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Jury deliberations begin in Ga. salmonella trial 09/12/2014 06:19pm • RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ALBANY, Ga. (AP) -- Jurors have begun deliberations in the federal trial of the owner of a Georgia peanut plant linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak five years ago.The jury started weighing evidence for a short time Friday before adjourning with no verdict.U.S. District Probe finds fakery at 9 NYC child care centers 09/12/2014 06:19pm • JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Nine child care centers are on track to be shuttered after investigators found one served no children yet got almost $60,000 in city money, another had rat droppings on the floor and spoiled milk in the fridge, and others had filed phony background ch Police: Woman, 40, used boy, 13, for sex, drugs 09/12/2014 12:50pm • LATROBE, Pa. (AP) -- Police have charged a 40-year-old Pennsylvania woman with having sex with a 13-year-old boy and then making him fake a toothache so he could get painkillers for her.The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/ZjmjEN ) reports Latrobe police have charged Jesse Kuhns with having Prosecutor: Plant owner OK'd tainted peanut sales 09/12/2014 04:48am • RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ALBANY, Ga. (AP) -- The owner of a Georgia peanut plant where a deadly salmonella outbreak originated five years ago approved sales of tainted food "whatever the risk," including shipments known to have tested positive for the bacteria and others sent with fake lab result QB Hill leads No. 25 BYU past Houston 33-25 09/12/2014 02:25am • ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PROVO, Utah (AP) -- If Taysom Hill needs to take off running 26 times every game, so be it. As long as BYU is winning.The dual-threat junior quarterback ran for 160 yards on 26 carries with one score, and threw for 200 yards and another in No. 25 BYU's 33-25 victory Keep Your Money Out of the Mattress: Investing for the Short Term 09/11/2014 12:00am • The only sure thing about emergencies is that you'll have one. When? Where? How? And finally, what will it cost you? Who knows? That's why financial advisors recommend clients have short-term savings ready for the random car accident, unexpected education fees and unplanned medical expenses. But 5 Networking Tips for New Grads 09/11/2014 12:00am • Networking: Some people love it, and others others hate it. There's no denying that it's an essential part of business and socialization. This is how meaningful relationships are formed with other people, whether they're your clients, business partners, colleagues or even supervisors. Interns who h The 5 Best Places to Hide Emergency Cash at Home 09/11/2014 12:00am • They call it saving for a rainy day, but when we wait for the rainy day before we begin saving, we're left in a quandary if we need funds on hand in the event of an emergency. Personal finance experts suggest keeping a financial reserve of three to six months of living expenses at all times. But ac 2 Indianapolis officers charged with bar beating 09/10/2014 07:06pm • KEN KUSMER Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Two Indianapolis police officers who were off duty at a bar drinking shots with a pregnant bartender beat up a patron who began arguing with the woman, an affidavit released Wednesday said.John Serban and Michael Reiger face felony battery charges ove In 5-week salmonella trial, defense takes 1 hour 09/10/2014 06:30pm • RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ALBANY, Ga. (AP) -- Defense attorneys took barely an hour Wednesday to rest their cases after more than a month of prosecution testimony in the federal trial of three people charged in a deadly national salmonella outbreak five years ago that authorities traced to a rural New crop of talented SEC quarterbacks emerge 09/10/2014 05:08pm • DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer One of the greatest quarterback classes in Southeastern Conference history is now toiling in the NFL.Gone are the likes of Johnny Manziel and Aaron Murray, but the big passing numbers have stayed.A new crop of quarterbacks -- led by Texas A&M's Kenny Hill, South Carolin Colombia arrests man posing as Lebanon diplomat 09/10/2014 03:50pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombian authorities say a man posing as the Lebanese ambassador fooled local officials for months, until a suspicious army colonel checked with the embassy and unmasked him.Now, Jeyson Puello is being investigated as a possible con artist who rubbed shoulders with military US judge rules against ex-Richmond developer 09/09/2014 08:30pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled against a former Richmond developer on two issues that will lengthen his prison sentence for fraudulently obtaining historic tax credits.After an all-day hearing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge John Gibney denied Billy Gene J Judge convicts ex-nurse of assisting suicide 09/09/2014 05:56pm • STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- An ex-nurse who admitted going online and encouraging people to kill themselves was convicted Tuesday of assisting the suicide of an English man and attempting to assist in the suicide of a Canadian woman, following a legal battle that has spanned Chiropractor pleads guilty to health care fraud 09/09/2014 04:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- A chiropractor who practiced in southeast Washington has pleaded guilty to signing fake prescriptions for services to be provided by D.C. Medicaid in exchange for cash.Fifty-seven-year-old Lewis J. Levine of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty to health care fraud Tuesday in federal