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Google to build prototype of truly driverless car 05/30/2014 06:18am • JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Google plans to build and launch onto city streets a small fleet of subcompact cars that could operate without a person at the wheel.Actually, the cars wouldn't even have a wheel. Or gas and brake pedals. The company says the vehicles will use se SF ISO ambitious charmer; SM seeks amusing looker 05/30/2014 03:32am • JENNIFER AGIESTA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- In dating, money may be the biggest taboo.An Associated Press-WE tv poll finds that two-thirds of Americans think it's tougher to talk money with your romantic partner than it is to talk sex. Three in 10 say sex is the harder conversation.And when Republicans at conference have their eyes on 2016 05/30/2014 02:08am • BILL BARROW Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Republicans are poised for successful midterm elections, but many of the party's most conservative activists are looking ahead to something bigger."We need to save this country in 2016," Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus told the opening ses United fans still bitter over Glazer takeover 05/29/2014 07:44pm • ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) -- Few Manchester United fans will ever forgive Malcolm Glazer for his acrimonious buyout of the club that left the 20-time English champions with millions of dollars of debt.As a result, there was no outpouring of grief or flood of tributes from fans in the n Auto loan lender settles FTC charges for $5.5M 05/29/2014 04:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Auto loans provider Consumer Portfolio Services will pay $5.5 million to settle charges that it harassed people and collected money that consumers did not owe.The Federal Trade Commission said Friday that the Irvine, California lender agreed to pay more than $3.5 million to refund c Warner highlights background on campaign tour 05/29/2014 04:01pm • ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Mark Warner is highlighting his background as a businessman during a statewide re-election campaign tour.Warner was in Richmond Thursday at 804RVA, a shared workspace for start-ups and freelancers.The first-term senator and former Average US 30-year mortgage rate down to 4.12 pct. 05/29/2014 01:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell this week for a fifth straight week. The spring home-buying season has started slowly, but it may be aided by the low rates.Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate for a 30-year loan edged down to 4.12 percent from 4.14 Average US 30-year mortgage rate down to 4.12 pct. 05/29/2014 01:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell this week for a fifth straight week. The spring home-buying season has started slowly, but it may be aided by the low rates.Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate for a 30-year loan edged down to 4.12 percent from 4.14 The Right Note: The Governor Votes No 05/29/2014 01:30pm • The Right Note is a weekly opinion column. The views and opinions expressed in the column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ARLnow.com. Last Friday, Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed bi-partisan ethics legislation which passed the General Assembly unanimously. The bill wo Tiger Woods withdraws from US Open 05/29/2014 12:56pm • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -- Tiger Woods withdrew from the U.S. Open on Wednesday as he recovers from back surgery that has kept him out of golf for nearly three months.It will be the second U.S. Open, and sixth major, he has missed because of injury over the last six years.The Mexico arrests businessman in Citigroup fraud case 05/29/2014 12:33pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican prosecutors have filed fraud charges against a businessman linked to a $400 million loss at Citigroup's Mexican bank subsidiary.Citigroup subsidiary Banamex recently fired 11 employees for not following proper procedures in dealing with the Oceanografia oil services compa Stocks flat...GDP shrinks...Jobless claims drop...Mortgage rates down again 05/29/2014 11:43am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are little changed in early trading on Wall Street as traders look over some mixed news on the U.S. economy. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped last week, but the government also said the economy shrank in the first three months of the year. Hills Japan aid widens Myanmar factories vs farms divide 05/29/2014 10:07am • AYE AYE WIN Associated Press THILAWA, Myanmar (AP) -- Tin Hsan and her husband lived modestly in the outskirts of Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon, growing rice and betel leaves on their 22 acres and peddling vegetables, but they got by, until they were forced to move to make way for Thilawa, a s FTC wants more transparency for data brokers 05/29/2014 01:40am • JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Companies are collecting billions of pieces of information about consumers to create individual profiles to more effectively target individuals for coupons or product offers, decide whether a would-be buyer gets a car loan or help people check out US bank earnings decline 7.7 percent in 1Q 05/28/2014 07:04pm • MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. banks' earnings declined 7.7 percent in the January-March quarter from a year earlier, as higher interest rates dampened demand for mortgage refinancing and reduced banks' revenue from the mortgage business.The data issued Wednesday by the Fede