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    Visa, MasterCard, banks in $7.25 billion retail settlement

    Visa Inc, MasterCard Inc and banks that issue their credit cards have agreed to a $7.25 billion settlement with U.S. retailers in a lawsuit over the fixing of credit and debit card fees in what could be the largest antitrust settlement in U.S. history. More »Visa, MasterCard, banks in $7.25 billion retail settlement

    U.S. President Obama campaigns in Green Run High School in Virginia Beach

    Obama: 'We get Virginia, we win'

    Seeking to hold on to the state he turned from solidly red to blue, President Obama told … More »Obama: 'We get Virginia, we win'

    FILE - In this July 11, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Houston, Texas. President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney's campaigns traded accusations of lying Thursday, ratcheting up an already heated race for the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

    Mitt Romney wants an apology

    Mitt Romney disputed reports that he worked for Bain Capital longer than he had publicly … More »Mitt Romney wants an apology

    • FILE - In this Dec. 5, 1996 file photo, Sylvester Stallone, left, star of the film "Daylight," arrives at the film's world premiere with his girlfriend Jennifer Flavin, center, and his son Sage Stallone, who co-stars in the film, in Hollywood district of Los Angeles. A publicist for Sylvester Stallone says the actor's son, Sage Stallone has died on Friday, July 13, 2012, at age 36. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
      Sylvester Stallone's son found dead at 36 @ Yahoo! Movies - 4 hrs ago

      Sage Moonblood Stallone, the 36-year-old son of Sylvester Stallone who starred alongside his father in "Rocky V," was found dead in his Hollywood apartment on Friday. More »Sylvester Stallone's son found dead at 36

      FILE - In this Dec. 5, 1996 file photo, Sylvester Stallone, left, star of the film "Daylight," arrives at the film's world premiere with his girlfriend Jennifer Flavin, center, and his son Sage Stallone, who co-stars in the film, in Hollywood district of Los Angeles. A publicist for Sylvester Stallone says the actor's son, Sage Stallone has died on Friday, July 13, 2012, at age 36. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

      Sage Moonblood Stallone, the 36-year-old son of Sylvester Stallone who starred alongside his father in "Rocky V," was found dead in his Hollywood apartment on Friday.

    • Obama staffer
      Staffer dies at Obama's Chicago HQ The Ticket - 5 hrs ago

      Tragedy struck President Barack Obama's campaign on Friday as a young staffer, 29-year-old Alex Okrent, collapsed in the Chicago headquarters and died, according to campaign officials. Obama, campaigning in Virginia, telephoned … More »Staffer dies at Obama's Chicago HQ

      Obama staffer

      Tragedy struck President Barack Obama's campaign on Friday as a young staffer, 29-year-old Alex Okrent, collapsed in the Chicago headquarters and died, according to campaign officials. Obama, campaigning in Virginia, telephoned Okrent's family to express his condolences and later spoke with other campaign aides by conference …

    • In this June 27, 2012 photograph, anti-abortion advocates stand outside Mississippi's only abortion clinic, singing and praying for their patients, and "counseling" them to reject abortion. Mississippi could soon become the only state without an abortion clinic because of a new law taking effect July 1. Critics say the law would force women to drive hours across the state line to obtain a constitutionally protected procedure, or could even force some to carry unwanted pregnancies to term.The clinic's owner, Jackson Women's Health Organization, sued Wednesday, in a federal lawsuit to stop a law that it says will effectively ban abortion in the state and endanger women's health by limiting access to the procedure. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
      Mississippi's only abortion clinic spared AP - 6 hrs ago

      A federal judge upheld Mississippi's anti-abortion law Friday but said the state's only clinic can stay open and will not face any penalties as it tries to comply with the new mandate. More »Mississippi's only abortion clinic spared

      In this June 27, 2012 photograph, anti-abortion advocates stand outside Mississippi's only abortion clinic, singing and praying for their patients, and "counseling" them to reject abortion. Mississippi could soon become the only state without an abortion clinic because of a new law taking effect July 1. Critics say the law would force women to drive hours across the state line to obtain a constitutionally protected procedure, or could even force some to carry unwanted pregnancies to term.The clinic's owner, Jackson Women's Health Organization, sued Wednesday, in a federal lawsuit to stop a law that it says will effectively ban abortion in the state and endanger women's health by limiting access to the procedure. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

      A federal judge upheld Mississippi's anti-abortion law Friday but said the state's only clinic can stay open and will not face any penalties as it tries to comply with the new mandate.

    • Chavez: Venezuela is no threat, Obama is a 'good guy' Reuters - 5 hrs ago
      Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gestures during a visit to an industrial complex in the state of Anzoategui

      President Hugo Chavez denied on Friday that Venezuela was a threat to anyone, after U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney criticized Barack Obama for playing down the risk posed by the socialist leader. Obama told a Spanish-language television station in an interview screened this week that Chavez's actions over recent …

    • Colorado says dentist put thousands at HIV risk from reused syringes Reuters - 2 hrs 33 mins ago

      DENVER (Reuters) - A suspended Colorado dentist reused syringes and needles in his now-shuttered practice, potentially exposing thousands of patients to HIV and hepatitis infection, health officials warned on Friday. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment sent letters to 8,000 patients of dentist Stephen …

    • Autistic hiker survives 3 weeks in Utah desert AP - 7 hrs ago
      Autistic man found alive after 3 weeks in Utah desert

      The father of a 28-year-old autistic man who barely survived three weeks in remote southern Utah says his son was an experienced mountaineer but was out of his element in the harsh desert.

    • Australia surfer killed by shark AFP - 1 hr 4 mins ago
      Sharks are common in Australian waters but deadly attacks are rare

      A surfer has been killed in a savage shark attack off Australia's west coast Saturday, officials said, the fifth such fatality in the region in less than a year.

    • U.S. investigates whether JPMorgan traders hid losses Reuters - 9 hrs ago
      People are seen in the lobby of JP Morgan Chase's international headquarters on Park Avenue in New York

      U.S. federal investigators are looking at whether JPMorgan Chase & Co traders hid trading losses that have since grown to $5.8 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter, after the bank said its own probe found reason for suspicion. JPMorgan, the largest U.S. bank, said it believes it will lose at most another …

    • Film producer Richard D. Zanuck dies, age 77 Reuters - 9 hrs ago
      Producer Dean Zanuck poses with his father Richard D. Zanuck at the gala presentation for the film "Get Low" at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto

      Hollywood movie producer Richard D. Zanuck, whose films include Oscar winner "Driving Miss Daisy," died on Friday of a heart attack, his spokesman said in a statement. He was 77. "Richard D. Zanuck, one of the film industry's most progressive and distinguished leaders died today (Friday, July 13th) of a heart attack in …

    • Uzbek man gets more than 15 years for Obama threat AP - 10 hrs ago
      FILE - This is an undated handout photo from the Shelby County (USA) Sheriff's Dept picturing 22-year-old Ulugbek Kodirov. A federal judge in Alabama on Friday, July 13, 2012 sentenced Kodirov to 188 months in prison for a plot to kill President Obama. He pleaded guilty to threatening to kill the president, providing material support to terrorism, and unlawfully possessing a firearm. (AP Photo/Shelby County Sheriff's Dept., File)

      An Uzbek man who came to America pursuing an Ivy League medical degree but wound up working seven days a week at a mall kiosk in Alabama was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison Friday for plotting to kill President Barack Obama.

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