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'Lady A' fetes students in tornado-hit Ind. town
The Grammy Award-winning country music trio Lady Antebellum performed a "mini-prom" for students of a southern Indiana town that was devastated by a tornado in early March.
Facebook feeds hungry IPO investors more shares
With investors hungry for Facebook shares ahead of a hotly anticipated offering, the social network unveiled a 25 percent increase Wednesday in the number of shares to be sold at the market debut.
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Bodemeister 8-5 morning line favorite in Preakness
Just like in the Kentucky Derby, Bodemeister is the favorite in the Preakness.
Clemens accuser McNamee: 'I didn't make it up'
Roger Clemens' lawyer toyed with Brian McNamee's memory and attacked him from several directions at once. The attorney even put an easel next to the witness with the words: "MISTAKE. BAD MEMORY. LIE." Eventually, there came the inevitable question: "Do you sometimes just make stuff up?"
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Remains of the Day: Walk the walk, talk the talk
Environmental activists want Apple to clean up its cloud act, Cupertino wants to silence Siri complainers, and a noted screenwriter gets ready to put words in Steve Jobs's mouth.
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Nostalgic viewers turn out for housewives' exit
For one last time, a crowd turned out to watch the goings-on on Wisteria Lane.
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Fears over Greece's political and financial crisis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed lower in a choppy session on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 logging its fourth straight decline as investors worried about Greece's future as a member of the euro zone. Early U.S. gains were erased after the European Central Bank said it had stopped providing liquidity to some Greek banks that had not been recapitalized. The ECB's move caused some market confusion, adding to volatility as traders have a quick trigger finger when it comes to news about Greece. ...
Shareholders sue JPMorgan Chase over trading loss
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co was the target of two separate lawsuits by shareholders on Wednesday, accusing the bank and its management of excessive risk that led to trading losses of at least $2 billion. A spokesman for JPMorgan Chase declined to comment on the lawsuits, which were filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, days after Chief Executive Jamie Dimon's May 10 statement that a "failed hedging strategy" caused the massive loss over the last month. ...
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