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OTTAWA—A Mountie who was once part of the famed Musical Ride is suing the national police force, alleging she was sexually assaulted, harassed, repeatedly doused in cold water and dragged through horse manure by colleagues.
In a statement of claim filed in Ontario Superior Court, Staff Sgt. Caroline O’Farrell and her lawyers say the cruel treatment […]

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The cost of living in the U.S. fell in April for a second month, the first back-to-back declines in inflation since late 2008, as fuel prices retreated.
The consumer-price index decreased 0.4 percent, the biggest decrease since December 2008, after falling 0.2 percent in March, according to Labor Department figures released today in Washington. Economists […]

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Chrysler is recalling 469,000 Jeep SUVs worldwide because they can shift into neutral without warning on startup.
The recall affects 2005 to 2010 Grand Cherokees and 2006 to 2010 Commanders.
U.S. safety regulators say cracks in a circuit board can cause a faulty signal as the SUVs are being started. If the vehicles shift into neutral they […]

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Democratic and Republican senators have filed hundreds of amendments to a landmark immigration bill that will face its first votes this week in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Many amendments filed by Republicans aim to boost border security and employment enforcement provisions in the bill. Supporters say that in some cases the real intent is to kill […]

When federal agents descended on the Knoxville headquarters of Pilot Flying J on April 15, it was the first inkling the public and company executives had of an FBI and Internal Revenue Service investigation that began nearly two years ago.
After the country’s largest diesel retailer sought to downplay the probe, federal officials took the unusual […]

Spanish unemployment rose more than economists forecast in the first quarter to the highest in at least 37 years as efforts to tackle the European Union

The clothing label will pay an $882,000 penalty as part of a non-prosecution agreement with the Justice Department, and will give up roughly $735,000 in illicit profits and interest as part of a non-prosecution agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Between 2004 and 2009, Ralph Lauren’s Argentinian subsidiary bribed customs officials “to […]

General Motors plans to unveil a line of revamped midsize pickup trucks later this year with gas mileage and features designed to take sales from Toyota’s Tacoma.
The trucks will replace the aging Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon. GM North America President Mark Reuss ((ROY-ss)) says they’ll be able to do 95 percent of the work […]

The euro fell versus the dollar, paring a second weekly advance, as European finance ministers meet in Dublin to review the state of Cyprus