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An Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the agency’s latest scandal told lawmakers Thursday that an expensive conference held in 2010 conformed to existing rules, though he acknowledged it was not the best use of taxpayer money.

HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Mortgage Corp. failed to set timely foreclosure settlement conferences required by New York law, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the state attorney general.

A Kansas farmer has sued seed giant Monsanto over last week’s discovery of genetically engineered experimental wheat in an 80-acre field in Oregon, claiming the company’s gross negligence hurt U.S. growers by driving down wheat prices.

Crooks are stealing pieces of American history -- like conman Barry Landau who committed the largest archival theft in the U.S. Bob Simon reports.

A U.S. government lawyer opened a civil trial Monday by portraying Apple Inc. as a corporate bully that swaggered into the market for electronic books in 2010, forcing an end to price competition and costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.

A federal judge has ruled that Google Inc. must comply with the FBI’s warrantless demands for customer data.

The company claims the salmonella strain it includes is "harmless" to everything - humans, the environment, pets and other animal species - apart from rats.

The state attorney general of Massachusetts filed suit against federal fishing regulators Thursday in an attempt to block new rules that she called a "death sentence" for New England’s fleet. Fishermen say they aren’t allowed to catch enough fish.

State insurance regulators say many people who buy their own health insurance could get surprises this fall: cancellation notices because their policies aren’t up to the basic standards of President Barack Obama’s overhaul.

Laws to govern how recreational marijuana should be grown, sold and taxed were signed into law Tuesday in Colorado, where Gov. John Hickenlooper called the laws the state’s best attempt to navigate the uncharted territory of legalized recreational pot.