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Bloomberg: Two telemarketers have been hit with an $18.8 million penalty after duping consumers who thought they were contributing to charities serving police, firefighters and veterans.

Los Angeles Times: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled mutual funds that “charge exorbitant fees can be sued for violating their duty of trust to investors.”

The Nation: Karen Houppert reports on KBR/Halliburton’s decision to drop its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and allow Jamie Leigh Jones to take the allegations she was raped by coworkers to federal court.

New York Times: The EPA will take a closer look at Bisphenol A because of potential health and environmental impacts.

New York Times: A profile of Elizabeth Warren, who oversees the TARP program and is pushing for a consumer financial protection agency.

Des Moines Register: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has been ordered to pay more than $33 million by an Iowa jury that held the company liable for a van rollover that killed one passenger and left another paralyzed from the neck down.

Federal Trade Commission: The company that used millions of “robocall” telemarketing messages to fraudulently pitch extended auto warranties has agreed to a permanent ban from telemarketing.