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Benjamin Durant, 37, was charged with two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy, while Daryl Payton, 38, was charged with three securities fraud counts and one conspiracy count.

Sawyer has held the top news job for nearly five years and has been with ABC since 1989.

Potentially faulty airbags have led to the recall of about 10.5 million vehicles worldwide, many of them made by Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co.

The New York Attorney General is set to file a securities fraud lawsuit against Barclays PLC (BARC.L) for misrepresenting the safety of its U.S.-based alternative trading system, or "dark pool," to investors, according to a source.

John Kerry urged leaders of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday to stand with Baghdad in the face of the onslaught.

In May, Washington indicted five Chinese military officers for hacking U.S. companies.

Her husband Inaki Urdangarin is accused of embezzling several millions of euros in public funds.

Explosions hit Ghamra metro station in central Cairo and a northern district of Greater Cairo, according to state television and security sources.

Rebels shot down a Ukrainian helicopter carrying technicians who had been installing equipment to monitor violations of a peace plan in Ukraine's rebellious east on Tuesday, killing all nine people on board, a military spokesman said.

Security forces fought Sunni factions for control of Iraq's largest oil refinery and militants launched an offensive on one of its biggest air bases less than 60 miles from Baghdad.

As Jeh Johnson assured U.S. lawmakers the Obama administration is doing everything it can, the crisis was deepening the stark battle lines between Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C.

Kiev said pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine had shot down a military helicopter, most likely killing all nine on board. It was the most serious breach of a temporary ceasefire agreed in talks between government and rebels less than 24 hours earlier.

U.S. District Judge Anna Brown, ruling in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Oregon by 13 Muslim Americans who were branded with the no-fly status, ordered the government to come up with new procedures that allow people on the no-fly list to challenge that designation.

Three journalists were each jailed for seven years on Monday for aiding a "terrorist organisation."

Speaking to British lawmakers, Carney said that data on British wages had come in softer than expected.

Rebel militia carried out attacks on a government military post near the rebel-controlled town of Slaviansk, a government spokesman said.

The Syrian army has a presence in Golan Heights but many areas are controlled by rebels, including militant groups hostile to the Jewish state.

The latest development marks the second time that efforts to sell Telesat have failed.

The IRS reviews the activities of non-profits that apply for tax-exemption because U.S. law limits their political involvement.

The Brazilian Health Ministry said the presence of people carrying infectious agents from other parts of the world was to be expected as a result of increased international travel.

The National Association of Realtors said on Monday existing home sales increased 4.9 percent to an annual rate of 4.89 million units. May's increase was the largest since August 2011.

The American had a strong finish in Santa Clara on Sunday.

Capturing the frontier is a dramatic step toward the goal of building a caliphate across swathes of Syria and Iraq.

EU leaders will hold a summit later in the week in Brussels where they could take decisions on sanctions.

The possible exposure has forced as many as 84 employees at the agency's Atlanta campus to get a vaccine or take powerful antibiotics.

It was the first time since December that the PMI was in growth territory, and the highest reading since November.

BNP Paribas has been negotiating on an almost daily basis with U.S. authorities for weeks.

The loss of the only crossing into Iraq was not seen as an immediate security threat.