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ING agrees to forfeit $619 million

Amsterdam-based ING Bank N.V. agreed Tuesday to forfeit $619 million to the Justice Department and the New York County District Attorney´s Office for conspiring to illegally move billions of dollars through the U.S. financial system on behalf of sanctioned Cuban and Iranian entities.

It is the largest ever forfeiture against ...

Bill for normal trade with Russia meets opposition

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate plan to lift Cold War restrictions on trade with Russia drew immediate resistance from Senate Republicans who said Congress must first address Russia's poor human rights record and existing economic and political policies....

Bill for normal trade with Russia meets opposition

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate plan to lift Cold War restrictions on trade with Russia drew immediate resistance from Senate Republicans who said Congress must first address Russia's poor human rights record and existing economic and political policies....

Vatican says U.S. nuns must promote church teachings

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican insisted after a high level meeting Tuesday that American nuns must faithfully promote age-old church teachings, after the women were accused by Rome of flouting core doctrine and taking an overly liberal "feminist" bent.

Sister Pat Farrell and Sister Janet Mock, respectively president and ...

Doctors: Face-chewing victim 'awake and alert'

MIAMI — A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack along a busy Miami street is now 'awake and alert," according to doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center.

A photograph shown to reporters Tuesday portrayed Ronald Poppo walking down a hospital hallway, ...

Holder resists calls to resign in testy Senate hearing

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:23
Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday rejected a GOP call to resign, telling a heated Senate hearing that Republicans were trying to score political points instead of addressing significant issues.
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Florida defies DOJ with voter roll purge

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:23
CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to Florida Rep. Tom Rooney about the politics of purging the state's voter rolls.
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Romney attacks Obama on health care

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:23
At a rally in Orlando, Mitt Romney went after President Obama's healthcare plan and says he would repeal it.
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THE RACE: Obama, Romney ramp up economic battle

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:23
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are sharpening their economic talking points....
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