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WASHINGTON - A top bank industry group Friday said it opposes an agreement between Citigroup Inc. and Democratic senators that would rewrite bankruptcy law to help troubled mortgage borrowers avoid foreclosure. The American Bankers Association said ...
• Alabama sheriff to give up profits from jail food
... he receives for food to actually feed prisoners in the county lockup, which holds about 300 men and women. That's a change from the past, when Bartlett — like other Alabama sheriffs — kept any profits generated by the kitchen under a state law ...
• Barkley to take leave of absence after DUI bust
From Lindsay Lohan to Frank Sinatra, a look at some of the stars who've run afoul of the law. PHOENIX - Charles Barkley is taking a leave of absence from the broadcast booth. The announcement by Turner Sports came Friday, hours after police said the ...
• Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich
The Illinois Supreme Court said Roland Burris' appointment is valid under state law even though Secretary of State Jesse White had refused to sign it. Burris, a former state attorney general who is not accused of wrongdoing, was turned away from the ...
• U.S. anthropologist set on fire by Afghan dies
The attack on Paula Loyd, 36, prompted an alleged revenge killing by one of Loyd's colleagues, who now faces the first murder charges ever filed against a military contractor in Afghanistan or Iraq under a 2000 law that allows such prosecutions. Don ...