It started as a family joke: Facing snowballing medical expenses for their two young disabled children, Gregg and Brittiny Peters quipped they might need to sell everything they owned to stay solvent. As the bills tipped $10,000, however, the idea was no…

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It’s 7 a.m. in Indianapolis and the city’s residents are clearing their bleary eyes and snow-covered driveways. A few miles north of downtown, the activity is already bustling. Butler’s soccer team is stretching at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The football team works…

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Butler’s rapid rise follows familiar pattern

In a courtroom where victims denounced him and still-devoted parishioners embraced him, a former Roman Catholic priest was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for molesting a boy in the late 1980s. George Miller, 70, of Oxnard, had pleaded guilty to…

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sears Holdings , which operates Kmart and Sears department stores, laid off 300 corporate workers on Friday, following similar moves by Target and Best Buy as consumer spending crumbles.

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A former Hyundai executive is being extradited from South Korea to face felony charges from a 2005 wreck that killed a motorcyclist. Youn Bum Lee, 41, was arrested in Seoul in December and was to arrive Friday at Los Angeles International Airport. District…

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The country’s leading doping lab is testing syringes and vials Roger Clemens’ former personal trainer gave federal investigators to determine whether the items contain traces of performance-enhancing drugs, a person close to the case told The Associated…

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Gordon Hayward scored 18 points, Willie Veasley had 13 and No. 13 Butler needed a spurt in the final six minutes to hold off Valparaiso 59-51 on Friday night. Butler (19-1, 10-0 Horizon League) won its 11th in a row and matched the conference record with its…

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In a courtroom where victims denounced him and still-devoted parishioners embraced him, a former Roman Catholic priest was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for molesting a boy in the late 1980s. George Miller, 70, of Oxnard, had earlier pleaded…

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Despite fears of a worsening economy and potential labor problems, commissioner Roger Goodell tried to be upbeat Friday, saying the game was showing signs of being safer and that the league wasn’t done tinkering with overtime. In his state of the NFL address…

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U.S. makers of toys and other children’s products will get an extra year to comply with certain lead and chemical testing rules, but retailers won’t be able to sell the items if they fail to meet government regulations set to go into effect Feb. 10. The…

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sears Holdings , which operates Kmart and Sears department stores, laid off 300 corporate jobs on Friday, following similar moves by Target and Best Buy , The Wall Street Journal reported.

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The former co-owner of a hospital was arrested Friday on charges stemming from a scheme to recruit homeless people for unnecessary medical treatment to collect millions of dollars from government health programs. Robert Bourseau, the 74-year-old former…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are hoping swift action on an economic stimulus plan will boost Wall Street next week after its worst January ever.

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Daschle, Too, Has a Tax Problem

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Maxam Absolute Return Fund LP, a hedge fund, on Friday said it filed a lawsuit against auditors Goldstein Golub Kessler LLP and McGladrey & Pullen LLP to recover losses suffered by its investors in investments held by Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.

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