Series: Fresh-faced Cards vs bearded Bosox
Big Papi, Dustin Pedroia and the bearded guys from Boston. Michael Wacha, Trevor Rosenthal and those fresh mugs from St. Louis.Read More ...
AP PHOTOS: Georgia Bull Run draws 3,000 daredevils
Some
3,000 daredevils decked out in white outfits and red scarves dodged
bulls at a Georgia horse park to get a taste of the running of the
bulls, as made famous in Spain.Read More ...
Argentine commuter train slams into station, again
BUENOS
AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A commuter train slammed into the bumper at the
end of the line Saturday at the same station in Argentina's capital
where 52 people were killed in a similar crash last year. This time
there was no immediate report of deaths, but at least 80 people were
injured.Read More ...
Vols top No. 11 South Carolina 23-21 on final play
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Michael Palardy lived up to his word.Read More ...
Kenya mall attack echoes 1980 hotel bombing
Flames
and smoke, the whoop of sirens, the flicker of ambulance lights and
uniformed men shouting in darkness. These are my childhood memories of
the chaotic aftermath of a hotel bombing in Kenya's capital on New
Year's Eve, 1980.Read More ...
Families urge escaped Fla. killers to surrender
ORLANDO,
Fla. (AP) — Family members and friends of two convicted killers freed
from prison with fake paperwork initially thought their release was
legitimate and spent time with them, even planning a birthday party for
one.Read More ...
Titanic violin sells for over $1.6M at auction
LONDON
(AP) — A violin believed to have been played on the Titanic before the
doomed vessel sank was auctioned for more than 1 million pounds ($1.6
million) Saturday, a fantastic figure which one collector said may never
be beaten.Read More ...
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