In a town of ISIS recruits, one young man given stark choice

The town where militants are made | ISIS leader killed in strike | UK mourns beach attack victims

In a town of ISIS recruits, one young man given stark choice

The town where militants are made | ISIS leader killed in strike | UK mourns beach attack victims

BMW shows off 245-hp, hydrogen-powered 5 Series GT

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BMW is using the 5 Series as a test bed for its hydrogen fuel cell systems, which deliver up to 245 all-electric horsepower and can travel 300 miles per tank.

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Go team! California bill proposes cheerleaders as employees

There's no "cheer" in "team" — but there could be next week. A California bill currently on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk would make all cheerleaders for state-based professional sports teams employees and mandate that they be paid at least minimum wage. The underlying issue tackled by the bill — the status of workers — is similar to the high-stakes legal battle over independent contractors that has ensnared Bay Area tech titans such as Uber. If Brown signs it, the bill will add a section to the…

Judge rules on former P&G board member’s insider trading appeal

A federal judge today denied the appeal of a former Procter & Gamble Co. board member, Rajat Gupta, who had requested that his conviction be overturned for insider trading related to his service as a board member of Goldman Sachs. Gupta, 66, who is serving a two-year prison term, had asked that his case be reconsidered after a December court ruling in a different case reversed two insider trading convictions, the Associated Press reported. Judge Jed Rakoff of New York, who previously sentenced Gupta…

American, Southwest cooperating in airline collusion probe

North Texas-based American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice in a probe of whether airlines colluded to keep airfares high when making capacity plans. The Justice Department sent “civil investigation demand” letters to several U.S. airlines this week asking the carriers to provide all documents pertaining to how they decide how many available seats and flights they will operate and whether they are talking to each other about capacity. Josh…

State announces multibillion-dollar agreement with BP on Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday formally entered a historic multibillion-dollar joint federal-state agreement in principle with BP Exploration & Production Inc. to resolve the economic loss claims asserted by Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas from the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf. Florida stands to receive more than $3.25 billion in total. “In 2010, our state — and the entire Gulf region — woke up to a story that shook the nation; an oil…