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IRS Scam Threatens Immigrants With Deportation 06/13/2014 01:30pm • An Internal Revenue Service impersonation scam has victimized some Arlington-based immigrants, threatening them with deportation unless they drive to Home Depot and add money to pre-paid gift cards. “So many people already got in trouble,” Shamim Naseer, who received one o Pound jumps after hint of interest rate hike 06/13/2014 01:21pm • DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- The pound jumped on Friday to reach its highest level against the dollar in nearly five years after the Bank of England's governor predicted an interest rate hike might come sooner than expected.The British currency rose to $1.6960 from $1.6830 the day be Thai junta considers $93 billion transport plan 06/13/2014 09:56am • BANGKOK (AP) -- The head of Thailand's military junta said Friday he is considering a 3 trillion baht ($93 billion) plan to build more rail lines and other infrastructure, adding more than $30 billion to a canceled project of the government it ousted.Army commander Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha told a meet Some lawmakers seek US constitutional convention 06/12/2014 07:38pm • TOM LoBIANCO Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A small but determined group of state lawmakers from some 30 states gathered in Indiana Thursday to lay the groundwork for something that has not happened since 1787 in Philadelphia: a convention to revise the U.S. Constitution.The bar they would ha Figures on government spending and debt 06/12/2014 06:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Figures on government spending and debt 06/12/2014 06:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. For White House, little joy in Cantor's defeat 06/12/2014 03:38pm • JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- For years, the White House saw House Majority Leader Eric Cantor as a chief driver of Republicans' staunch opposition to nearly all of President Barack Obama's agenda. Now, Cantor's stunning primary loss seems likely to make politics even mo Portugal waives its last bailout instalment 06/12/2014 11:28am • LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Portugal's government says it is forgoing the final 2.6 billion-euro ($3.5 billion) instalment of its three-year bailout package because it cannot meet creditors' deadlines for the latest promised austerity measures, which have run into legal challenges.Portugal received a 7 Senate Republicans block student loan bill 06/12/2014 08:40am • ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation aimed at letting people refinance their student loans at lower rates, a pre-ordained outcome that gave Democrats a fresh election-year talking point against the GOP.The 56-38 vote fell short of the 6 Tea party candidates try to build on Cantor loss 06/12/2014 07:38am • BILL BARROW Associated Press LAUREL, Miss. (AP) -- Conservative insurgents rallied Wednesday to capitalize on the downfall of their party's House majority leader, whose loss to a tea party-backed challenger put the differences dividing Republicans back at the forefront of this year's midterm electio Many seek new homes near cities but are priced out 06/12/2014 06:36am • JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- City living has been a blessing for Tim Nelson.The Phoenix lawyer moved downtown a few months ago into a new $389,000 home with a warehouse-style floor plan, a Jacuzzi tub and kitchen counters made of Caesarstone quartz. His favorite coffee spot is th Obama holds up technical school as model for US 06/12/2014 03:14am • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Saluting graduates as they leave the safety of high school behind, President Barack Obama held up a revitalized New England technical school on Wednesday as a model for the United States in an increasingly competitive global workforce.At Worcest Obama holds up technical school as model for US 06/12/2014 03:14am • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Saluting graduates as they leave the safety of high school behind, President Barack Obama held up a revitalized New England technical school on Wednesday as a model for the United States in an increasingly competitive global workforce.At Worcest Woman jailed over truancy fines found dead in cell 06/12/2014 02:40am • MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Pennsylvania mother of seven died in a jail cell where she was serving a two-day sentence for her children's absence from school, drawing complaints from the judge that sent her there about a broken system that punishes impoverished parents.Eil Ukraine rejects Putin's offer of gas discounts 06/12/2014 01:00am • JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia on Wednesday offered to restore the discounted gas price it granted Ukraine under the ousted pro-Russian president, but Ukraine demanded an even better deal and called for arbitration to settle the dispute.Speaking in Moscow, Russian Presiden