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In an interview with Chicago Tribune, Washington local and co-owner Andy Raymond of Engage Armament confided to the paper that it has scrapped plans to sell Armatix iP1 .22-caliber handgun following protests and death threats he received from gun activists.

Kenneth Feinberg had confirmed in an interview with The Associated Press that he had already talked to a lawyer who represented victims of the ignition defect of some of General Motors Co's small cars.

A federal lawsuit filed by a consumer in a San Jose, California court claimed that Google Inc had abused its market power by pushing smartphone manufacturers to offer the company's less popular applications via its secret mobile application distribution agreements, or MADAs, Bloomberg said.