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6 essential questions to ask before choosing a 529 plan 09/03/2014 12:00am • Save for college with a 529 plan.With college costs skyrocketing, you may want to consider opening a 529 plan for your child. Unlike other investment accounts, 529 plans offer tax-free growth, which will save you a bundle in the long run. But which type of 529 plan is right for you? Here are som Tight security, unity drive clash in China's west 09/02/2014 11:56pm • GILLIAN WONG Associated Press KUQA, China (AP) -- In this ancient oasis town in China's restive west, assault rifle-toting police officers patrol the cobblestone lanes of ochre-brick houses in an ethnic Uighur neighborhood. Three police surveillance cameras atop a white pole watch over a narrow dirt Jurors in former Va. governor's corruption case to resume deliberations Wednesday 09/02/2014 07:30pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Jurors in the public corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife will resume their deliberations Wednesday morning after breaking for the day.They deliberated for more than five hours Tuesday after getting instructions from U.S. District Judge James S. S Former Va. governor's corruption case goes to jury 09/02/2014 06:20pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The corruption case that could send former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife to federal prison was in the hands Tuesday of jurors who must decide whether the couple sold the influence of the office to a wealthy vitamin executive seeking legi New York: Bank didn't lend to blacks in Buffalo 09/02/2014 04:20pm • CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- A bank purposely avoided giving mortgages to African-Americans by locating all of its branches outside black neighborhoods and directing advertising and loan products toward largely white communities, New York's attorney general said in a lawsu Tips on auto financing if you have poor credit 09/02/2014 03:30pm • The Associated Press Easy credit and longer-term loans currently being offered at auto dealerships can make buying an expensive car alluring. Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at the Bankrate.com website, says consumers with poor credit shouldn't bite.Consumers tend to focus on the payment rath Ukraine economy at risk, may need another bailout 09/02/2014 01:44pm • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- While Ukraine's leaders are trying to win the war against Russian-backed separatists in the east, they appear to be losing the battle to resurrect the country's battered economy.Ukraine might need billions in additional support if the fighting between Select Income REIT adds to portfolio in $2.7B deal 09/02/2014 01:40pm • NEWTON, Mass. (AP) -- Select Income REIT will spend about $2.7 billion in cash and stock to buy Cole Corporate Income Trust in a deal that adds 64 office and industrial properties to the real estate investment trust's portfolio.The transaction will give Select Income strategic distribution centers f United offloads youth to signal shift in policy 09/02/2014 01:06pm • STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- Manchester United was minutes away from announcing a blockbuster move for Radamel Falcao in the final hours of the transfer window when the club released a statement that went largely unnoticed.One of the team's promising youngsters, striker Austerity debate flares as Europe recovery fades 09/02/2014 08:04am • DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Europe's economic recovery is in danger. Governments are under pressure to save it, but struggling with political obstacles and disagreement among themselves over what to do.Instead, the region is pinning its hopes -- once again -- on the Euro 7 tips for managing rent as a college student 09/02/2014 12:00am • Moving out of the dorms means one thing to most college students: sweet, sweet freedom. Living outside the dorms has some great perks, but renting your first apartment or room in a house may require a bit more financial responsibility than you expected. Here are seven tips for budgeting in colle 3 types of insurance you need -- and 3 you don't 09/02/2014 12:00am • There isn't a lot of talk about insurance in school. So when we become adults, we're left to consider the dizzying array of insurance policies on our own and wonder if we need all of them, just some, or none of them. It's almost as confusing as learning the Pythagorean theorem and the periodic t More Parents Use Retirement Accounts to Pay for College 09/02/2014 12:00am • Some families dip into their retirement accounts to help pay for college. A Sallie Mae and Ipsos survey of 1,601 college students and parents of undergraduate students found that 7 percent of families took a withdrawal from a retirement account to help cover college costs in 2014, up from 5 percent Man United signs Falcao loan with option to buy 09/01/2014 09:56pm • ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) -- Manchester United signed Radamel Falcao on loan from Monaco early Tuesday in a coup by the struggling club on the final day of the summer transfer window.The record 20-time English champions are paying around $9 million to Monaco to take Falco on loan for t United signs Falcao in another transfer coup 09/01/2014 09:54pm • ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) -- A week after signing Angel Di Maria, Manchester United persuaded striker Radamel Falcao to join the faltering club in European football's most eye-catching switch as the summer transfer window closed.Falcao's season-long loan from Monaco is set to cost Unit