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US consumer borrowing jumps by most in 3 years 09/08/2014 08:00pm • CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. consumers stepped up their borrowing in July, led by rising auto loans and higher credit card balances.The Federal Reserve said Monday that overall consumer borrowing jumped $26 billion in July to $3.24 trillion. The 9.7 percent incr To buy, or not to buy? When buying is cheaper than renting 09/08/2014 05:30pm • WASHINGTON -- Ask any D.C.-area resident how much it costs to live in the nation's capital, and you will most likely hear, "It isn't cheap." The average rent for "class A" apartments in the city -- the 14,500-plus units with luxury amenities -- is $2,648, and the average rent for "class B" apa Harvard's health school gets record $350M gift 09/08/2014 04:10pm • BOB SALSBERG Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- Harvard University announced Monday that its school of public health has received a record $350 million donation to support students and bolster research into major global health threats.The gift, the largest single donation in the history of the universi Famous George Washington painting to be restored 09/08/2014 01:30pm • BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of the most famous portraits of George Washington will soon get a high-tech examination and face-lift of sorts with its first major conservation treatment in decades.The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has begun planning the conservation Struggling Tunisia appeals to world for investment 09/08/2014 01:18pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's prime minister on Monday called for greater foreign investment to help support the country's ailing economy and the transition to democracy.Tunisians overthrew their dictator in 2011 and are set to complete the democratic transition with autumn elections, but the eco For Europe's vast unemployed, hopes remain dim 09/08/2014 06:50am • PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- For the struggling Spanish shopkeeper or the Portuguese restaurant owner, the European Central Bank's latest economic stimulus plans won't likely provide much relief anytime soon.If ever.Confronting a stalled economy and painful unemployment across 3 Money Mistakes for Part-Time Students, Full-Time Workers to Avoid 09/08/2014 12:00am • You might not picture them when you think of the classic campus-dwelling, fraternity-joining, football game-attending, full-time college student. But part-time undergraduates make up a sizable chunk of the college population. At four-year institutions, about 23 percent of undergraduate students att Housing bias dispute could return to Supreme Court 09/07/2014 02:34am • SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's not easy to prevent the Supreme Court from deciding an issue once the justices have agreed to hear a case.But over the past two years, civil rights advocates have managed to do just that by coaxing settlements in a pair of high-profile housing dis Officials pledge tighter ethics rules in Virginia 09/06/2014 12:44pm • ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The days of no-limit Virginia politics could be coming to an end.The Old Dominion has long eschewed caps on money in politics that are routine in many other states. Campaign contribution limits? Don't have 'em. Want to fly a state House delegate t Next for former Va. governor: sentencing, appeal 09/06/2014 12:30pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Prosecutors and defense attorneys aren't through fighting over the fate of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen.Now that the guilty verdicts on public corruption are in, attention turns to their Jan. 6 sentencing and subsequent How Virginia ethics laws compare to other states 09/05/2014 06:19pm • The Associated Press Virginia received a grade of F and ranked 47th among the states in the 2012 State Integrity Investigation, a project of the Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity, and Public Radio International. Here's how Virginia stacks up against other states, based on that report an United sign Ghanaian national player Samuel Inkoom 09/05/2014 06:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- D.C. United have signed Samuel Inkoom, a midfielder-defender who has been on Ghana's last two World Cup rosters.The club announced the acquisition of the 25-year-old player Friday.Inkoom has 46 career appearances with Ghana. He had been with Ukraine's FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk sinc Inside the courtroom: The cast of characters who attended the McDonnell trial 09/05/2014 03:39pm • WASHINGTON - The courtroom at the McDonnell trial was packed to the brim for only a few days of the nearly six-week trial, but the case brought a varied cast of characters on top of several stand-out witnesses. While Bob and Maureen McDonnell's children were not allowed in the courtroom becaus ECB action alone can't lift gloom over Europe 09/05/2014 03:38pm • PAN PYLAS AP Business Writers LONDON (AP) -- Europe has gotten another dose of stimulus. But the latest medicine by itself will not bring life to an economy that over the past six years has slid from crisis to crisis.Though the European Central Bank surprised markets Thursday with the broad thrust o After McDonnell trial, voters should ask more about candidates' spouses 09/05/2014 12:59pm • WASHINGTON - Virginia voters might not know the first lady's name, but they do expect her not to embarrass the governor or the state and to stay mostly out of the limelight. After all, in Virginia, the first lady has no official duties and receives no pay for her work. But former first lady Maureen