Amex Settles for $230 Million Due to Deceptive Sales Practices

American Express Co. will pay about $230 million to resolve a long-running investigation into some of the firm’s prior sales practices which regulators said misled small-business owners. Amex reached agreements with federal prosecutors and the Federal Reserve to settle the allegations, according to statements from the parties involved. The misconduct stems from a practice where Amex workers offered…

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Army and Police Investigate Fort Carson Soldier Recorded in Online Sting Operation by Pedophile Hunter Groups

A Fort Carson soldier is under investigation after he was caught by a civilian group of pedophile hunters. Fort Carson Spc. Brandon Storey states in the first few minutes of a video on YouTube taken by Colorado Ped Patrol he was planning on meeting children, a 12-year-old and an 11-year-old, for sex. The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation…

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Meredith Vieira’s Husband, Journalist Richard Cohen, Passes Away After 50-Year Struggle with MS

Richard Cohen, an Emmy-winning journalist and husband of former “Today” show anchor Meredith Vieira, died on Christmas Eve, 50 years after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He was 76. The three-time Emmy award-winning CBS journalist had been battling pneumonia for two months when he died, Forbes reports. A former senior producer for CBS News and CNN, Cohen sometimes wrote for The New York…

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Perry, the real-life inspiration behind Eddie Murphy’s Donkey in ‘Shrek’, passes away at 30

Perry, the beloved real-life stand-in for the “Shrek” donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy, has died. He was 30. The donkey’s handlers announced his passing on Instagram, detailing that it was from an incurable hoof disease. “We are heartbroken to share that our beloved Barron Park donkey, Perry, passed away yesterday at the age of 30,” the Barron Park Donkey Project,…

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