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Business Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)

Summary: The latest complete top ten Business news stories from the Associated Press (AP) brought to you by NewsworthyAudio.com. Each story is a separate 'episode' and converted to audio using NewsworthyAudio.com's "Professional Text-to-Speech" technology. This Podcast is updated with the latest stories every hour. iTunes users should set 'Keep Last 10 episodes' in their Podcast Preferences. Visit www.NewsworthyAudio.com and register for a free trial of the NewsworthyAudio.com personal audio newspaper. NewsworthyAudio is a registered trademark of Newsworthy.

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 Ex-dictator convicted of genocide in Guatemala | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:37

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) , A Guatemalan court convicted former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity on Friday, sentencing him to 80 years in prison, the first such sentence ever handed down against a former Latin American leader.

 NASA: Spacewalk planned to fix space station leak | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:43

WASHINGTON (AP) , Two astronauts will make a hastily planned spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system of the International Space Station. The leak in a cooling system was discovered Thursday when "snowflakes" of ammonia were seen flying away from the station. Engineers on Earth were up overnight plotting an impromptu spacewalk.

 Icy Arctic rising as economic, security hot spot | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:50

WASHINGTON (AP) , The icy Arctic is emerging as a global economic hot spot , and one that is becoming a security concern for the U.S. as world powers jockey to tap its vast energy resources and stake out unclaimed territories.

 FDA wants cancer warnings on tanning beds | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:25

WASHINGTON (AP) , Indoor tanning beds would come with new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to more stringent federal oversight under a proposal unveiled Monday by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has regulated tanning beds and sun lamps for over 30 years, but for the first time ever the agency says those devices should not be used by people under age 18.

 Limo driver: Fire took 3 minutes to claim 5 lives | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:09

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) , A California agency probing a deadly limousine fire that killed five women is considering whether to fine the limo company $7,500 per day for misrepresenting the limo's seating capacity. The California Public Utilities Commission had authorized the vehicle to carry eight or fewer passengers, but it had nine on the night of the deadly fire.

 Senate passes bill letting states tax online sales | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:16

WASHINGTON (AP) , The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping , for many a largely tax-free frontier , to state sales taxes.

 Brands risk image in varying Bangladesh responses | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:12

MUMBAI, India (AP) , Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh's troubled garment industry responded in starkly different ways to the building collapse that killed more than 600 people. Some quickly acknowledged their links to the tragedy and promised compensation. Others denied they authorized work at factories in the building even when their labels were found in the rubble.

 Lauryn Hill gets 3 months for failing to pay taxes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:55

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) , Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill stood in federal court Monday and compared her experience in the music business to the slavery her ancestors endured before a judge sentenced her to three months in prison for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade.

 Study sets off immigration bill squabble | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:01

WASHINGTON (AP) , A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally, the Heritage Foundation said in a report Monday, setting off a fierce dispute with fellow conservatives who attacked the study as flawed and political.

 GOP seeks alternative to overtime pay | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:04

WASHINGTON (AP) , It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay. The choice already exists in the public sector.

 Israeli airstrike in Syria aimed at Iran | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:50

BEIRUT (AP) , From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend attacks would have posed a potent threat had the weapons reached Iranian proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon.

 Scenic, struggling S. Illinois braces for oil rush | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:02

VIENNA, Ill. (AP) , This is the Illinois that many people never see , the sparsely populated southern tip where flat farmland gives way to rolling hills, rocky outcrops, thick forests and cypress swamps. Blacktopped county roads wend through no-stoplight towns. Locals speak in soft drawls and talk of generations who've lived on the same land or in the same villages.

 Will Downey suit up again after $175M 'IM3' haul? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:55

LOS ANGELES (AP) , Iron Man reigns as the standard-bearer of Hollywood superheroes with a $175.3 million domestic opening weekend for his latest sequel and an overseas haul of a half-billion dollars in less than two weeks.

 Experts warn about donation drives after bombing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:53

BOSTON (AP) , At least two online campaigns aimed to help David Henneberry buy a new boat after his was shot up while a Boston Marathon bombing suspect hid inside. And a handful of drives have cropped up to help the family of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old killed in the attack. Neither recipient had anything to do with setting up those fundraisers.

 Carlesimo out as Nets coach after playoff ouster | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:41

NEW YORK (AP) , After spending $350 million to upgrade their roster last summer, the Brooklyn Nets will start this offseason by looking for a coach. The Nets announced Sunday that P.J. Carlesimo wouldn't return, hours after they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

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