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HARTFORD, Conn.-- Gun owners and retailers in Connecticut were sorting through confusion Thursday over the implementation of the state's sweeping new gun control law, which bars the sale of more than 100 types of firearms and magazines that hold 10 or more rounds.
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PHOENIX-- The Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday approved tuition increases at the state's three public universities and directed staff to explore legal options to reduce tuition for some immigrants.
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LONDON, April 5- Bailed-out British lender HBOS was so badly run it would have failed even without the 2008 financial crisis and the regulator should consider banning its former bosses from the industry, UK lawmakers said in a damning report.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-- Former Florida Lt. Jennifer Carroll said Thursday she had no idea law enforcement was investigating a veterans charity accused of running illegal slot machine-style casinos until two agents walked into her office last month.
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LONDON, April 5- Bailed-out British lender HBOS was so badly run it would have failed even without the 2008 financial crisis and the regulator should consider banning its former bosses from the industry, UK lawmakers said in a damning report.
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1999: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd receives FDA approval to market Plan B, the first emergency contraceptive drug for prescription-only use in the United States. 2005: Reproductive-rights groups file lawsuit in Brooklyn federal court seeking to force FDA to respond to their petition.
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WASHINGTON, April 5- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd infringed a key portion of an Apple Inc patent by including a text-selection feature in its smartphones and tablets, an International Trade Commission judge said in a preliminary decision.
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MEXICO CITY, April 4- Mexico's competition watchdog Cofeco said mobile phone company Telcel dominates the country's phone market, opening the door to tougher regulation of the company owned by Carlos Slim, the world's richest man.
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MEXICO CITY, April 4- Mexico's competition watchdog Cofeco said mobile phone company Telcel dominates the country's phone market, opening the door to tougher regulation of the company owned by Carlos Slim, the world's richest man.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Thursday that more than 325 patients have been treated with its drug Iclusig in the three months the leukemia pill has been on the market. Ariad believes European Union regulators will approve Iclusig during the second quarter, and by July 1 it will be prepared to launch the drug in Europe.
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WASHINGTON, April 4- The U.S. Justice Department is again testing the reach of a once-dormant civil fraud law, applying it to money laundering after reviving it recently for cases tied to the financial crisis. In November, the Justice Department brought its first money-laundering case using FIRREA, in a lawsuit against the First Bank of Delaware.
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WASHINGTON, April 4- Four mortgage insurers agreed to pay about $15 million to settle claims that they paid kickbacks to mortgage lenders in exchange for business, the U.S. consumer watchdog said on Thursday.
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Japan is wagering its future on a massive experiment, and Kyle Bass of Hayman Capital Management doesn't see it ending well.
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LANSING, Mich.-- The Michigan Supreme Court has named 18 circuit judges to serve in special business courts in counties around the state. It says they follow a 2012 Michigan law to create courts to handle cases between businesses in which at least $25,000 is at stake.
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HARTFORD, Conn.-- World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. and the widow of performer Owen Hart have settled a lawsuit over royalties and the use of Hart's image. WWE chief executive Vince McMahon, his wife and former CEO Linda McMahon, and the Stamford, Conn., company, confirmed the settlement.
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HOUSTON-- After two Texas prosecutors were slain in two months, law enforcement agencies across the state are considering steps to better protect attorneys who go after violent criminals, including providing round-the-clock security details and withholding personal information from public records.
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WASHINGTON, April 4- Four mortgage insurers settled claims from the U.S. consumer watchdog that they paid kickbacks to mortgage lenders in exchange for business.
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WASHINGTON, April 3- The U.S. Internal Revenue Service and 3 M Co are fighting over royalty payments from the company's Brazilian unit to its U.S. headquarters in a case that highlights how tax complications often emerge from doing business in Brazil.
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The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that the proposal would raise gasoline prices by less than a penny a gallon and add about $130 to the price of new vehicles, beginning in 2025.. CVR Refining LP on Wednesday estimated its costs to meet the new standards at less than $20 million.
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DETROIT, April 3- Mitsubishi Motors Corp is recalling 8,263 Outlander crossover vehicles in the United States and Puerto Rico for three different issues related to brake lights, fuel gauges and shifting the vehicles out of park, federal regulators said on Wednesday. There are 4,539 vehicles affected in the United States and Puerto Rico, the company told NHTSA.