Germany rejects Snowden claim it bowed to NSA

BERLIN — Germany on Monday dismissed a claim by NSA leaker Edward Snowden that it had bowed to U.S. demands to water down privacy rights for German citizens. Snowden told the European Parliament in a statement published Friday that Germany was pressured...

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Senate Democrats aim ire at rich, obscure brothers

WASHINGTON — Democratic Senate candidates are gambling they can turn voters against two obscure billionaire brothers who are funding attacks on them and the president's health care law. Democrats are denouncing Charles and David Koch (kohk), two of...

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E-cigarettes: fresh air or smoke and mirrors?

NEW YORK — On the edge of the SoHo neighborhood downtown, The Henley Vaporium is an intimate hipster hangout with overstuffed chairs, exposed brick, friendly counter help — but no booze. Instead, the proprietors are peddling e-cigarettes, along with...

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Court rules for landowner in trail dispute

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a Wyoming property owner in a dispute over a bicycle trail that follows the route of an abandoned railroad, a decision that could force the government to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to compensate...

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Stocks down on discouraging news from Asia

A dash of discouraging economic news from China and Japan put a damper on the U.S. stock market Monday, adding to concerns that global growth could be slowing. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell six points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,871...

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EU seeks deal on bank restructuring body

BRUSSELS — European finance ministers tried Monday to agree on how to set up a joint authority that can restructure or shut down failing banks. A deal, they say, would be the final step in their effort to create a banking union that would stabilize the...

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World has new top banana as Chiquita, Fyffes merge

DUBLIN — Yes, they have more bananas. Fruit supply companies Chiquita of the United States and Fyffes of Ireland said Monday they had agreed to merge to create the world's biggest banana supplier. The all-shares agreement means the two companies will...

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Canada PM in South Korea for expected trade deal

OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada's prime minister has traveled to South Korea, where he is widely expected to announce a free-trade deal. A South Korean delegation greeted Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday in Seoul. There's no word yet on whether Harper...

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McDonald's struggles worsened by snow

NEW YORK — McDonald's is fighting to hold onto customers in the U.S. — and all that snow didn't help. The world's biggest hamburger chain said Monday that sales fell 1.4 percent at established U.S. locations. It blamed the harsh winter weather, but...

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Sbarro again files for Ch. 11 reorganization

NEW YORK — Sbarro has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization for the second time in three years. The bankruptcy filing by the struggling pizza chain Monday comes after the company shuttered 155 of its U.S. locations last month. Sbarro had cited declining...

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