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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah is paying the price for his own generosity as past land giveaways undermine his plans to build half a million homes and open up the country’s mortgage market.
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Certain alarms on Transocean Ltd.’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig had been disabled for a year before it exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the biggest U.S. oil spill in history, a rig worker said.
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Fairfield Greenwich Group co-founder Walter Noel was sued by the trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernard Madoff’s firm as part of an amended lawsuit that names 43 new defendants.
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Transocean Ltd. employees onboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig when it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico have become the focus of a U.S. government probe into the cause of the fatal disaster.
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Terrell Owens agreed to contract terms with the Seattle Seahawks as the former Pro Bowl receiver seeks a return to the National Football League after missing last season while recovering from knee surgery.
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The New England Patriots beat the New York Jets 29-26 in overtime after blowing a 10-point fourth- quarter lead, while the New York Giants overcame the Washington Redskins 27-23 with the longest winning touchdown in the final two minutes of a game in franchise history.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Minnesota Vikings 36-17 for their first road win in the National Football League this season.
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At least one federal crime had indisputably been committed when oil started spewing into the Gulf of Mexico and approached land. Another criminal act became clear when the first oil-covered sea bird died.
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Wells Fargo & Co. rose as much as 6.5 percent in New York trading after the lender posted second- quarter profit that beat most estimates and said credit quality is improving faster than expected.
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was chosen the National Football League’s Comeback Player of the Year in his second season after serving a federal prison term for his participation in a dog-fighting ring.
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