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Texas abortion clinics reopen after court reprieve 10/15/2014 09:40pm • PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas abortion clinics that closed under tough new restrictions began reopening Wednesday after winning a reprieve at the U.S. Supreme Court, but the facilities were scheduling women with uncertainty and skeleton staffs.A five-sentence ruling late Son charged with killing publisher, family 10/15/2014 06:38pm • JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- The son of a rural Oklahoma newspaper publisher fatally shot his father, mother and sister, believing that by killing his family, he would inherit money to pay off mounting debts, a prosecutor said Wednesday.Prosecutors in Duncan filed three Portugal to stick with austerity program in 2015 10/15/2014 03:20pm • BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Portugal's government is extending into 2015 the main features of its unpopular austerity program, resisting the temptation to sweeten its policies for an election year as it battles to restore the weakened country's financial health.The spendin France risks humiliating 'fail' in EU budget test 10/15/2014 01:46pm • GREG KELLER Associated Press PARIS (AP) -- Pencils down, papers over.France finds itself in the uncomfortable position of a student at the end of exams as it hands in its 2015 budget plans to European Union authorities for review.Wednesday's deadline for the bloc's 28 states to submit their budgets Twitter to be used for payments in France 10/15/2014 12:28pm • PARIS (AP) -- Did someone spot you money for lunch two weeks ago? In France, Twitter users can now publicly repay debts, donate to charity or chip in for a gift with a new payment service backed by the country's second-largest banking service.Group BPCE, which includes Banque Populaire and Caisses d Ailing global economy could lead Fed to delay hike 10/15/2014 08:42am • CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just as the U.S. job market has finally strengthened, the Federal Reserve now confronts a new worry: A sputtering global economy that's spooked investors across the world.The economic slump could spill into the United States, potentially Icahn aide: Taj has to close if union pact remains 10/15/2014 07:48am • WAYNE PARRY Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- A federal bankruptcy court judge will issue what the owners of Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort consider a life-or-death decision on Friday for the troubled gambling hall.Trump Entertainment Resorts and billionaire investor Carl Icah Md.'s Mikulski promotes student loan bill 10/15/2014 05:20am • CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski is visiting a community college in Cumberland to promote her ideas for making higher education more affordable.Others scheduled to attend the event Wednesday at Allegany College of Maryland include students and administrators from the Cumberland sch The Notebook That Will Change How You Think About Money Forever 10/15/2014 12:00am • You know you should save more. You want to save more -- even if it's just a little. And yet somehow, by the end of the month, you're eating ramen and digging for transit tokens out of the bottom of your briefcase or purse (because maybe you can trade them for quarters at work?). Where does all the m An Alzheimer's Complication: Some Care May Not Be Covered by Medicare 10/15/2014 12:00am • Even though nearly 50 million people in the U.S. rely on Medicare to help pay for their health care, millions of older people who have Alzheimer's disease may find that the insurance comes up short when they need it most -- when they need long-term care. About 5 million Americans on Medicare are li Man gets death in slayings of baby and grandmother 10/14/2014 11:10pm • NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A man who said he'd rather accept the death penalty than sit through arguments over his fate after being convicted of killing a baby and her grandmother has been sentenced to die.The Philadelphia Inquirer reports (http://bit.ly/1sP6ZLH) that jurors Tuesday night sentenced Rag Man pleads guilty in fake debt collectors case 10/14/2014 09:40pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A California businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to mail and wire fraud involving more than $5 million that his company collected from consumers with pending loans by impersonating authorities in threatening phone calls, federal prosecutors said.Kirit D. Patel of Tracy ente German government slashes growth forecast 10/14/2014 03:01pm • DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Europe got more bad news about its dominant economy Tuesday when the German government slashed its growth estimate for this year to 1.2 percent from 1.8 percent.The cut follows a run of disappointing data on exports, industrial production and London show celebrates aging but unbowed Rembrandt 10/14/2014 02:46pm • JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- There are few artists with a more famous face than Rembrandt. The Dutch master painted himself repeatedly throughout his career.Four large self-portraits gaze at visitors entering a mammoth new Rembrandt show at the National Gallery in London. He looks by EU court hears challenge to bond purchase program 10/14/2014 01:40pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The European Union's Court of Justice has heard arguments in a challenge against the European Central Bank's program to purchase government bonds.The ECB's 2012 offer to purchase government bonds is credited with stabilizing the euro currency union during its crisis over t