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Long-term US mortgage rates back up this week 03/10/2022 10:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week but remain at historically low levels as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise its main borrowing rate. The average rate on a 30-year loan hit 3.85%, up from 3.76% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday. A year Two years into COVID, was $800B payroll aid plan worth it? 03/10/2022 07:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump rolled out the Paycheck Protection Program to catapult the U.S. economy into a quick recovery from the coronavirus pandemic by helping small businesses stay open and their employees working. President Joe Biden tweaked it to try to direct more of the money NCAA Conference Tournament Glances 03/10/2022 01:50am • Times EST (through March 12) Times EDT (March 13) America East Conference At Higher-Seeded Schools First Round Sunday, March 6 Binghamton 72, New Hampshire 69 UMBC 93, Mass.-Lowell 85 Hartford 61, Albany (NY) 49 Vermont 98, NJIT 59 Semifinals Wednesday, March 9 Vermont 74, Binghamton 42 UMBC 80, Har Women's Conference Tournament Glances 03/10/2022 01:50am • Times EST (through March 12) Times EDT (March 13) America East Conference At Higher-Seeded Schools First Round Saturday, March 5 Maine 63, Hartford 49 Albany (NY) 49, New Hampshire 44 Vermont 71, Binghamton 63 NJIT 47, Mass.-Lowell 33 Semifinals Tuesday, March 8 Albany (NY) 67, Vermont 54 Maine 72, Women's Conference Tournament Scores 03/10/2022 01:39am • American Athletic ConferenceAt Dickies ArenaFort Worth, TexasSemifinals UCF 61, SMU 28 South Florida 58, Houston 50 Atlantic Sun ConferenceSemifinalsWednesday, March 9 Florida Gulf Coast 82, Stetson 67 Jacksonville St. 59, Liberty 57 Big Sky ConferenceSemifinals N. Arizona 72, N. Colorado 67 Montana AP PHOTOS: Sri Lankan power cuts affect all walks of life 03/10/2022 12:36am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka is going through hours of daily power cuts since it can’t operate turbines because of a fuel shortage and the government has only a little foreign currency to pay for oil imports. The country has no power for 7 1/2 hours a day, forcing children to study under Women's Conference Tournament Scores 03/10/2022 12:23am • American Athletic ConferenceAt Dickies ArenaFort Worth, TexasSemifinals UCF 61, SMU 28 South Florida 58, Houston 50 Atlantic Sun ConferenceSemifinalsWednesday, March 9 Florida Gulf Coast 82, Stetson 67 Jacksonville St. 59, Liberty 57 Big Sky ConferenceSemifinals N. Arizona 72, N. Colorado 67 Montana Women's Conference Tournament Scores 03/09/2022 11:10pm • American Athletic ConferenceAt Dickies ArenaFort Worth, TexasSemifinals UCF 61, SMU 28 South Florida 58, Houston 50 Atlantic Sun ConferenceSemifinalsWednesday, March 9 Florida Gulf Coast 82, Stetson 67 Jacksonville St. 59, Liberty 57 Big Sky ConferenceSemifinals N. Arizona 72, N. Colorado 67 Big Wes Women's Conference Tournament Scores 03/09/2022 08:56pm • American Athletic ConferenceAt Dickies ArenaFort Worth, TexasSemifinals UCF 61, SMU 28 Big West ConferenceAt Dollar Loan CenterHenderson, Nev.Quarterfinals Hawaii 48, CS Bakersfield 47 UC Riverside 46, UC Santa Barbara 42 Conference USAAt Ford CenterFrisco, TexasSecond Round Rice 80, Marshall 62 Old South Carolina Senate OKs call for constitutional convention 03/09/2022 07:12pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state Senate approved Wednesday a proposal that would add South Carolina to a list of states calling for a convention to propose specific amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Every African American senator voted against the proposal, saying they feared the national meetin 1st NY pot sales permits will go to people with convictions 03/09/2022 07:11pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The first licenses to sell recreational marijuana in New York will go to people who were casualties of the war on drugs, state officials said Wednesday. People with marijuana-related convictions will get dibs on the first 100 to 200 retail cannabis licenses awarded by the state Trump a pariah? New $100 million bank loan suggests not 03/09/2022 06:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A bank's decision to loan Donald Trump's company $100 million is the latest evidence the former president might survive fraud investigations and a business-world backlash over his efforts to stay in office after losing the 2020 election. San Diego-based Axos Bank finalized the loan Women's Conference Tournament Scores 03/09/2022 05:53pm • Big West ConferenceAt Dollar Loan CenterHenderson, Nev.Quarterfinals Hawaii 48, CS Bakersfield 47 Conference USAAt Ford CenterFrisco, TexasSecond Round Rice 80, Marshall 62 Old Dominion 65, UTSA 45 UAB 74, W. Kentucky 62 Southern Miss. 78, FIU 60 Metro Atlantic ConferenceAt Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall Women's Conference Tournament Scores 03/09/2022 05:04pm • Big West ConferenceAt Dollar Loan CenterHenderson, Nev.Quarterfinals Hawaii 48, CS Bakersfield 47 Conference USAAt Ford CenterFrisco, TexasSecond Round Rice 80, Marshall 62 Old Dominion 65, UTSA 45 UAB 74, W. Kentucky 62 Southern Miss. 78, FIU 60 Metro Atlantic ConferenceAt Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall MongoDB, XPO Logistics rise; Stitch Fix, Yext fall 03/09/2022 04:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: General Electric Co., up $3.10 to $91.25. The industrial conglomerate announced a $3 billion stock buyback plan. MongoDB Inc., up $52.35 to $334.09. The database platform's fourth-quarter earnings and revenue b