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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (GYT'-nur) says Congress can recoup "outrageous" bonuses for AIG employees through a new bank fee in President Barack Obama's proposed budget. American International Group Inc. is set to pay out about $100 million in a fresh round of bonuses to employees. Geithner called the bonuses, which were negotiated years ago, an "outrageous failure of policy."

Attorneys for concealed gun opponents who challenged the law filed a motion Wednesday seeking reimbursement from the state for their unspecified costs and fees. That comes one week after the resolution of a request from gun store owners who intervened in the lawsuit to be reimbursed by the plaintiffs for their costs and lost business. Details of an apparent out-of-court agreement are being kept secret. Missouri's law allowing most adults age 23 and older to receive concealed weapons permits was enacted when the Legislature overrode a gubernatorial veto two years ago. In February 2004, the state Supreme Court upheld the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - City officials plan to launch a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" program for undocumented immigrant entrepreneurs whose businesses, they say, are costing Los Angeles as much as $39 million a year in lost tax revenues. The program, to be launched next year, will target both legal and illegal immigrants, encouraging them to register their businesses and pay their taxes. "Our goal is not prosecution. It's to collect revenue to pay for public services," said Yusef Robb, a spokesman for Mayor James Hahn. City officials say many of the businesses they plan to target are mom-and-pop operations launched...