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Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders announced he will release 10 years of his tax returns and revealed he is a millionaire thanks to his best-selling book 'Our Revolution.' 'I wrote a best-selling book,' he told The New York Times. 'If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too.' Sanders said he would release his returns by Tax Day on Monday and said he hoped President Donald Trump would do the same. 'On the day in the very immediate future, certainly before April 15, we release ours, I hope that Donald Trump will do exactly the same. We...

DEAD SEA, Jordan — Hoping to use economic promise as a bridge to a peace deal between Palestinians and Israel, Secretary of State John F. Kerry announced an estimated $4 billion economic development proposal for the West Bank on Sunday that he said could cut the 21 percent unemployment rate by two-thirds. “The greatest existential threat and the greatest economic threat to both sides is the lack of peace,” Kerry said. “To not try to head these off would be tragic, and it would be irresponsible.” International business leaders rallied by former British prime minister Tony Blair will propose new...

$3.2 million in van seized in S. Texas Ordinary traffic stop nets largest cash haul for DPS, two suspects 11/15/2002 By DAVID McLEMORE / The Dallas Morning News At first, the Department of Public Safety trooper thought it was just a simple traffic stop. Then he found more than 400 pounds of cash hidden in the van. When the counting was done, DPS said Thursday, troopers had seized $3,229,604 packed in three black duffel bags stashed in the back of a U-Haul van. The vehicle was stopped Nov. 8 for speeding on U.S. Highway. 77, about six miles north...