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Not long ago, the Federal Reserve announced that it plans to keep short-term interest rates near zero until late 2014. The Fed initially pushed rates to that level in 2008, in an effort to stimulate economic growth. Clearly, low interest rates have a wide-ranging impact – but what effect will they have on you, as an individual investor?

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday upheld the original suspensions he slapped on New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, General Manager Mickey Loomis and linebackers coach Joe Vitt for their roles in the team's three-season-long bounty program.

AUGUSTA, Ga. _ She walked into the twilight toward Butler Cabin, a holy place in golf. She might not have thought she'd someday walk through the doorway, but her son did.

SAN JOSE– A furious rally in the third period and overtime earned the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL season finale at sold-out HP Pavilion.

If the bloom temporarily vacated your mental rose, reminder … the annual Rotary Flower Fest Sale is Saturday – (weather report 72 degrees purrrfect) at Syngenta Seeds on Hecker Pass. Put on your best elbow pads and mosey on out to pluck from the marvelous selection. Heard the Rotarians working the flower floor were all going to don David Cox wigs, now that would be a funny picture … Starts at 8 a.m., ends at 3. Buying beautiful flowers for the Rotary’s charitable giving programs is pretty darn sweet.

No matter the results of any investigation, or how much evidence is uncovered and presented, nothing ever hits an unaware public with more force than an actual recording.

Count 49ers safety Donte Whitner among those appalled by Thursday's revelation that the New Orleans Saints defense was ordered by then-coordinator Gregg Williams to injure the 49ers' offensive mainstays in their Jan. 14 playoff game.