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Tour of English country home's art starts in Texas 06/20/2014 04:31pm • HOUSTON (AP) -- Artwork and furniture from the grand English country house Houghton Hall are going on a U.S. tour."Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English Country House" opens Sunday at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. It will be on view through Sept. 21 before traveling to San Francisco and Nashvill Lawyer: Revel 'a melting ice cube' that needs help 06/20/2014 03:18pm • WAYNE PARRY Associated Press CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Atlantic City's Revel Casino Hotel is "a melting ice cube" that needs immediate help to stay open until a buyer can be found, its lawyer told a bankruptcy court judge Friday.The $2.4 billion casino is back in bankruptcy court for the second time in l US blacklists Thailand, Malaysia over trafficking 06/20/2014 01:50pm • MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Failure to meet minimum standards in fighting human trafficking has landed Thailand and Malaysia on a State Department blacklist, a move that could strain relations with two important U.S. partners in Asia.The department, however, improved its r EU cracks down on corporate tax avoidance scheme 06/20/2014 12:20pm • BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union is closing a loophole that allows companies to shift some of their profits between different country divisions to avoid taxation.European Union finance ministers in Luxembourg on Friday agreed on the reform after months of squabbling because some countries feared Stocks little changed...Sales down at Red Lobster, Olive Garden...House panel hears from IRS commissioner 06/20/2014 11:39am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are little changed in early trading on Wall Street as the market wraps up a week of solid gains. Yesterday the S&P 500 index notched an all-time high for the second day in a row. The index is on track to gain 1.2 percent for the week. In the absence of any major new U.S. econ Starbucks degree program not as simple as it seems 06/20/2014 09:04am • CANDICE CHOI AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The scholarship portion of a new education program Starbucks is offering to help workers pay for an online degree consists of a discount from Arizona State University, not money from the chain.The Seattle-based company this week unveiled a benefi Fanendo Adi brings spark to the Timbers 06/20/2014 04:59am • ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- While much of the soccer world focused on the World Cup, Nigerian striker Fanendo Adi concentrated on putting together boxes of food to donate to needy families in Portland.Adi is settling into his new roles -- both on the field and off -- wit Former Roanoke woman faces fraud charges 06/20/2014 04:10am • LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) -- A former Roanoke woman has been arraigned on charges associated with an alleged mortgage fraud scheme centered around properties on Smith Mountain Lake.Forty-nine-year-old Susanne Helbig made her first appearance in U.S. District Court in Lynchburg on Thursday. She's charge Revel casino warns it will close without buyer 06/19/2014 07:48pm • WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Atlantic City's Revel Casino Hotel warned its staff Thursday that it will shut down this summer if a buyer can't be found in bankruptcy court.In warning letters given to employees and obtained by The Associated Press, Revel said it is seeking Corinthian Colleges warns it may shut down 06/19/2014 06:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit education company with about 75,000 students nationwide, warned Thursday that it may fail as it clashes with U.S. regulators over student data.Corinthian, which owns the Everest College, Heald College and WyoTech schools, said that the U.S. Departme Prandelli: Italy 'will suffer' vs Costa Rica 06/19/2014 05:35pm • BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Italy coach Cesare Prandelli needed little more than 20 minutes of practice inside Arena Pernambuco to reaffirm his belief that FIFA should grant time-outs for players during Friday's Group D match against Costa Rica.The climate in Recife, a coast EU ministers squabble over strict deficit limits 06/19/2014 05:29pm • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- Leading European finance officials clashed Thursday over whether the 18-nation eurozone's budget deficit rules are so strict that they choke off economic growth, and the International Monetary Fund called for the rules to be overhauled.France, Italy an 'Life Itself' turns lens on Roger Ebert at AFI Docs 'Life Itself' turns lens on Roger Ebert at AFI Docs 06/19/2014 05:10pm • WASHINGTON -- Movie critics are like Roman emperors, holding their fists out to command a chanting crowd with the drama of a thumbs-up or thumbs-down. But the cinematic arena is no Coliseum; it's a movie palace. And our beloved Caesar, the purveyor of so many thumbs, was Roger Ebert. The late f Former billionaire hit with $200 million judgment 06/19/2014 03:51pm • MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A federal judge in California has issued a $200 million civil judgment against one-time billionaire Tim Blixseth for the fraudulent transfer of money out of an ultra-luxury resort he founded in southern Montana.U.S. District Judge Gary Feess ref Stocks flat...Jobless claims drop...Gauge of US economy gains...Gas prices rising 06/19/2014 11:51am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are little changed in early trading on Wall Street. Kroger jumped 6 percent after the nation's biggest supermarket chain reported higher profit and raised its earnings forecast for the year. Rite Aid shares were lower after the drugstore chain reported a 55 percent plunge in
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