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  • About a year since launching, Vine says it has more than 40 million registered users.
    How Vine Settled On 6 Seconds
    According to numbers released Tuesday, Twitter's one-year-old video-sharing app Vine now has about 40 million registered users. The app lets users shoot a maximum of six seconds per Vine, so we wanted to know why the limit's set at six seconds and not a second longer.
  • Bank of America's corporate center in Charlotte, N.C.
    Bank Of America To Pay Fannie Mae $3.6B, Buy Back $6.75B In Mortgages
    The agreement resolves claims against the bank about mortgage-backed securities it sold before the housing bust. Many weren't worth what was promised. Also today, BofA and other banks are expectd to settle claims related to alleged foreclosure abuses.
  • The Italian-built Lamborghini Aventador costs nearly $400,000. The money spent on election 2012 — for TV ads and other things — could theoretically get you more than 15,000 of these V12 cars. But that's a lot more than <a href="http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2012/07/lamborghini-aventador-reaches-production-milestone.html#more-145476">have been built</a>.
    What Else Could $6 Billion Buy?
    The cost of the 2012 election will top a record $6 billion, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. If you find it difficult to visualize that figure, here are a few other ways to think about what $6 billion could buy.
  • Televised hearings investigating Jan. 6 begin
    The first primetime televised hearing by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection was held on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
  • Televised hearings investigating Jan. 6 begin
    The first primetime televised hearing by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection was held on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
  • DOE Contractor Begins Converting DUF6
    By Chris TaylorPaducah, KY – A new contractor is now in charge of the Department of Energy's depleted uranium conversion operations at the Paducah Gaseous…
  • WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) listens to testimony during a hearing by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S.
    The latest progress in the investigation into the January 6 insurrection
    NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with January 6th Select Committee member Congressman Jamie Raskin about the latest efforts to subpoena former Trump officials.
  • BACH Pays Out $6m Settlement
    By Chris TaylorFort Campbell, KY – Fort Campbell's Blanchfield Army Community Hospital has settled a lawsuit with a local woman who claims negligence on…
  • Cost of Frances Could Hit $6 Billion
    As Florida residents continue the post-hurricane clean up, economists are tabulating the overall cost of Frances. Government and insurance industry officials estimate the insured losses from the storm will fall somewhere between $3 billion and $6 billion. NPR's David Schaper reports.
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