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Life term for UK pair in cash-grab parent killings 06/23/2014 01:53pm • LONDON (AP) -- A British husband and wife who murdered the woman's parents and collected their pension checks for 15 years have been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.A jury convicted Susan and Christopher Edwards of shooting William and Patricia Wycherly in May 1998. Wisconsin Energy buying Integrys for $5.8 billion 06/23/2014 12:51pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Wisconsin Energy Corp. is buying Integrys Energy Group Inc. for about $5.8 billion in cash and stock to form a more diverse Midwest electric and natural gas delivery company.The combined company will be called WEC Energy Group Inc. and serve more than 4.3 million total gas and elec Blue-state congressman holds House's No 2 GOP post 06/23/2014 10:16am • KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some conservatives are skittish about having a new House majority leader from left-leaning California.Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., acknowledged that his constituents were "probably scratching their head" when it came to Rep. Kevin McCarthy's electio Russia's FC Rostov regains Europa League place 06/23/2014 09:50am • MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian Cup winner FC Rostov has regained its place in next season's Europa League on appeal after being barred because of unpaid debts.The Russian Football Union last month blocked the club on grounds that Rostov breached club licensing rules.Rostov says the Court of Arbitration for Thad Cochran needs big Gulf Coast comeback 06/23/2014 09:46am • BILL BARROW Associated Press PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) -- Hundreds of workers arrive at sunrise at the Ingalls shipyard on the Gulf Coast, and there to greet them are a dozen campaign volunteers with fliers and signs that say, "Save our Jobs."In the middle is a small, white-haired man shaking the hand ECB's chief Draghi : time for more integration 06/23/2014 05:00am • AMSTERDAM (AP) -- European Central Bank President Mario Draghi says current rules limiting European Union member states' budgetary policies -- notably deficit spending -- are not sufficient, and states should surrender some sovereignty in some economic policy areas, notably labor laws.In an intervie Miss. Sen. Thad Cochran needs Gulf Coast comeback 06/23/2014 03:02am • BILL BARROW Associated Press PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) -- Hundreds of workers arrive at sunrise at the Ingalls shipyard on the Gulf Coast, and there to greet them are a dozen campaign volunteers with fliers and signs that say, "Save our Jobs."In the middle is a small, white-haired man shaking the hand Energetic stock market pushes toward milestones 06/23/2014 02:42am • STEVE ROTHWELL AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. stock market is back to setting records.After treading water for most of March and April, stocks are nudging deeper into record territory and are closing in on milestones with lots of zeros attached to them. The Dow Jones industrial average Latin Americans cheering for each other _ for now 06/22/2014 05:32pm • STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Latin Americans are cheering for each other at the World Cup. But that camaraderie will disappear in a few days when the knockout games arrive.For now, there's Latin fusion.Brazilian Samba is drowned out by Mexican Mariachi or by Cumbias from Colo Jackson remains a provider 5 years after his death 06/22/2014 02:24am • ANTHONY McCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It's been five years since Michael Jackson died, yet his career is more alive than it has been in decades.Just last month, the singer moonwalked across a Las Vegas stage in a nationally televised hologram performance. A new album recently Budget realities confront McDaniel's rhetoric 06/21/2014 02:30pm • BILL BARROW Associated Press GAUTIER, Miss. (AP) -- Republican primary challenger Chris McDaniel puts the nation's $17 trillion debt at the center of his bid to represent Mississippi in the Senate, bashing six-term Sen. Thad Cochran as a profligate spender who has contributed to a problem that McDan DNC outraises RNC, whittles down its debt 06/21/2014 01:10pm • PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Making progress at whittling down a once-enormous debt, the Democratic National Committee on Friday reported it had raised more than its GOP rival in May and cut its red ink to less than $5 million for the first time since July 2012.The DNC raised a DNC outraises RNC, whittles down its debt 06/21/2014 01:10pm • PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Making progress at whittling down a once-enormous debt, the Democratic National Committee on Friday reported it had raised more than its GOP rival in May and cut its red ink to less than $5 million for the first time since July 2012.The DNC raised a DNC outraises RNC, whittles down its debt 06/21/2014 01:10pm • PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Making progress at whittling down a once-enormous debt, the Democratic National Committee on Friday reported it had raised more than its GOP rival in May and cut its red ink to less than $5 million for the first time since July 2012.The DNC raised a DNC outraises RNC, whittles down its debt 06/21/2014 01:10pm • PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Making progress at whittling down a once-enormous debt, the Democratic National Committee on Friday reported it had raised more than its GOP rival in May and cut its red ink to less than $5 million for the first time since July 2012.The DNC raised a