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Pension insurer runs record $34B deficit
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal agency that insures pensions for more than 40 million Americans last year ran the widest deficit in its 38-year history.
Sex offender was festival volunteer at San Jose Catholic church school
SAN JOSE (AP) - A California registered sex offender convicted of molesting a relative was caught volunteering at a Catholic elementary school festival, but he was not arrested because he had a permission letter from a church official.
Oakland tries to avoid federal takeover of police department
OAKLAND (AP) - A federal judge has ordered city officials to negotiate with two lawyers who want the embattled Oakland Police Department to become the first in the nation to be taken over by the federal government.
BP agrees to pay $4.5B; 3 employees charged
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A day of reckoning arrived for BP on Thursday as the oil giant agreed to plead guilty to a raft of charges in the deadly Gulf of Mexico spill and pay a record $4.5 billion, including the biggest criminal fine in U.S. history. Three BP employees were also charged, two of them with manslaughter.
Govt files charges in 'business opportunity' scams
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has filed criminal and civil charges against several individuals and companies accused of ripping off unemployed and other vulnerable people with work-at-home and other business scams.
Wal-Mart and Target: A tale of 2 discounters for this holiday season
NEW YORK (AP) - This holiday season, the biggest discount chains in the U.S. will tell the tale of two very different shoppers: those that have and those that have not.
FDA probe: Were deaths linked to energy drink?
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health authorities are investigating reports of 13 deaths possibly linked to so-called energy shots and cautioning consumers to talk to their doctors before they take them or other energy drinks.
Automakers bet on pickup surge
DETROIT (AP) - Auto companies are betting on a surge in pickup sales now that home building is on the rise.
Facebook jumps on biggest lock-up expiration day
MENLO PARK (AP) - Facebook's stock is up more than 7 percent despite expectations that it would fall because more than 850 million additional shares in the company are being freed up for sale.
Sandy, careful consumers lower retail sales
WASHINGTON (AP) - Superstorm Sandy combined with cautious consumers to lower retail sales in October and raise concerns about weaker economic growth and a tepid holiday shopping season.
Lawyer sues Microsoft over Surface tablet storage; says its only ½ of what was promised
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California lawyer is suing Microsoft Corp., claiming the Surface tablet he bought doesn't have all the storage space the company advertised.
Diamond Foods restates results, shares tumble
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Diamond Foods Inc. effectively wiped away $56.5 million in profit from its books Wednesday after it restated two full years of results.
Starbucks has a new caffeine addiction: tea
NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks wants to make the tea shop as ubiquitous as its namesake cafes.
Zynga CFO Wehner deflects to Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Zynga's finance chief is leaving the troubled online game company to join Facebook.
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Apple says plaintiffs’ iPods not covered by suit
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - For want of an iPod, a billion-dollar lawsuit may be in jeopardy.
Medicare Advantage enrollment deadline looms
Millions of Medicare Advantage customers are fast approaching a deadline for a task they'd rather avoid: Researching and then settling on coverage plans for 2015.
Air bag maker balks at coast-to-coast recall
WASHINGTON (AP) - Japan's Takata Corp. rejected federal regulators' demand Wednesday for an expanded, nationwide recall of millions of air bags, setting up a possible legal showdown and leaving some drivers to wonder about the safety of their cars.
House OKs bill to widen federal help for disabled
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a bipartisan show of unity, the House overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday to allow Americans with disabilities to open tax-free bank accounts to pay for expenses from education to housing and health care.
Girl Scouts byting into digital for cookie sales
NEW YORK (AP) - Watch out world, the Girl Scouts are going digital to sell you cookies.
Cyber Monday gives retailers sales bump
NEW YORK (AP) - Cyber Monday is turning into Cyber Month.
Death toll from GM ignition switches rises to 36
DETROIT (AP) - At least 36 people have died and 44 have been seriously injured in crashes involving General Motors cars with defective ignition switches.
Black Friday gets a little less frenzied
NEW YORK (AP) - Black Friday seemed a little less crazy this year.
Kickoff to Christmas: Thinner crowds, protests, alcohol
NEW YORK (AP) - Black Friday shoppers are starting to look like procrastinators.
Plunging crude prices hammer energy companies
NEW YORK (AP) - A decision by OPEC this week to maintain current levels of oil production hammered major energy companies in the U.S. and abroad.
US appeals WTO ruling against national meat labels
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is appealing a World Trade Organization decision that would make it harder for U.S. consumers to know where meat in the grocery store came from.
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