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Investment bank Morgan Stanley will pay $2.7 million to settle allegations that it broke rules limiting the sale of stock after initial public offerings, brokerages regulator NASD said Thursday.In another case of alleged IPO abuse on Wall Street, the NASD said it also fined Goldman Sachs Group $125,000, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $419.WHERE TO STAY:Millbrook Motel, 321 U.S. The site's first smash hit was NBC Universal's "Lazy Sunday," a "Saturday Night Live" rap parody that attracted 6 million views before YouTube removed it at NBC's request.The flood of pirated videos in YouTube's early days earned it comparisons to Napster, the file-sharing service that allowed widespread music piracy before lawsuits shut it down.Mark Cuban, a dot-com billionaire who has invested heavily in tech-related entertainment companies, recently said that YouTube would be "sued into oblivion" as soon as it was owned by a company with deep pockets, and that anyone who bought it was "a moron."YouTube says it complies with copyright laws by immediately removing unauthorized material as soon as it is notified by the copyright owner. In addition, a loose confederation of hometown clubs in the United States is reshaping hundreds of tiny villages, building roads, schools and other projects as immigrants demand more say in how their towns are run.No one is certain how many Mexicans abroad will cast ballots in the July 2006 election But many here and in the U.S. "Gronk," sold as a $20 paperback or a $60 hardback that includes a documentary DVD, inaugurates "A Ver: Revisioning Art History," a new book series focusing on contemporary U.S.-based Latino artists.Presenting the artistsDISTRIBUTED by University of Minnesota Press and produced by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, the series will assess 15 artists with roots in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic Chon A.

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Stocks finished a lackluster session narrowly mixed Monday as investors made few moves ahead of today's Federal Reserve decision on interest rates.Energy stocks soared as oil prices rose and as Exxon Mobil reported record profit.The Commerce Department's latest report on consumer spending provided more evidence that the economy is on solid footing. Lots are expected to be one to three acres in size with asking prices of $8 million to $24 million.Bing may have inherited his interest in real estate from his grandfather, New York property magnate Leo Bing. An ode to doing your own thing, "Accepted" in a different era might even have been tagged as anti-establishment.Though he had other projects he was attached to as a writer-director, Pink put himself up for directing "Accepted," credited to writers Adam Cooper, Bill Collage and Mark Perez. They ate breakfast, dinner and snacks more often than those either on power teams or not involved in sports."I was very surprised to see these athletes did a great job," says Jillian Croll, the study's lead author, now coordinator of research and education for the Emily Program, an outpatient eating disorders treatment program in St Paul, Minn. "I hope that's the hardest thing in their day, and sometimes it's not, but sometimes it helps get them through the hardest thing in their day."He's already flown through three back-to-back classes with a trademark blend of high-voltage energy, jokes and bellowed commands.