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BNP Paribas agreed to buy much of the troubled lender Fortis Bank, just days after the firm was the target of a government-led rescue.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=b55a8a64fc2b4943aec507fe95d9b0d6&u=http://www.nytimes.c»

Stocks tumbled on Wall Street and around the world and oil fell below $90 on Monday as the banking crisis expanded its grip on the world economy.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=b55a8a64fc2b4943aec507fe95d9b0d6&u=http://ww»

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Concert review: Icelandic rock band Sigur Rós performed an intoxicating set of 13 songs, including "Gobbledigook," the first and only single from the band's latest album, "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust," in a concert Oct. 5 at Seattle's B»

Miley Cyrus' 16th birthday party was more boisterous than sweet. Cyrus celebrated the hallmark birthday at an over-the-top Disneyland celebration Sunday - even though she doesn't actually turn 16 until Nov. 23. The theme park was closed for the supersized soiree, which included a four-song»

Country singer Stonewall Jackson has settled his federal age discrimination lawsuit against the Grand Ole Opry and its management.»

Days from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Lehman Brothers steered millions to departing executives even while pleading for a federal rescue, Congress was told Monday.»

The growing crisis has underlined the difficulty of taking concerted action in Europe because its economies are far more integrated than its governing structures.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=b55a8a64fc2b4943aec507fe95d9b0d»

An anti-abortion group has won its long legal fight to force Arizona to issue "choose life" license plates, after the Supreme Court declined to take the case.»