Ohio: No foreclosure 'do-over' for banks
COLUMBUS, Ohio, -- Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray said resubmitting affidavits on foreclosures would not help banks dodge responsibility on fraudulent paperwork.
In two letters, one sent to large U.S. lenders and one sent to judges in Ohio...
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BP began the final preparations for permanently plugging its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico today, 105 days after the gusher put the future of one of the world's biggest oil companies – and an entire region –...
Well integrity test extended
VENICE, La., The U.S. government and BP have agreed to run a test of pressure inside the leaking oil well for an additional 24 hours, the official in charge said Saturday.
In a statement, retired Coast Guard Ad. Thad Allan said there would be additional monitoring...
Wells Fargo to close W.F. Financial
SAN FRANCISCO, (UPI) -- Wells Fargo & Co. said Thursday it would close its 638 Wells Fargo Financial stores, folding its lending business into its banks and closing out 3,800 jobs.
About 14,000 employees currently work at Wells Fargo Financial, which serves...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In the chaotic days after the oil rig explosion, BP engineers and federal regulators desperate to plug the blown-out well scrambled to complete plans for a pair of deepwater relief wells that represent the best chance to end the disastrous spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
But BP...
DETROIT (AP)—Aaron Hill(notes) gave the Toronto Blue Jays one of their more satisfying wins in a trying season.
Hill hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning, capping the Blue Jays’ come-from-behind 8-6 victory over the slumping Detroit Tigers.
It’s great to see us keep coming...
Massachusetts man killed sisters on 5-year-old's birthday
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By Glen Johnson, The Associated Press
MILTON, Mass. - A man on a rampage fatally stabbed his 17-year-old sister, decapitated his five-year-old sister in...