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Allergan reviews meeting requests in takeover bid 08/24/2014 12:00pm • LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Botox maker Allergan Inc. is reviewing shareholder requests for a special meeting to consider replacing most of its board, a change fellow drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. is seeking as part of the hostile takeover attempt 1990 arson-murder rap tossed, man is set free 08/23/2014 03:44am • MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A former New York businessman whose arson-murder conviction was overturned in the death of his daughter was freed from prison Friday after 24 years, following a judge's ruling that the case against him was based on now-debunked arson science.Han Man who ate pot candy must stand trial in killing 08/22/2014 11:39pm • SADIE GURMAN Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- A judge ordered a Denver man on Friday to stand trial in the killing of his wife, who told dispatchers moments before her death that he was paranoid and hallucinating after eating marijuana-infused candy.Defense attorneys for 48-year-old Richard Kirk sugg More schools are mixing beer, football at stadiums 08/22/2014 09:14pm • ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Walk through the tailgate area at a college football stadium, and beer drinking is as common a sight as fans adorned in jerseys of their favorite players.A growing number of schools are bringing the party inside, opening taps in concourses that traditionally hav More schools are mixing beer, football at stadiums 08/22/2014 09:14pm • ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Walk through the tailgate area at a college football stadium, and beer drinking is as common a sight as fans adorned in jerseys of their favorite players.A growing number of schools are bringing the party inside, opening taps in concourses that traditionally hav More schools are mixing beer, football at stadiums 08/22/2014 09:14pm • ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Walk through the tailgate area at a college football stadium, and beer drinking is as common a sight as fans adorned in jerseys of their favorite players.A growing number of schools are bringing the party inside, opening taps in concourses that traditionally hav More schools are mixing beer, football at stadiums 08/22/2014 09:14pm • ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Walk through the tailgate area at a college football stadium, and beer drinking is as common a sight as fans adorned in jerseys of their favorite players.A growing number of schools are bringing the party inside, opening taps in concourses that traditionally hav Deported Mexicans find new life at call centers 08/22/2014 07:26pm • ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Henry Monterroso is a foreigner in his own country. Raised in California from the age of 5, he was deported to Mexico in 2011 and found himself in a land he barely knew.But the 34-year-old Tijuana native feels right at home as soon as gets to wo Draghi: ECB can't do it all, governments must act 08/22/2014 06:58pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- European Central Bank head Mario Draghi said Friday the bank is ready to do more to boost the shaky recovery in the 18 countries that use the euro -- but warns governments must join in efforts to reduce stubbornly high unemployment."We stand ready to adjust our policy stan Ex-Va. Gov says he knows in heart he's innocent 08/22/2014 06:56pm • ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell told jurors Friday he was both innocent and contrite as he ended his third straight day of testifying in his corruption trial.Asked point blank by defense attorney Henry Asbill whether he ever committed the crime Correction: SmallBiz-Small Talk 08/22/2014 04:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- In a story Aug. 20 about lending to women-owned businesses, Maria Coyne, head of small business banking at KeyBank, was quoted by The Associated Press as saying the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. examines banks' lending records and makes a judgment about whether they're being prude Expectations of ECB help drive down eurozone rates 08/22/2014 03:18pm • DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer Investors appear to be putting their money on the likelihood of more stimulus measures from the European Central Bank to keep the eurozone's shaky recovery from stalling.That much is suggested by a startling fall in recent days in the borrowing rates for European gove Family Dollar rejects Dollar General offer 08/22/2014 10:06am • MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Family Dollar has rejected a takeover bid from dollar-store competitor Dollar General, saying it would be too hard for the deal to pass antitrust regulators. Family Dollar's board said it supports its existing deal to be acquired by Dollar Tree.Family Dollar Store Airline group forecasts uptick in Labor Day travel 08/22/2014 10:00am • DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer A trade group for the nation's big airlines predicts that air travel over the Labor Day weekend will rise 2 percent from the same holiday last year.If correct, the forecast would be more good news for the airlines. Nine leading U.S. carriers earned $3.8 billion in the Irish peacemaker, ex-premier Reynolds dies at 81 08/22/2014 07:48am • SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) -- Albert Reynolds, the risk-taking Irish prime minister who played a key role in delivering peace to Northern Ireland but struggled to keep his own governments intact, died Thursday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 81.His eldest son,