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SAN ANTONIO, May 7 (UPI) — Manu Ginobili drained a go-ahead 3-pointer late in the second overtime Monday, lifting San Antonio over Golden State 129-127 in a playoff series opener. With the
DETROIT, May 6 (UPI) — General Motors on Monday refuted a columnist’s claims that its operations in China benefited from the U.S. taxpayer-funded bailout. “Speculation over the possible loss of GM jobs
SHANGHAI, May 6 (UPI) — Chinese consumers are buying less mutton from produce markets over fears it may turn out to be rat, fox or mink meat, a meat supplier says. Last
NEW YORK, May 6 (UPI) — Bank of America says it has agreed to pay U.S. bond insurance firm MBIA $1.6 billion to settle complex mortgage securities issues. The dispute has been
BOSTON, May 6 (UPI) — Robel Phillipos, charged with lying to investigators after the Boston Marathon bombings, was released Monday on $100,000 bond, court officials said. The 19-year-old college student is one
OAKLAND PARK, Fla., May 6 (UPI) — A 6-year-old Florida girl was in critical but stable condition after being accidentally shot in the chest by her 13-year-old brother, officials said. The Broward
NEW YORK, May 6 (UPI) — Retail chain Walmart retook its spot at the top of the Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. companies, the magazine said Monday. Fortune said Walmart,
BAGHDAD, May 6 (UPI) — Bombings in Baghdad and Mosul, Iraq, killed seven people and wounded 16, Iraqi police said Monday. A roadside bomb, detonated near a restaurant in southern Baghdad, killed
DAMASCUS, Syria, May 6 (UPI) — The U.N. panel looking into claims of human rights abuses in Syria backed off reports Monday it has evidence rebels used the nerve agent sarin gas.