The financial penalties include a $227 million forfeiture agreement

The Treasury Departmentsaid that Standard Chartered's practices from 2001 to 2007 interfered with the U.S. implementation of economic sanctions. When detailing transactions at its London offices, for example, the bank omitted or removed references to U.S.-sanctioned locations, effectively obscuring the fact that the funds originated from countries such as Iran, Libya and Sudan, the U.S. said.

The financial penalties include a $227 million forfeiture agreement with the U.S. Justice Department and a $100 million penalty by the Federal Reserve Board related to sanctions and anti-money-laundering violations. The settlement between Standard Chartered and the U.S. government includes a deferred prosecution deal between the company and the U.S. District Attorney for New York, which will result in the charges being dropped later if Standard Charter complies with the agreements. 

With the potential far greater than it was the last time Barnes was a Clipper

"In my career, it's never been anything like 'You're a starter' or 'You're the second guy off the bench,'" Barnessaid. "I've had to work with everything. I knew this is no different than that. Really, when I talked to Vinny [Del Negro], I just asked for an opportunity. I didn't need anything promised to me, I just needed the opportunity to compete and he's given me that. It's worked out well."

With the potential far greater than it was the last time Barnes was a Clipper, he sees one thing the team needs to really focus on in order to live up to expectations and be serious contenders.

"Play defense," Barnes said. "To me, it's play defense. With Chris at the point and in transition, our offense will be fine. If we commit to the defensive end and close that paint up and slow people down in transition and limit their threes, we're going to be hard to beat."

Greg Hochstedler, who owns the 160-acre Boondocks Farms

But despite a less brilliant landscape and lack of apples, she expected bustling fall business in an area often called the "Art Coast of Michigan" because of Saugatuck and Douglas' art galleries, shopping and bed and breakfast inns along Lake Michigan.

"I don't think it's going affect our business at all, but it always adds to it if there's really beautiful foliage," Fairchild said.

Others in the industry took steps to ensure their fall seasons weren't a total loss.

Greg Hochstedler, who owns the 160-acre Boondocks Farms about 30 miles east of Indianapolis, canceled his corn maze this year because the June planting time coincided with sweltering 100-degree days and the worst drought in decades.

"It was too dry, too dusty. It would have been a waste of seed," Hochstedler said.

Gordon, who heads into the race Sunday ranked 12th in the Sprint Cup standings

Gordon, who heads into the race Sunday ranked 12th in the Sprint Cup standings, ran a lap at 134.911 mph in qualifying Friday. Busch was second, at 134.753 mph, and defending series champion Tony Stewart was third.

''We'll have a good pit spot and hopefully we can keep that track position all day and not have to beat our car up trying to get up there,'' Stewartsaid.

Gordon, who barely qualified for the Chase, is hoping a strong finish in New Hampshire will help him overcome a 35th-place finish in Chicago, when he hit the wall with about 80 laps to go. He was the only one of the 12 Chase drivers who didn't finish in the top 18.

Pierre-Paul, who outweighs Amukamara by roughly 70 pounds

Pierre-Paul, who outweighs Amukamara by roughly 70 pounds, offered only the slightest of apologies for the incident.

"It was a little something that happens in here, and it got leaked out," Pierre-Paulsaid. "I'm not embarrassed [by] it. We're all family in this locker room. I feel like me and Prince, we're cool. All the guys that were on there were cool It was just fun and games, and the media took it out of proportion."

Pierre-Paul didn't apologize to Amukamara, and the Giants' star pass-rusher didn't sound as if he had any plans to do so, either.

Liu came to London with injuries hanging over him

On China's Central Television, commentator Yang Jian cried out when Liu fell during the live broadcast. "He is ending the London Games in the cruelest way you can imagine," said Yang, who began to choke up.

"Liu Xiang is a warrior," Yang said.

Liu came to London with injuries hanging over him, and his Chinese fans cheered with more caution about getting their hopes too high.

His fall nevertheless shocked and saddened supporters, who were posting crying emoticon faces on the microblogging site Sina Weibo, where the topic was trending.

A top CommunistParty official phoned Liu in London to show the country's support for him, the official Xinhua news Agency reported Wednesday.

Foster committed to the Crimson Tide

Foster, a five-star inside linebacker, announced his decision in the cafeteria of his high school. Foster previously starred at Troup County High in LaGrange, Ga., before his head coach was fired at the end of the school year. In August, he crossed both state and enemy lines by transferring to Auburn High School, a stone's throw from the Auburn University campus.

Foster committed to the Crimson Tide last July and maintained he was 100 percent with Alabama -- until now. In front of a room with plenty of Auburn supporters, Foster held up his daughter, A'Ziya, and unzipped her sweatsuit to reveal an Auburn Tigers cheerleading uniform underneath. He then put an Auburn hat on, posed for photos and made his verbal commitment official.