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  • Foreclosures Jump as Banks Bet on Rising U.S. Home Prices

    Updated 16 minutes ago

    Home repossessions in the U.S. jumped 11 percent in May after declining for the previous five months as rising prices and limited inventory for sale across the country spurred banks to complete foreclosures.

  • Tornadoes, High Winds and Hail Delay Flights, Damage Buildings

    Updated 36 minutes ago

    Several tornadoes, high winds and hail brought down power lines and trees and damaged buildings across the U.S. Midwest, even as the chance of a massive rare storm dwindled, according to the U.S. Storm Prediction Center.

  • ‘Major Severe Weather’ Forecast for Upper U.S. Midwest Today

    Updated 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

    A powerful storm system capable of toppling trees, knocking out power and tying up air traffic will probably start later today with an outbreak of strong tornadoes across northern Illinois and Iowa.

  • Camp Warns Against Cap on Charitable Break in Tax Rewrite

    Updated 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

    Deductions for charitable giving shouldn’t be capped, the top Republican tax writer in the House of Representatives said.

  • Mondelez, NFL, Marvel, RiksTV: Intellectual Property

    Mondelez International Inc., the world’s second-biggest coffee maker, will start selling Nespresso-compatible capsules across Europe this fall, posing the sternest competitive challenge yet to the Nestle SA brand.

  • Merion Grand Slam Presents Ben Hogan Ghost With $10 Million Loss

    Updated 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

    Bringing the U.S. Open back to Merion Golf Club, where Bobby Jones completed the sport’s only Grand Slam and Ben Hogan’s 1-iron shot became one of its most enduring images, will result in an unusual outcome for the U.S. Golf Association: a loss.

  • How Rand Paul Can Take On the NSA

    Updated 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

    Senator Rand Paul is itching to challenge the constitutionality of the National Security Agency’s surveillance practices before the U.S. Supreme Court, and the American Civil Liberties Union has already filed such a suit. Justice Sonia Sotomayor might be glad to see them both there.

  • Corinthian Falls After SEC Starts Probe on Recruitment

    Corinthian Colleges Inc. fell the most in more than a year after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission began an investigation of the for-profit college chain.

  • Obama Commerce, Transportation Picks Advance in Senate

    The nominations of Penny Pritzker for Commerce secretary and Anthony Foxx as Transportation secretary advanced to the full U.S. Senate, bypassing the political fights that have stymied other high-level appointments.

  • Senate Votes to Scale Back Farm Subsidies

    The U.S. Senate passed a $955 billion update of U.S. agriculture policy, sending it to the House of Representatives, where disagreements over food stamps and farmer subsidies may complicate passage.

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