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Judge: Evidence warrants questioning Argentine VP 05/30/2014 03:50pm • ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina's vice president was ordered Friday to answer allegations that he abused his power to gain control of the company that prints the nation's currency.Federal Judge Ariel Lijo ruled there is enough evidence to merit formally IMF approves US$4.6 billion Greek loan installment 05/30/2014 01:49pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The International Monetary Fund says it has approved payment of a 3.4-billion-euro (US$4.6 billion) loan instalment under Greece's bailout program.An IMF statement Friday said the decision came after officials completed their latest review of the debt-hobbled country's spendin Apple's Beats buy is two-sided for music streaming 05/30/2014 01:00pm • RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Apple's $3 billion purchase of headphone maker and streaming music company Beats Electronics sheds light on a rarely recognized reality in the music-streaming industry: It's hard to succeed in the business without offering other products and serv Japan tax hike lifts inflation to 23-year high 05/30/2014 06:12am • ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's consumer prices rose 3.2 percent from a year earlier in April to the highest level since 1991, the government said Friday, largely due to a sales tax increase that is expected to dent growth this quarter.Other April data for the world's thir Tyson enters meat brawl with Hillshire bid 05/30/2014 04:00am • MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) -- Hillshire Brands is at the center of a barnyard brawl.Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. meat processor, on Thursday made a $6.2 billion offer for the maker Jimmy Dean sausages and Ball Park hot dogs, topping a bid made two days earlier by rival poultry p SF ISO ambitious charmer; SM seeks amusing looker 05/30/2014 03:32am • JENNIFER AGIESTA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- In dating, money may be the biggest taboo.An Associated Press-WE tv poll finds that two-thirds of Americans think it's tougher to talk money with your romantic partner than it is to talk sex. Three in 10 say sex is the harder conversation.And when Santorum, Palin support challenger in Miss. race 05/30/2014 03:10am • PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former presidential contender Rick Santorum and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Thursday began star turns in ads backing the Mississippi state lawmaker challenging longtime Republican Sen. Thad Cochran in next week's Senate primary.Santorum United fans still bitter over Glazer takeover 05/29/2014 07:44pm • ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) -- Few Manchester United fans will ever forgive Malcolm Glazer for his acrimonious buyout of the club that left the 20-time English champions with millions of dollars of debt.As a result, there was no outpouring of grief or flood of tributes from fans in the n Auto loan lender settles FTC charges for $5.5M 05/29/2014 04:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Auto loans provider Consumer Portfolio Services will pay $5.5 million to settle charges that it harassed people and collected money that consumers did not owe.The Federal Trade Commission said Friday that the Irvine, California lender agreed to pay more than $3.5 million to refund c Warner highlights background on campaign tour 05/29/2014 04:01pm • ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Mark Warner is highlighting his background as a businessman during a statewide re-election campaign tour.Warner was in Richmond Thursday at 804RVA, a shared workspace for start-ups and freelancers.The first-term senator and former Trachtenberg Says Council Used ‘Detroit Accounting Style’ To Fund Schools 05/29/2014 03:20pm • Duchy Trachtenberg sharply criticized the creative accounting measures the County Council used to fully fund next year’s MCPS budget request. In a televised debate with District 1 Council incumbent Roger Berliner, Trachtenberg said using one-time funding sources — such as a healthca Argentina agrees to pay $9.7 billion to Paris Club 05/29/2014 01:00pm • MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina and the Paris Club agreed early Thursday on a plan to resolve $9.7 billion in debts that have gone unpaid since the South American nation's devastating economic crisis and default in 2001.The Paris Club, a group of 19 lending Morning Notes 05/29/2014 09:45am • Booze Delivery Service Coming to N. Va. — Ultra, a web-based service that facilitates the delivery of beer, wine and liquor, is launching this week in D.C. and is planning on launching in Northern Virginia “within a couple of weeks.” Ultra promises that most orders will be deliver Man U and NFL team owner Glazer dies at 85 05/29/2014 09:42am • FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Malcolm Glazer, a self-made billionaire who shunned the spotlight while leading the takeover of English soccer's Manchester United and transforming the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers into Super Bowl champions, died Wednesday. He was 85.The reclusive Palm S&P 500 index holds close to record level 05/29/2014 05:26am • STEVE ROTHWELL AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks edged lower for the first time in five days Wednesday, but the real action was in the bond market.The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to its lowest in 11 months as investors continued to put money into the bond market, extending a rall