Though a judge ruled that Michael Vick’s bankruptcy plan can be sent to creditors to vote on, it remains unclear how the out-of-work quarterback will get the income to pay them. Vick declined to answer reporters’ questions before and after a hearing Friday on…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bank of America Corp said on Friday three directors had resigned, the latest in a series of departures at the bank at a time when it is shaking up its board at the behest of the government.

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Walt Disney World is raising the ticket prices for its theme parks for the second time in a year. The Orlando Sentinel reported Friday that the base price of a one-day, one-park adult ticket will increase from $75 to $79. The same ticket for a child between…

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Regulators on Friday shut down banks in Florida, New Jersey, Ohio and Oklahoma, boosting to 68 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year amid the pressures of the weak economy and mounting loan defaults. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was…

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Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis on Friday said the Fighting Irish program was offended by derogatory comments made by Hawaii coach Greg McMackin but has accepted his apology and will move on. “Coach McMackin demonstrated poor judgment when, while making…

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President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, senior officials and Cabinet members were gathering away from the White House this weekend to discuss administration progress at the six-month mark and plot a course ahead. The meetings were scheduled for…

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Casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. says it plans to pay a quarterly dividend of $2.50 for each share of its preferred stock. The Las Vegas-based casino company announced the payment on Friday, one day after reporting it lost $222.2 million in the second…

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LONDON (Reuters) – Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co is preparing up to six companies for initial public offerings (IPOs) in the next year, the Financial Times reported in its Saturday edition.

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That’s a legitimate excuse for one high-school student whose notes for a homework assignment vanished when the online retailer remotely deleted digital copies of George Orwell’s “1984,” off consumers’ Kindle devices.

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For the last year, David Lawrence has cared for a young moose named Pete that he nursed back to health after it was attacked by dogs and separated from its mother. Now, Pete eats leaves out of Lawrence’s hands and allows the 73-year-old farmer with the chest-…

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DENVER (Reuters) – Ex-Qwest Chief Executive Joseph Nacchio could get his six-year prison sentence and $52 million penalty for insider trading reduced, after an appeals court said on Friday he was improperly sentenced.

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Wimbledon champion Serena Williams has lost to Australia’s Samantha Stosur, falling 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, in the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic. Stosur saved nine of 10 break points on Friday and played a steady game against the top-seeded Williams,…

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Republicans from Iowa and New Hampshire attending a GOP meeting in San Diego have defended their coveted early spots in presidential nominating contests. The moves come as national party leaders consider recommending a new pathway to the White House for the…

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Three more directors resigned from Bank of America Corp.’s board this week, the Charlotte, N.C., bank said in a regulatory filing. John T. Collins, William Barnet III and Gary L. Countryman were the latest to depart the board, following four others out the…

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A Boston University student has been ordered to pay $675,000 to four record labels for illegally downloading and sharing music. Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., admitted he downloaded and distributed 30 songs. The only issue for the jury to decide was how…

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