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Business Highlights 08/01/2014 07:00pm • The Associated Press ___US job growth eases but tops 200K for a 6th monthWASHINGTON (AP) -- A sixth straight month of solid 200,000-plus job growth in July reinforced growing evidence that the U.S. economy is accelerating after five years of sluggish expansion.Employers added 209,000 jobs last mont Georgia coach Richt downplays off-field troubles 08/01/2014 06:54pm • PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- A series of arrests. Players kicked off the team. It's been a tumultuous offseason for the Georgia Bulldogs, raising questions about the way coach Mark Richt runs the program.Richt insists there are no major issues, just a few bad apples.His players Prosecutor: Peanut plant faked salmonella results 08/01/2014 04:00pm • RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ALBANY, Ga. (AP) -- A Georgia peanut plant linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak cut corners and sent fake lab results to customers, endangering consumers nationwide, federal prosecutors said Friday as they opened a rare case seeking criminal punishment for corporate wor Grammy winner Ne-Yo: Ex-manager owes me $8M 08/01/2014 07:42am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Grammy winner Ne-Yo wants $8 million from his ex-manager.The Daily News reports (http://nydn.us/1lgmBAH ) that the R&B singer-songwriter has sued one-time manager and confidant Kevin Foster in Manhattan federal court.Foster started handling Ne-Yo's finances in 2005.The lawsuit says CIA spied on Senate, internal review finds 08/01/2014 03:22am • KEN DILANIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CIA's insistence that it did not spy on its Senate overseers collapsed Thursday with the release of a stark report by the agency's internal watchdog documenting improper computer surveillance and obstructionist behavior by CIA officers.Five agency Report: CIA officers read Senate emails 08/01/2014 12:50am • KEN DILANIAN AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- CIA officers improperly accessed Senate computers, read the emails of Senate staff, and exhibited a "lack of candor" when interviewed by agency investigators, according to a declassified CIA inspector general's report.The document, released Thur How Twitter forever changed the MLB trade deadline 08/01/2014 12:10am • WASHINGTON -- Click, refresh. Click, refresh. Whether you're the fan of a contending team looking for an impact addition or a club that's out of the race with veteran spare parts on expiring contracts, the Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline can be a stressful time. And while fans ha Meet Marvel's misfits: 'Guardians of the Galaxy' 07/31/2014 02:59pm • WASHINGTON -- Marvel has gotten plenty of movie mileage out of polished, known characters such as Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk and Captain America. Out Aug. 1, it pivots away from the "Avengers" group and assembles a new band of scrappy, snarky superheroes: "The Guardians of the Galaxy." Marvel's new Prosecutor: Woman kidnapped baby to raise as own 07/31/2014 12:50pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say a Colorado woman faked a pregnancy and kidnapped her newborn nephew in Wisconsin in hopes of passing him off as her own.Prosecutor Stephen Sinnott during closing statements Thursday described 31-year-old Kristen Smith as a manipulative liar whose defense Speedy rookie LB Shazier making quick impression 07/30/2014 06:36pm • WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer LATROBE, Pa. (AP) -- Ryan Shazier grew up the football equivalent of a Rorschach test.Some coaches looked at Shazier's 6-foot-1 frame with plenty of room to grow and saw a defensive end. Others focused on his blazing speed and saw a safety.Not Shazier."I always like to h Less zone-read for RG3 under Redskins coach Gruden 07/30/2014 05:28pm • JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Robert Griffin III faked the handoff to Alfred Morris and took off down the left sideline, showing the burst of speed that helped him become the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2012.The crowd loved it. They haven't seen much of the zone-read Rains, smugglers damage US-Mexico border fence 07/30/2014 05:20pm • ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- U.S. Border Patrol officials said Wednesday that agents discovered a garage-sized hole through a steel fence that divides the United States and Mexico just east of Nogales, Arizona.The announcement was the second one this week about problems with Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 07/30/2014 03:00pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___July 28News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, on Ebola:To be a missionary or a health care worker who tends to the poor has always required an admirable level of compassion, but now in West Af 2 dead, 2 hurt in Vegas carjacking, home invasions 07/29/2014 08:52pm • MICHELLE RINDELS Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Two men were killed and two women were seriously injured Tuesday in a wild Las Vegas crime spree that included a carjacking, two home invasions, a stabbing, a fake hostage situation and a deadly police shooting.Officers killed a male suspect, and a Man uses fake bomb to hold up banks, police say 07/29/2014 09:57am • WASHINGTON -- A Takoma Park, Maryland man is charged with three counts of armed robbery after allegedly robbing three banks using a fake, foil-wrapped bomb. Montgomery County police say DNA evidence left at the scene led to the arrest of Morris Kenneth Thweatt, 46. During each robbery, police sa