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Judge rules against NCAA in O'Bannon case 08/09/2014 06:42pm • TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Writer College football and basketball players could be in line for paydays worth thousands of dollars once they leave school after a landmark ruling Friday that may change the way the NCAA does business.A federal judge ruled that the NCAA can't stop players from selling the r Md. firm reportedly leaves customers, employees high and dry 08/01/2014 02:44am • WASHINGTON -- Shea Winpigler is hoping to make it big in entertainment. The broadcast journalism major at the University of Maryland found a summer job that she thought would be a good fit: working at InterFACE, a talent marketing firm that claims on its website that it's helped "over 10,000 peo Column: NCAA may not be bumbling idiots after all 07/30/2014 01:46pm • TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist Two down, one big one to go.And with it a growing realization that maybe the people running the NCAA aren't the bumbling idiots everyone has been making them out to be.The NCAA's agreement Tuesday to create a $70 million fund to diagnose concussions and brain injurie Roethlisberger extension will wait until 2015 07/25/2014 06:48pm • LATROBE, Pa. (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Steelers want to reward Ben Roethlisberger for the two Super Bowls he's already won while also making sure the talent around their quarterback is good enough to make a legitimate run at a third ring.Doing both at the same time isn't an option, at least not this ye Romo ready, has large task leading Cowboys in 2014 07/21/2014 03:36am • SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Tony Romo probably won't have to sneak into competitive situations when the Dallas Cowboys hold their first training camp practice Thursday.The 34-year-old quarterback tried to get some unauthorized reps in a jersey swap with Caleb Hanie during m Charges detailed for Utah ex-attorney generals 07/15/2014 09:19pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- After investigating for more than a year, authorities on Tuesday arrested two former Utah attorneys general on charges of bribery, misusing public funds and other counts. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill on Tuesday laid out allegations against John Swallow and Mark 2 ex-Utah attorneys general charged with bribery 07/15/2014 08:00pm • MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Two former Utah attorneys general were arrested on an array of bribery charges Tuesday stemming from cozy relationships with several businessmen, a stunning fall for a pair of politicians who built immense political clout in their years at th UK regulator imposes caps on payday loans 07/15/2014 09:21am • LONDON (AP) -- Britain's financial regulator has announced new limitations on what payday lenders can charge their customers, the latest step in moves to tackle poor conduct in the short-term credit industry.The Financial Conduct Authority says Tuesday that from January, payday loan rates must not e Ace Cash Express settles debt collection claims 07/10/2014 04:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ace Cash Express Inc. has agreed to pay $10 million in a settlement with federal regulators who accused the payday lender of illegally harassing borrowers to collect debts and get them to take out additional loans.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the agreement wi Boris Diaw is staying in San Antonio 07/06/2014 11:30pm • JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Basketball Writer Boris Diaw was on his way out of the NBA when he arrived in San Antonio, where the Spurs were trying to breathe new life into a core that had not won a championship in five years.They proved to be a perfect match, and after playing a key role in the Spurs' latest World Series of Poker main event on; $10M prize 07/06/2014 01:28am • OSKAR GARCIA Associated Press Nearly 800 players with dreams of World Series of Poker glory started a marathon toward poker's richest prize on Saturday -- a guaranteed $10 million payday and a place in history among the winners of the main event.Thousands more were expected to start the no-limit Tex JPMorgan CEO to get treatment for throat cancer 07/02/2014 05:42am • NEW YORK (AP) -- JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, a feisty leader who steered the banking company through the perils of the Great Recession, is battling throat cancer.The condition is considered to be curable, according to a memo to JPMorgan Chase & Co. employees and shareholders that Dimon released UK payday lender used fake lawyers to chase debts 06/25/2014 09:50am • LONDON (AP) -- Regulators have ordered Britain's biggest payday lender to pay 2.6 million pounds ($4.4 million) in compensation to tens of thousands of people for unfair debt collection practices.Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said the company, Wonga, sent letters from non-existent law firms Vasyl Lomachenko gets 2nd title shot vs Russell 06/19/2014 09:04pm • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Vasyl Lomachenko had the audacity to believe he could win a world title in his second professional fight after a glittering amateur career.Instead, Ukraine's two-time Olympic gold medalist discovered just how much he still didn't know about boxing.Lo 10 Things to Know for Friday 06/12/2014 10:48pm • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:1. WHAT'S BEHIND COLLAPSE OF IRAQ'S MILITARYDespite billions spent by the U.S. on training, the nation's army and police remain riven by sectarian discontents, corruption and