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International stocks mixed...Fed to release minutes...Late-payment rate on home loans drops to 6-year low 08/20/2014 07:40am • TOKYO (AP) -- Asian stocks got a slight boost today from positive U.S. economic figures while European markets drifted lower in early trading. Wall Street futures point to a lower opening today. Yesterday, The Standard & Poor's 500 gained 0.5 percent to 1,981.60. The index is up 1.4 percent for the TransUnion: Late-payment rate on US home loans falls to 6-year low in 2Q 08/20/2014 01:10am • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fewer U.S. homeowners are falling behind on their mortgage payments, a trend that's brought down the late-payment rate on home loans to the lowest level in six years.Credit reporting agency TransUnion said Wednesday that the percentage of mortgage holders at least two months behi Late-payment rate on US mortgages declines in 2Q 08/20/2014 01:10am • ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fewer U.S. homeowners are falling behind on their mortgage payments, a trend that has reduced the late-payment rate on home loans to the lowest level in six years, according to credit reporting agency TransUnion.The percentage of mortgage holders at Defense: Ex-governor's wife took credit for loans 08/19/2014 07:01pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Former Gov. Bob McDonnell's wife sent text messages claiming exclusive credit for securing loans from a Virginia businessman whose largesse toward the couple is at the heart of their public corruption trial, according to evidence presented Tuesday. Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar joins Benfica 08/19/2014 06:40pm • LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Benfica has signed Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar from English Premier League club Queens Park Rangers on a two-year deal.The 34-year-old Cesar had been on loan to Toronto FC in Major League Soccer since February after playing only occasionally under Rangers coach Harry Redkn Witness describes outbursts by ex-governor's wife 08/19/2014 04:35pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Another defense witness in former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's corruption trial has described McDonnell's wife as difficult and prone to angry outbursts.Kathleen Scott was a special assistant to onetime first lady Maureen McDonnell. She testified With text messages, ex-governor's lawyers try to show wife had key relationship with businessman 08/19/2014 04:10pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Jurors at the corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. McDonnell and his wife have been shown text messages in which the onetime first lady takes exclusive credit for securing loans from a Virginia businessman whose largesse toward the couple is McDonnells is at the heart of th Morning Notes 08/19/2014 09:15am • Bethesda-Based Bank Moving – Bethesda-based Monument Bank will move its 7401 Wisconsin Ave. administrative offices to Rockville by the end of the year. The bank’s downtown Bethesda lease is almost up. The bank’s president said Monument will relocate its Bethesda branch to the Aeropostale rehires Geiger as CEO amid sales slump 08/18/2014 07:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Aeropostale is reinstating a past leader as it struggles with sliding sales.The New York company said Monday that Julian Geiger, its former CEO, is taking over effective immediately. Thomas Johnson is leaving the board of directors as well as relinquishing the CEO title.Aeropostale Witness: McDonnell struggled to rein in his wife 08/18/2014 07:08pm • MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Former Gov. Bob McDonnell struggled to rein in his wife's erratic behavior, causing turmoil throughout the executive staff and nearly prompting a mass resignation among workers in the governor's mansion, a defense witness testified Monday.Other Rep. who helped deregulate savings and loans dies 08/18/2014 06:50pm • JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A man who represented Rhode Island in Congress for 28 years and co-sponsored a 1982 bill that deregulated savings and loans has died. Fernand St Germain was 86.The congressman died Saturday at his home in Newport, according to his daughter Startup delivers fresh, healthy $6 lunch to D.C. in 20 minutes 08/18/2014 04:53pm • WASHINGTON -- At 11:45 a.m. outside the Farragut West Metro stop on a sunny Friday morning, a silver car pulls up to the corner. The driver lightly honks the horn and motions for me to get in the car. I jump in to see Leith Jaber and Faisal Orainan mapping out their destination when Jaber's pho Ask Andrew: What Loan Program Is Best For You? 08/18/2014 01:00pm • This sponsored, biweekly Q&A column is written by Andrew Goodman, broker/owner of Goodman, Realtors. Based in Bethesda, Andrew serves clients in Maryland, D.C., and Northern Virginia. Please submit comments, questions, and opinions in the comments section or via email. Question: I am Irish bonds yields hit record low after upgrade 08/18/2014 12:50pm • DUBLIN (AP) -- Yields on Ireland's government bonds have fallen to record lows following a ratings upgrade, a stunning turnaround for a country that faced bankruptcy in 2010.The payout on the benchmark 10-year bonds fell below 1.97 percent Monday following last weekend's one-notch upgrade by Fitch. Sophie Masloff, 1st female Pittsburgh mayor, dies 08/18/2014 08:42am • KEVIN BEGOS Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Sophie Masloff, who rose from a tax clerk to become Pittsburgh's first female mayor, died Sunday. She was 96.She died at an area hospice, said Joseph Mistick, Masloff's longtime friend and former top aide.Masloff took office in May 1988 after the death