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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 Stock market up .... Help for student borrowers ... Detroit bankruptcy 06/09/2014 06:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market reached another record high today, thanks in part to a handful of deals reached by U.S. companies. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1.8 points, or 0.1 percent, to close at an all-time high of 1,951. The Dow Jones industrial average nudged up 18 points, or 0.1 pe Obama signs presidential memo to expand student loan relief 06/09/2014 06:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is looking to relieve the burden of student loan debt. Today, he signed a presidential memo expanding a program that lets borrowers pay no more than 10 percent of their income every month. And he threw his support behind more sweeping Senate legislation targ Automakers to help save Detroit's art treasures 06/09/2014 04:40pm • COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are driving into Detroit's bankruptcy reorganization by pledging $26 million to help support retiree pensions while keeping the city's art treasures off the auction block, officials announced Monday.The money will go t Greek PM replaces finance minister in reshuffle 06/09/2014 04:31pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras replaced his finance minister with a finance and economics professor during a broad Cabinet reshuffle Monday following the conservative-led coalition government's weak showing in European parliamentary elections last month.Outgoing Finance Court approves Dolan Co. bankruptcy reorganization 06/09/2014 03:38pm • BALTIMORE (AP) -- A court has approved the bankruptcy reorganization plan of Dolan Co., a business and legal publisher that is the parent company of The Daily Record in Baltimore.The Daily Record reported (http://bit.ly/1kejKXc) Monday that ownership of Dolan has been given to its lenders. Bayside C Ex-NFL player as AD doesn't mean football for GMU 06/09/2014 03:20pm • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) -- The hiring of a man who won a Super Bowl ring with the Washington Redskins doesn't mean George Mason will be adding football anytime soon.GMU introduced Brad Edwards as its new athletic director Monday. Edwards played nine seasons in the NFL and was the defensive co-captain of t News Guide: Races that will decide Senate control 06/09/2014 10:20am • The Associated Press While Democrats now hold control of the U.S. Senate, this fall's election has the potential to shift that leadership to the GOP.Republicans will take control if they manage a net gain of six Senate seats.Among the 36 seats on the ballot, seven are held by Democrats in states wo China Mobile to take stake in Thailand's True 06/09/2014 08:49am • BANGKOK (AP) -- China Mobile Ltd. has agreed to buy an 18 percent stake in Thai telecommunications and cable TV company True Corp. for $880 million, the highest profile corporate deal announced in Thailand since the military sized power in a May 22 coup.True said Monday that the investment by the st