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  • $92 quadrillion: PayPal accidentally makes man a quadrillionaire

    $92 quadrillion from PayPal? That appeared to be the case for Chris Reynolds, who opened his PayPal statement for June to find $92 quadrillion. The public relations executive tells the Monitor how the Paypal blooper happened.

  • The world’s 10 most valuable sports teams

    This year’s Forbes list of the world's most valuable teams is heavy with two kinds of football and features a new top squad. Can you guess which team, and which sport, nabbed the number one spot? 

  • Asiana Airlines scraps lawsuit over racist pilot names

    Asiana Airlines said Wednesday it no longer plans to sue a San Francisco TV station over the use of racially offensive names.  KTVU-TV has already apologized for using fake names for four pilots on a plane that crashed in San Francisco on July 6, Asiana Airlines said.

  • Bank of America earnings soar 70 percent

    Bank of America's profits jumped 70 percent in the second quarter, helped by cost-cutting and higher earnings from investment banking. Bank of America, the country's second-biggest bank by assets, has been slimming down and cutting jobs since the beginning of 2010. 

  • Stocks fall on lackluster earnings

    Stocks closed down on Wall Street Tuesday after a string of disappointing earning reports from major companies. Coca-Cola stocks fell after the company said it sold less soda in its home market of North America.

  • Asiana Airlines: Some passengers face long odds for compensation

    Because of international regulations, passengers aboard the Asiana Airlines flight that crashed in San Francisco on July 6, 2013 could receive drastically different amounts of monetary compensation from Asiana Airlines — even if they were sitting right next to one another, an attorney says.

  • Housing alert: Flippers are back

    As housing prices rise, 'flippers' who buy homes below market value, fix them up and sell them at a profit are returning to the real estate scene. Flippers could play a key role in the housing recovery. 

  • Twinkies are back, and smaller than before (+video)

    Twinkies returned to store shelves nationwide Monday, but the new Twinkies weigh less and have fewer calories than their predecessors

  • Top 10 best 'flip market' cities

    These 10 cities were the most profitable markets for people flipping a house in 2012, according to RealtyTrac. Can you guess which city had the highest average profit on flipped homes? 

  • Stocks extend hot start to July

    Stocks edged higher on Wall Street Monday on a surge in Boeing, after it was found that batteries were not the cause of a fire on one of its 787 aircraft at London's Heathrow airport last week. The gains continue a hot streak for stocks in July. 

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Award-winning musician Jean Paul Samputu lost his family during the genocide in Rwanda. But he overcame rage and resentment by learning to forgive.

 
 
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