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US records $130 billion budget deficit in May 06/11/2014 10:28pm • MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. government's monthly budget returned to deficit in May after a big April surplus. But the overall imbalance so far is far smaller than it was the same period last year, putting the country on track for the lowest annual deficit in six Supreme Court meets to discuss Argentina debt case 06/11/2014 07:49pm • LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is meeting privately Thursday to determine how to respond to Argentina's appeal of lower court decisions ordering it to repay more than $1.3 billion in defaulted bonds.U.S. lower courts have ordered Argentina t St. Louis football stadium running out of money 06/11/2014 05:18pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The indoor football stadium that the St. Louis Rams call home is running out of money as the NFL's team long-term future in the city remains murky.The publicly-funded Edward Jones Dome anticipates needing an extra $40 million to cover maintenance over the next 15 years, the St. Lou St. Louis football stadium running out of money 06/11/2014 05:18pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The indoor football stadium that the St. Louis Rams call home is running out of money as the NFL's team long-term future in the city remains murky.The publicly-funded Edward Jones Dome anticipates needing an extra $40 million to cover maintenance over the next 15 years, the St. Lou Martha Hyer, Oscar-nominated actress, dies 06/11/2014 04:41pm • RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Martha Hyer, an Oscar-nominated actress who starred alongside the likes of Frank Sinatra and Humphrey Bogart, and later gained notoriety for her extravagant lifestyle, has died.Hyer passed away May 31 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Raymond Lucer Obama takes to Tumblr to pitch student debt steps 06/11/2014 04:32am • JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says easing the burden of student debt is key to encouraging more students to pursue critical fields like teaching and social work.Obama is answering questions about student debt on the social networking site Tumblr. It's part Somber Obama concedes scant progress on gun deaths 06/11/2014 03:46am • JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A year ago, on the day a gun control push in the Senate went down in flames, President Barack Obama stood with former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and parents of Newtown victims in the Rose Garden and declared, "This effort is not over."On Tuesday, a mour IMF sees progress in Greece, still worried on debt 06/10/2014 12:00pm • DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that Greece has made "significant progress" in repairing its economy, but warned it risked falling behind in reforms needed to make its massive national debt sustainable.In a report, the IMF said Gr Tyson wins bidding war to gobble up Hillshire 06/10/2014 09:32am • CANDICE CHOI AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) -- Tyson Foods Inc. has won a bidding war to gobble up Hillshire Brands, the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages and Ball Park hot dogs.Tyson had been vying with rival poultry producer Pilgrim's Pride to acquire Hillshire, which wrapped up its bidding process Driving sleep deprived can have same effects as drunk driving, expert says 06/10/2014 08:17am • WASHINGTON -- A sleep expert is pointing to the dangers that can come from drowsy driving after a crash involving a sleep-deprived truck driver led to the death of one comedian and injured others, including actor Tracy Morgan. Dr. Neal Maru, a neurologist and sleep medicine special with Integrat Starting book tour, Clinton confronts GOP critics 06/10/2014 07:08am • KEN THOMAS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pivoting from her past toward big decisions in her future, Hillary Rodham Clinton says she's moved beyond the painful chapters in her life and is showing signs that she may wish to take on her Republican critics in the 2016 presidential race.The former Prodding Congress, Obama acts to ease student debt 06/10/2014 05:24am • JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Up to 5 million Americans struggling to make their monthly student loan payments could find relief under a program President Barack Obama expanded Monday, part of an election-year push by Democrats to paint Republicans as blocking common-sense steps Clinton: Benghazi probes 'more of a reason to run' 06/10/2014 03:46am • KEN THOMAS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton said in an interview Monday that she feels emboldened to run for president because of Republican criticism of her handling of the deadly 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya.In an interview with ABC News, Clinton said the Ben Gov. Quinn signs partial Chicago pension overhaul 06/09/2014 11:40pm • SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation Monday to help Chicago reduce a multibillion-dollar pension shortfall for two of its pension systems, but advised Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the City Council not to raise property taxes for needed revenues. VP's corruption case tests Argentina's courts 06/09/2014 07:56pm • MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina's vice president spent more than nine hours in a judge's chambers Monday, emerging to announce that he had clarified every point of a criminal corruption investigation and would post his testimony on Facebook.Amado Boudou is a