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Biden's pick to be the Fed's top bank regulator has withdrawn her nomination. She attracted Republican opposition after calling on bank regulators to monitor the financial risks from climate change.

Britain announced a series of tax proposals that led to a major sell-off of the country's currency and the government's debt. Just over a week later, the government has been forced to change tack.

It took twice as long as he anticipated, but the man pushing peanuts up Colorado's Pikes Peak with his nose has reached the 14,115 foot summit. Supporters are going nuts.

The social media platform's new owner says the company made the change without consulting or informing him before he completed the deal to purchase Twitter.

Solicitor General Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court will likely create a critical opening at the top of the Justice Department, even as other key legal posts requiring Senate confirmation remain unfilled.

The lawyer for a former State Department contractor accused of leaking top-secret data to Fox News says that intelligence agencies are calling too many harmless documents "classified." In federal court, attorney Abbe D. Lowell cited an example: a note between the defendant and his child.

After the biggest international opening weekend for any American comedy in history (more than $93 million), the picture is proving to have legs. For two weeks in a row, it has topped foreign box-office charts — trouncing Shrek, Spider-Man, even Harry Potter.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine is adding a Department of Family Medicine. It is now one of the only top medical schools to offer family medicine as a specialty for its students.

In a memo to customers, CEO Scott Kirby tried to reassure travelers that safety is the airline's top priority. He said the airline was already planning an extra day of training for pilots.

Sabrina Carpenter currently holds down both the No. 2 and No. 3 songs in the nation according to Billboard Magazine. That puts her in rare company.