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5 Common Money Scams to Avoid 09/25/2014 12:00am • Many of us have either been the target of some kind of fraud or know someone who has. As technology evolves and it becomes more difficult to fool potential victims, fraudsters are turning to increasingly clever tactics to scam Americans out of billions of dollars each year. To keep this kind of cri 5 Common Money Scams to Avoid 09/25/2014 12:00am • Many of us have either been the target of some kind of fraud or know someone who has. As technology evolves and it becomes more difficult to fool potential victims, fraudsters are turning to increasingly clever tactics to scam Americans out of billions of dollars each year. To keep this kind of cri 5 Common Money Scams to Avoid 09/25/2014 12:00am • Many of us have either been the target of some kind of fraud or know someone who has. As technology evolves and it becomes more difficult to fool potential victims, fraudsters are turning to increasingly clever tactics to scam Americans out of billions of dollars each year. To keep this kind of cri 5 Common Money Scams to Avoid 09/25/2014 12:00am • Many of us have either been the target of some kind of fraud or know someone who has. As technology evolves and it becomes more difficult to fool potential victims, fraudsters are turning to increasingly clever tactics to scam Americans out of billions of dollars each year. To keep this kind of cri Te'o 'frustrated and devastated' with foot injury 09/24/2014 10:07pm • BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Chargers inside linebacker Manti Te'o says he's "frustrated and devastated" with a third foot injury in 13 months.Te'o sustained a fractured right foot in Sunday's 22-10 victory at Buffalo and is out indefinitely.Te'o and the team are declining to rev Short week is long on meaning for Giants, Redskins 09/24/2014 04:14pm • JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The New York Giants and Washington Redskins dragged their sore bodies out of bed this week knowing that the next game would be only four days after the previous one.Both teams also know that their respective 1-2 starts won't cut it if the NFC East-lea Prosecutor: Convicted developer hoarded cash 09/23/2014 07:10pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A former developer was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for fraudulently obtaining tax credits and then plotting to flee the country while he was supposed to be liquidating assets to raise money to repay his victims.Billy Gene Jefferson was Prosecutor: Convicted developer hoarded cash 09/23/2014 07:10pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A former developer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fraudulently obtaining tax credits and then plotting to flee the country while he was supposed to be liquidating assets to raise money to repay his victims.Prosecutor Michael Gill said IRS scam bilks victims for $5 million 09/23/2014 12:09pm • WASHINGTON -- It's a telephone scam that has taken millions of dollars from victims who simply picked up the phone and said too much. "This scam is a very serious problem that's impacting many people," says Mark Hanson, spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service. It's so serious that the IRS h Stocks start lower...Health stocks hit by rules discouraging inversions...Greece won't ask for more 09/23/2014 11:40am • NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks are mixed this morning following some disappointing economic reports from overseas and news that U.S.-led forces have started airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria. The losses so far are modest, with the Dow down about 20 points. The S&P 500 has been mostly Texans intent on fixing mistakes after first loss 09/23/2014 04:18am • KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) -- The Houston Texans limited their mistakes while winning their first two games.That changed in a 30-17 loss to the New York Giants that has the Texans focused on cleaning things up before hosting Buffalo on Sunday.Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who had n AP source: Manti Te'o has fractured foot 09/23/2014 01:30am • BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) -- San Diego Chargers linebacker Manti Te'o has a fractured right foot and is expected to miss significant time, a person with knowledge of the situation said Monday night.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hasn't made the news p Man pleads guilty to robbing Md. diamond store 09/22/2014 05:50pm • BALTIMORE (AP) -- A D.C. man has pleaded guilty to robbing a Queenstown diamond store of more than $362,000 worth of engagement rings.Forty-three-year-old Roy Lee Tolbert entered the plea last week in federal court in Baltimore. He faces a minimum of seven years in prison at sentencing on Dec. 17.Ac 5 ways to protect yourself from data breaches 09/22/2014 12:42pm • JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Data breaches at retailers aren't going away but there are ways consumers can protect themselves from future heists of their payment card information.Home Depot said Thursday that malicious software lurking in its check-out terminals between April an Tucker's field goal lifts Ravens over Browns 23-21 09/22/2014 04:48am • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Baltimore Ravens aren't letting anything distract them from winning.While there are still questions about how their handling of Ray Rice's case, it's clear the Ravens haven't changed -- on the field.With Rice's troubling situation lingering over the