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    Bill would curb oversight of payday loans

    A group of bipartisan lawmakers are pushing a plan to exempt pawnshops, payday lenders, check-cashing stores and installment lenders from oversight by President Obama's new consumer finance watchdog agency, saying the oversight could restrict credit and economic opportunities for lower-income and inner-city customers.

  • This product image courtesy of Philips Lighting shows a Philips EcoVantage Soft White 72 watt bulb. New federal standards were to kick in after the New Year requiring 100-watt bulbs to be more energy efficient. Then Congress, in a bill passed to keep the government running, blocked enforcement of the new law until October 2012. (AP Photo/Philips Lighting)

    Incandescent bulbs dimming despite GOP efforts on Hill

    New light-bulb efficiency standards kicked in Sunday, despite a last-minute Republican move that prohibits the federal government from spending money on enforcement.

  • Killer cantaloupe, scary sprouts _ what to do?

    Avoid foreign produce. Wash and peel your fruit. Keep it refrigerated. None of these common tips would have guaranteed your safety from the deadliest food outbreak in a decade, the one involving cantaloupes from Colorado.

  • Killer cantaloupe, scary sprouts _ what to do?

    Avoid foreign produce. Wash and peel your fruit. Keep it refrigerated. None of these common tips would have guaranteed your safety from the deadliest food outbreak in a decade, the one involving cantaloupes from Colorado.

  • AT&T Chairman, CEO and President Randall Stephenson,addresses a news conference in New York, Monday, March 21, 2011. AT&T Inc. said Sunday it will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $39 billion that would make it the largest cellphone company in the U.S. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

    Deal to combine AT&T, T-Mobile raises questions

    AT&T's surprise announcement that it plans to acquire T-Mobile USA will force federal regulators to confront a difficult antitrust question: Can American consumers get good wireless service at a fair price if they must choose between just two national companies?

  • CPSC delays key part of anti-lead law

    The government has again delayed independent safety tests required for many toys, youth all-terrain vehicles and other children's products as part of a 2008 anti-lead law _ a move meant to help small businesses burdened by the law.

  • Lawyer: Satellite providers don't seek tax refund

    An attorney for satellite TV providers fighting a state sales tax not applied to their cable competitors told Ohio's high court Wednesday that the industry isn't looking for a refund.

  • Costly cookouts

    Americans are about to fire up their barbecues for the start of the summer cookout season, and one thing has become painfully apparent: It's going to cost a lot more than it did last year to roast a burger, or just about any other barbecue favorite, on the grill.

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