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U.S. judge tosses damages bid by ex-AIG CEO Greenberg over 2008 bailout

A U.S. judge on Monday ruled the U.S. government does not owe Maurice “Hank” Greenberg and other American International Group shareholders any damages over the company’s 2008 bailout. Former AIG CEO Greenberg, through his company Starr International Co, sued the U.S. government in 2011, arguing the terms of the initial $85 billion loan package were unduly onerous, including an almost 80 percent U.S. stake in AIG. Judge Thomas Wheeler of

Ex-NFL player Sharper pleads guilty to rape in Louisiana (Yahoo Sports)

Former New Orleans Saints player Darren Sharper pleaded guilty Monday to rape in a Louisiana drug-and-sexual-assault case, completing a series of pleas in four states that will see him serve at least nine years in prison. Sharper entered his plea in a Louisiana state court in New Orleans. Sharper was first arrested on rape charges in Los Angeles in January of 2014 and has been jailed since February of that