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...December, when Brian Moynihan was tapped to be the chief executive of Bank of America, many said he got the job because no one else would take it. Just days before, Robert Kelly, the CEO of Bank of New York Mellon, had become the latest high-profile executive to turn down the post. But in the three months since Moynihan, 50, has taken over the reins at the nation's largest bank, he has used a mix of consumer-friendly initiatives, Washington face time and attention to detail to win over critics. Consumer advocates have applauded the bank's moves...
...just got off to a slow start,” Harvard sophomore goalkeeper Laurel McCarthy said. “[Sunday] had a great game. It’s just frustrating that we didn’t play as well as we could have. I think if we played them a third time we would beat them...
...former wife and the mother of David Jr. She said her ex-husband lived in two single trailers - "a hillbilly double-wide" - and related how he tried to recruit her into the Hutaree, saying, "'You pray as a family, you stay together as a family.'" She added: "Once he got into the big guns, I said no." She left...
...issued American Express card that was supposed to be used only for election-related costs (he says he has paid it all back). Among other apparent breaches, Rubio also failed to disclose $34,000 in expenses for one of his political-action committees while his wife and relatives got questionable fees from those PACs. (See "Republican Surprise: 10 More Scott Browns...
...himself as he walked by, thanking God he was alive," says Lyudmila Samokatova, a newspaper vender on Lubyanka Square. In the tunnels, there was panic. "There were definitely hundreds of us packed in there, and nobody was moving. People started saying there could be a third explosion, and things got frantic," says Natalia Kuznetsova, a theater ticket vendor near Lubyanka Square who was on another train at the time of the attacks. By early afternoon, emergency workers had begun carrying the dead out of the station in black bags and taking them to the morgue...