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A Spanish court on Tuesday shelved a judge’s investigation of an Israeli air force bombing in Gaza in 2002 that killed a suspected Hamas militant and 14 civilians, siding with prosecutors who said Spain lacks jurisdiction.

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NEW YORK — Authorities are pursuing charges against 10 more people in the Bernard Madoff financial scandal after the mastermind of one of the biggest financial frauds in history was sentenced to spend the rest of his days behind bars, The Associated Press has learned.

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Kirk Johnson collects death threats. Not directed at him, but at the people he is fighting to save.

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Oil prices rose to near $72 a barrel Tuesday after briefly jumping above $73, an eight-month high, due to a weakening U.S. dollar and attacks on oil installations in Nigeria.

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Having scaled the readiness pyramid thus far, you can now initiate your preparedness efforts in the finance arena. Learn what it takes to be financially fit for an economic disaster.

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As credit card companies continue to tighten their lending standards on card users, some are using purchasing data — gleaned from millions of card transactions processed daily — to weed out who may or may not be good credit risks.

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Foes of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor celebrated the high court’s reversal of her decision in a reverse discrimination case.

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Iraq’s long-awaited licensing round to develop some of its massive oil reserves stumbled Tuesday as oil and gas companies dug in their heals, demanding more money for their efforts than the government was willing to pay.

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Government experts are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether Nyquil and other combination cold medications should be pulled from the market to help curb deadly overdoses.

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