The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's two nominees to the Federal Reserve Board, bringing the seven-member board to full strength for the first time since April 2006.

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A second lawsuit alleging that John Travolta sexually abused a male masseur has been withdrawn, a lawyer for the accuser said Thursday, as the actor's attorney denied anyone had been paid off.