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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to launch an inquiry Wednesday into banks’ overdraft practices, which have been in regulatory crosshairs in recent years.

The bureau said it will look into whether banks are reordering customers’ debit-card charges to maximize overdraft fees. Reordering transactions can double or triple penalties, and the practice has been the target of several class-action lawsuits against the nation’s biggest banks.

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President Obama appeared hesitant to sing publicly for the second time in 2012 at a White House event Tuesday night.

But he obliged the request by blues legends Buddy Guy and B.B. King, singing a few lines of “Sweet Home Chicago.”

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PHOENIX — Front-runners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum opened one of the most crucial periods in the Republican presidential campaign Tuesday, with Romney going on the attack while suddenly claiming the mantle of underdog as he seeks to avoid potentially devastating losses in next Tuesday’s primaries in Arizona and Michigan.

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Violence left five people dead today as protests over Quran burning by coalition troops intensified in Afghanistan. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul went into lockdown.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=HkPiy6K0ysY:_BfqLEw9-Pg:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=HkPiy6K0ysY:_BfqLEw9-Pg:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=HkPiy6K0ysY:_BfqLEw9-Pg:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=HkPiy6K0ysY:_BfqLEw9-Pg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=HkPiy6K0ysY:_BfqLEw9-Pg:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=HkPiy6K0ysY:_BfqLEw9-Pg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=HkPiy6K0ysY:_BfqLEw9-Pg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/HkPiy6K0ysY" height="1" width="1"/

President Obama proposed a major overhaul of the nation’s corporate tax code on Wednesday, an election-year gambit that aims to draw a contrast over a key policy issue with the Republicans vying to replace him.

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There’s no question that Rick Santorum’s headline-grabbing statements on contraception, Obama’s “theology” and his 2008 remarks on Satan are about religion.

But they’re also about something else: Santorum’s contention that he’s a more authentic candidate than Mitt Romney.

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About two dozen couples, individuals, or corporations have given $1 million or more to “super PACs” this year, making them easily the most influential donors in politics today.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=5fdcfbd8087cae982f7f670467ca12edp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=5fdcfbd8087cae982f7f670467ca12edp=1//a

The chance for dinner with President Obama just got a little cheaper.

The Obama reelection campaign sent out a mass e-mail Wednesday asking donors to “pitch in $2 or whatever you can” to be entered into a contest for a meal with Obama.

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A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters as passenger cars crumpled behind the engine. It was Argentina's worst train accident in decades.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=a9c3f95ef03e37ea2de9fd28acfff44ap=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=a9c3f95ef03e37ea2de9fd28acfff44ap=1//a

Gary May is the most senior worker charged and industry observers say that action is an indication that prosecutors are looking up the corporate ladder.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=16e9a006b948f36cae42d994b4670bfap=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=16e9a006b948f36cae42d994b4670bfap=1//a

President Obama plans to propose a reduction in business taxes in return for eliminating dozens of loopholes and subsidies.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7d28ed4851b958c7a6e92a3469a193b2p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7d28ed4851b958c7a6e92a3469a193b2p=1//a

As Homs was shelled for the 19th day by Syrian forces, activists reported the deaths of 20 people, including two journalists whose work foiled Syria’s efforts to limit coverage.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=030810a2f7da5259c4540509d9c1bfe7p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=030810a2f7da5259c4540509d9c1bfe7p=1//a

Talk of war over Iran’s nuclear program has reached a strident pitch in recent weeks, with threats from Israel of a possible strike, bellicose American oratory and defiance from Tehran.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b9dc4e537d6456043c2590b7f07e8002p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b9dc4e537d6456043c2590b7f07e8002p=1//a

Pronouncing this day a “long time coming,” President Obama on Wednesday hailed the groundbreaking of the National Museum of African American History and Culture that will open on the Mall in 2015.

Obama was among several dignitaries, including former first lady Laura Bush, who is a member of the museum’s council, to speak at the ceremony for the 374,000-square-foot museum, which has been more than a century in the making.

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With the pianist Emanuel Ax as artist in residence next season, the New York Philharmonic will highlight the tastes of its music director, Alan Gilbert, in a series of programs.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1bcf5efc8da17f33eb5b9afb287888e4p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=1bcf5efc8da17f33eb5b9afb287888e4p=1//a

Ted Turner: Congress is trying to do an end run to OK the Keystone oil pipeline, which could mean disastrous toxic spills and poisoned water.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QQaUu1JyeSE:iQ9yLIsQ6Ck:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QQaUu1JyeSE:iQ9yLIsQ6Ck:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QQaUu1JyeSE:iQ9yLIsQ6Ck:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=QQaUu1JyeSE:iQ9yLIsQ6Ck:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QQaUu1JyeSE:iQ9yLIsQ6Ck:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QQaUu1JyeSE:iQ9yLIsQ6Ck:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=QQaUu1JyeSE:iQ9yLIsQ6Ck:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/QQaUu1JyeSE" height="1" width="1"/

A day after NATO officials apologized for the burning of Korans, American Embassy officials were on lockdown and hundreds of Afghans were marching on a NATO camp near Kabul.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0841a9e9dab45d417acb29267861292cp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0841a9e9dab45d417acb29267861292cp=1//a

An obscure art dealer kept showing up with paintings by Pollock, Rothko and Motherwell. Where did they all come from?br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=474cf512d0f1e127667cb8e363842242p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=474cf512d0f1e127667cb8e363842242p=1//a