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OMAHA, Neb. – Omaha school district officials are confirming the death of a high school student who collapsed after football practice. The 16-year-old junior, Wilson Vili, had been at Benson High School practice on Tuesday. District spokeswoman Luanne Nelson says the boy left practice to get some supper, then collapsed …

NASSAU, Bahamas – Jury selection has begun in the trial of two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from John Travolta following his son’s death in the Bahamas. Travolta is on a list of 14 witnesses who could testify against the defendants, but prosecutors declined to say Monday …

NEW YORK – Ken Lewis, the embattled CEO of Bank of America Corp., is leaving the company, succumbing to nearly a year of strife that followed his company’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. The bank said in a statement late Wednesday that Lewis, 62, would retire as CEO and …