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Woman with toy gun grabs trapped savings from Beirut bank 09/14/2022 08:44pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� A woman accompanied by activists and brandishing what she said was a toy pistol broke into a Beirut bank branch on Wednesday, taking $13,000 from her trapped savings. Sali Hafez told the local Al-Jadeed TV that she needed the money to fund her sister���s cancer treatment. She said s How Much Are Closing Costs? 09/14/2022 08:00pm • The costs involved in buying and selling a home are often negotiable as part of the real estate deal. A buyer may be willing to offer the full asking price, as long as the seller is willing to cover the closing costs, which can include a home inspection and deed transfer tax, for example. For buyers Haaland soars for City in Champions League; Madrid, PSG win 09/14/2022 07:02pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� It was the Erling Haaland show in the Champions League even on a night when Paris Saint-Germain superstars Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbapp�� and Neymar all scored in a comeback win. Manchester City also trailed, deep into the game, at home Wednesday against Haaland���s former club Borussi 'Car guy' Biden touts electric vehicles at Detroit auto show 09/14/2022 06:30pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� President Joe Biden, a ���car guy��� with his own vintage Corvette, showcased his administration's efforts to promote electric vehicles during a visit Wednesday to the Detroit auto show. Biden traveled to the massive North American International Auto Show to plug the huge new clima Napoli overcomes missed penalties to beat Rangers 3-0 09/14/2022 05:31pm • GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) ��� After missing two penalty kicks, Napoli finally scored on its third try en route to a 3-0 win at Rangers in the Champions League on Wednesday. Forty-year-old Allan McGregor saved two penalty kicks from Piotr Zieli��ski, but the Rangers goalkeeper could not keep out the thi Sargent, Pepi, Ferreira on US roster for World Cup warmups 09/14/2022 05:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Josh Sargent, Ricardo Pepi and Jes��s Ferreira are in at forward, while Jordan Pefok, Haji Wright and Brandon Vazquez are out. U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter announced his 26-man roster Wednesday for the Americans' final two World Cup warmups, and he emphasized time remains for players Driven by consumers, US inflation grows more persistent 09/14/2022 07:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. inflation is showing signs of entering a more stubborn phase that will likely require drastic action by the Federal Reserve, a shift that has panicked financial markets and heightens the risks of a recession. Some of the longtime drivers of higher inflation ��� spiking gas p Ken Starr, whose probe led to Clinton impeachment, dies 09/13/2022 09:59pm • Ken Starr, a former federal appellate judge and a prominent attorney whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the president���s impeachment and put Starr at the center of one of the country���s most polarizing debates of the 1990s, has died at age 76, his family said Tuesday. Starr died a Asian markets open lower after price data slam Wall Street 09/13/2022 08:54pm • Asian markets skidded lower on Wednesday after Wall Street fell the most since June 2020 as a report showed inflation has kept a surprisingly strong grip on the U.S. economy. Tokyo���s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 2.8% in early trading Wednesday, to 27,816.58, while Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 declined 2. National Average FICO Score Is Still 716 09/13/2022 08:00pm • The national average FICO credit score did not increase between April 2021 and April 2022, according to new data from FICO. Though the average score remains solidly in the good range at 716, this marks the first time since October 2012 that the average FICO score has not risen year over year and com How to Get a Refund for Federal Student Loan Payments Made in Forbearance 09/13/2022 08:00pm • Federal student loan payments have been paused since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Interest rates are set to 0%, giving savvy borrowers the chance to make principal-only payments toward their student loan debt. About one in five federal student loan borrowers -- including myself US inflation still stubbornly high despite August slowdown 09/13/2022 04:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Lower gas costs slowed U.S. inflation for a second straight month in August, but most other prices across the economy kept rising ��� evidence that inflation remains a heavy burden for American households. Consumer prices rose 8.3% from a year earlier and 0.1% from July. But the US keeper Steffen misses 4th straight game for Middlesbrough 09/13/2022 02:36pm • American goalkeeper Zack Steffen missed his fourth straight game for Middlesbrough, raising doubt whether he will be available for the United States' last two warmup matches ahead of the World Cup. The 27-year-old has not played since Aug. 20, Middlesbrough���s fifth match of the season, due to a kn World Cup Watch: Contractual tug-of-war may help Griezmann 09/13/2022 07:41am • MADRID (AP) ��� Less could be more for Antoine Griezmann going into the World Cup. The France forward has been getting few minutes with Atl��tico Madrid because of a unique contractual dispute with Barcelona, but with his World Cup spot not really in danger, he may end up being one of the few player Lebanon: Central Bank lifts all expensive fuel subsidies 09/12/2022 09:38pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Lebanon's central bank lifted its remaining subsidies on fuel on Monday, gas station owners said, ending a year-long process of scaling back on the expensive program. The Central Bank over a year ago announced it would gradually lift fuel subsidies, to slow down the draining of its