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BofA leads banks up; S&P 500 index ekes out gain

BofA leads banks up; S&P 500 index ekes out gain
By MATTHEW CRAFTAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America led a rally in big-bank stocks in mostly quiet trading on Monday. Stock indexes ended little changed following a record-setting run last week. News that Bank of America and MBIA, a bond-insurance company, had reached a settlement

Jailed protesters cast shadow on anti-Putin rally

Jailed protesters cast shadow on anti-Putin rally
By MAX SEDDONAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - About 20,000 protesters thronged Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin on Monday, a year after a protest at the same spot turned violent on the eve of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration. Monday's turnout - far less than the 100,000 or more

Jurors deliberate Arias fate amid spectacle

Jurors deliberate Arias fate amid spectacle
By BRIAN SKOLOFF and JOSH HOFFNERAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - It has become a real-life soap opera watched by people around the world and dozens of fanatics who camp out on a Phoenix sidewalk in the middle of the night to get into the show. One seat even sold for $200. A cable network has set up

Jurors deliberate Arias fate amid spectacle

Jurors deliberate Arias fate amid spectacle
By BRIAN SKOLOFF and JOSH HOFFNERAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - It has become a real-life soap opera watched by people around the world and dozens of fanatics who camp out on a Phoenix sidewalk in the middle of the night to get into the show. One seat even sold for $200. A cable network has set up

Are you a tax cheat if you shop online tax-free?

Are you a tax cheat if you shop online tax-free?
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Buy anything on the Internet lately without paying sales tax? In all but a few states, you're probably a tax cheat. That's right, even if Internet retailers don't collect sales tax at the time of the purchase, you're required

Are you a tax cheat if you shop online tax-free?

Are you a tax cheat if you shop online tax-free?
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Buy anything on the Internet lately without paying sales tax? In all but a few states, you're probably a tax cheat. That's right, even if Internet retailers don't collect sales tax at the time of the purchase, you're required

Are you a tax cheat if you shop online tax-free?

Are you a tax cheat if you shop online tax-free?
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Buy anything on the Internet lately without paying sales tax? In all but a few states, you're probably a tax cheat. That's right, even if Internet retailers don't collect sales tax at the time of the purchase, you're required

Bangladesh building-collapse toll tops 600

Bangladesh building-collapse toll tops 600
By FARID HOSSAINAssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - More than 600 bodies have been recovered from the garment-factory building that collapsed well over a week ago, police said Sunday as the grim recovery work continued in one of the worst industrial accidents ever. Police said Sunday night

Obama defends FBI handling of Boston investigation

Obama defends FBI handling of Boston investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is defending the FBI's handling of the Boston Marathon bombing investigation as Republicans ready for oversight hearings on the attack. Obama tells the Spanish-language television network Univision he doesn't think it's fair to say law

PepsiCo cuts ties with Lil Wayne over crude lyrics

PepsiCo cuts ties with Lil Wayne over crude lyrics
By CANDICE CHOI and CHRIS TALBOTTAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - PepsiCo is bowing to public pressure for the second time in a week and cutting ties with Lil Wayne over the rapper's crude lyrical reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till. Lil Wayne, one of the biggest stars in pop music,