Bear causes chaos in car then stays inside
A bear entered an unlocked Toyota Corolla in Larkspur while the family slept, likely attracted by a peanut butter sandwich, honked the horn, and rolled the car 125 feet into a thicket with the bear inside. Separately a pilot and passengers survived a Lake Michigan crash. a search for a co pilot and others continues.
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Denver
Colorado
Ben Story
Larkspur
Story
Ludington
Mich
Mayo Clinic
Lake Michigan
U.S. Coast Guard
Brandon Blackwell
Jerry Freed
Alma
Earl Davidson
Don Pavlik
Irene
James Hall
Pay czar bows out of fight over $1.6B in executive pay
Kenneth Feinberg announced he would not seek repayment of $1.6 billion in executive compensation from 17 bailed out banks, saying shaming them was punishment enough. He noted the banks could not be forced, but the decision raises questions about overseeing future funds and big banks like AIG, CIT, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan.
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Washington
Obama
Kenneth Feinberg
Feinberg
Associated Press
Hill
American International Group Inc
CIT Group Inc
Wall Street
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
Jpmorgan Chase & Co
Treasury Department
Seven European banks fail stress tests amid euro debt fears
Only seven of 91 banks flunked the stress tests aimed at reassuring markets about balance sheets amid the debt crisis. CEBS said seven banks must raise 4.5 billion dollars, while analysts questioned the rigor and suggested the results look like a political whitewash.
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London
Neil MacKinnon
VIB Capital
Spain
Germany
Greece
New York
European Union
Committee of European Banking Supervisors
CEBS
Europe
United States
Mansoor Mohiuddin
UBS AG
European Central Bank
Senate blocks $1.2 billion restitution for black farmers
The Senate again refused to fund the $1.2 billion compensation for black farmers discriminated against by the Agriculture Department. The decision, tied to ongoing budget battles and election tensions, leaves thousands awaiting checks and blames both parties for inaction amid broader civil rights concerns sparked by the Shirley Sherrod case.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate
Shirley Sherrod
John Boyd
Virginia
Sherrod
White House
Agriculture
Tom Vilsack
Department
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Chase Bank
Long Island
Suffolk County Police Department
Canadian Press
Lethbridge Herald
Brian Bews
Lethbridge County
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
Mary Clare Jalonick and
Ben Evans
N.korea
Hanoi
Vietnam
North Korea
Pyongyang
National Defense Commission
Kim Jong Il
U.S
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South Korea
Robert Gates
Kim Tae-young
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