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Attorney General Tim Fox announced today that the Office of Consumer Protection, along with other nationwide organizations, reached settlements with Sprint and Verizon Wireless that include $158 million in payments and resolved allegations regarding "mobile cramming."

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Missoula County has settled a lawsuit filed by a sheriff's deputy who said she was discriminated against when she was repeatedly questioned about a kiss she shared with a married deputy at her residence during a time when he failed to respond to a 911 call.

Missoula County recently settled a discrimination and right to privacy claim involving allegations made by deputy Rebecca Birket with the Missoula County Sheriff's Office from events that occurred in 2012, while Carl Ibsen was sheriff.

As many as 200 former employees of Vann's will split $7.3 million under a settlement agreement in a lawsuit against former corporate officers.

Lawyers for the NCAA, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett and others involved in a lawsuit about the Penn State penalties over child sex abuse by Jerry Sandusky are asking a judge to give them a month to work on a possible settlement.

A person familiar with the matter says Bank of America has agreed to pay between $16 billion and $17 billion to settle an investigation into its sale of mortgage-backed securities before the financial crisis.

New York City has agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to settle allegations that police wrongfully arrested a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters during a march on New Year's Day 2012.

After 18-year-old Aubrey Stewart was paralyzed by a falling branch from a tree owned by the city of Jacksonville, the city quickly agreed to pay his family $3.5 million. But the president of the Florida Senate won't give his claim a hearing.

The Montana Department of Health and Human Services received $4,472.95 from the Kmart Corporation after a federal settlement over fraud allegations this week.