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OKs bailout

Germany’s highest court paved the way for the creation of Europe’s $640 billion rescue fund for indebted governments after it rejected calls to block it. The decision allows Germany to sign off on ratification of the treaty that sets up the European Stability Mechanism bailout fund — a weapon that many hope will help calm the debt crisis that threatens the eurozone.

Farm pulls its

tainted melons

A southwestern Indiana farm linked to a cantaloupe salmonella outbreak that killed two people has pulled its watermelons from market after the food-borne illness was found on one of those fruits. Chamberlain Farm Produce of Owensville says it’s cooperating with state and federal food safety officials and is unaware of anyone becoming ill from melons.

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