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Hillary Clinton: US should lead on clean energy 09/05/2014 02:05am • KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday the U.S. should become what she called the world's 21st-century clean energy superpower, during remarks resembling both a campaign speech and a call to action at the annual National Clean Ene ECB surprises with rate cuts, new stimulus plan 09/05/2014 12:58am • DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The European economy needs help. Most people didn't expect it would arrive quite this quickly.The European Central Bank cut interest rates Thursday and announced a program to pump money into the economy and stimulate lending by buying bundle 5 costs to include in your retirement budget 09/05/2014 12:00am • Most people accept that retirement won't be cheap. But just how expensive will it be? Visions of the ideal retirement range from the extravagant pursuit of everything we have dreamed of to frugal plans calculated to stretch the buying power of our hard earned savings. Whatever course we set, we n 10 Financial Terms Every Investor Should Know 09/05/2014 12:00am • For a novice, it can be intimidating to invest money. There's the anxiety that comes with taking risks and knowing you may not get all of your money back. But arguably, what's even more intimidating is the investing jargon. There are a lot of buzzwords financial advisors and veteran investors use, l Court upholds most counts against ex-financier 09/04/2014 09:00pm • CHICAGO (AP) -- A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld 10 convictions against an Indianapolis financier but overturned two wire fraud counts, saying the government failed to enter into the record key documentary evidence.Timothy Durham and co-defendants Jim Cochran and Rick Snow were convicted in 2 US starts 2018 preparation with 1-0 win at Czechs 09/04/2014 08:12pm • The Associated Press Starting his second World Cup cycle as U.S. coach, Jurgen Klinsmann set a bold goal for the Americans: reach the final four of the 2018 tournament in Russia.The U.S. opened four years of preparation by beating the Czech Republic for the first time in four meetings, using a yout Legal or not, the pot business is still wacky 09/04/2014 07:01pm • JONATHAN FAHEY AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Legal or not, the business of selling weed in the U.S. is as wacky as ever.The tangle of rules and regulations that govern whether and how it can be grown, bought and sold create complexity and ambiguity that cause major headaches for marijuana busi The 14 counts against ex-Virginia governor, wife 09/04/2014 04:40pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Allegations and verdicts in the case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen:Count One: Both McDonnells guilty of conspiracy, specifically of conspiring to defraud the voters of Virginia of the honest services they were due Governor on trial blog 09/04/2014 03:57pm • Follow the corruption trial against former Governor Bob McDonnell. Verdict reached in corruption trial of ex-Va. gov. 09/04/2014 03:50pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The jury has reached a verdict in the federal corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen.The jurors were expected to announce the verdict on Thursday afternoon, their third day of deliberations.McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, are charged in a Senate Dems could revisit minimum wage vote soon 09/04/2014 01:10pm • ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Looking to motivate their most loyal supporters, Democrats may hold a campaign-season Senate vote as soon as next week on their effort to boost the federal minimum wage, Senate aides and lobbyists said Wednesday.The Senate may also revisit a pair of othe Jury returns to work in former Va. governor trial 09/04/2014 11:30am • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The third day of deliberations in former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's public corruption trial is underway.Jurors reconvened Thursday morning at the federal courthouse in Richmond after deliberating for about 13 hours over two days without reaching Average US 30-year mortgage rate holds steady 09/04/2014 11:25am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The average 30-year U.S. mortgage rate this week remained at a 52-week low of 4.10 percent for the third straight week.Mortgage company Freddie Mac also said Thursday the average for a 15-year mortgage, a popular choice for people who are refinancing, slipped to 3.24 percent from Andrew Madoff dies of cancer in NYC 09/04/2014 04:36am • LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Andrew Madoff, Bernard Madoff's last surviving son, died of cancer on Wednesday, years after turning his father in and insisting he had been duped like the rest of the world into believing history's most notorious Ponzi king was an honest financier. What is quantitative easing, or QE? 09/04/2014 02:10am • DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The European Central Bank has said it could use quantitative easing -- the purchase of large amounts of financial assets such as bonds -- as a way to boost the struggling economic recovery in the 18-country eurozone.Such a program has been u