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Penn State bans frat where student was fatally injured 03/30/2017 12:18pm • Penn State University on Thursday permanently banned a fraternity where a pledge was fatally injured last month and announced additional steps to curb underage drinking throughout the university system. The university revoked its recognition of the school's chapter of Beta Theta Pi after it said an Survival specialist Allardyce making his mark at Palace 03/30/2017 08:00am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — With his brief and humiliating experience as coach of England's national team behind him, Sam Allardyce is back on familiar ground in the Premier League and doing what he does best: Turning around the fortunes of a struggling team. "Big Sam," as he is known in soccer cir Bluesy Ben Arfa frustrated at Paris Saint-Germain 03/30/2017 05:27am • PARIS (AP) — For Hatem Ben Arfa, signing with Paris Saint-Germain was supposed to be the end of a long and tortuous road back to the limelight. But less than a year after landing at France's biggest club, Ben Arfa has the blues. Frustrated by his lack of playing time, the former France winger has FICO Score, VantageScore, Credit Score: What's the Difference? 03/29/2017 08:00pm • Buyer beware: Financial companies sometimes cash in on the confusion surrounding credit scores. In late March, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, slapped the credit-rating agency Experian with a $3 million fine for what it says was deceptive marketing of the credit scores it sold. T How to Manage Your Debt as Interest Rates Rise 03/29/2017 08:00pm • For seven years, the Federal Reserve didn't touch interest rates. After bringing the federal funds rate -- that is, the interest rate paid on balances held by Federal Reserve Banks -- down to zero after the 2008 stock market crash, central bankers took a hands-off approach. That is, they were hands 6 Strategies to Make the Most of Your Tax Refund 03/29/2017 08:00pm • Tax season is here, and for some it's quickly followed by tax refund season. If you're expecting a considerable refund, don't go spending it all in one place. Instead, read through these ideas and stretch your tax refund as far it can go. Pay off debt. This may seem obvious, but it can be so temp Michigan Senate OKs $5M sinkhole loan, allots Flint funds 03/29/2017 06:30pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate on Wednesday approved a $5 million interest-free state loan to help repair a large sinkhole in suburban Detroit, narrowly rejecting a call to stick with a House plan that would instead give Macomb County a $3 million infrastructure grant. The midyear budge US stock indexes close mostly higher; oil up 03/29/2017 04:46pm • U.S. stock indexes closed mostly higher Wednesday after a sharp increase in crude oil prices helped drive market-leading gains for energy companies. Banks and other financial stocks declined the most as bond yields headed lower, which translates into lower interest rates on loans and lower profits f 2 states settle with Santander over 'unfair' car loans 03/29/2017 04:19pm • BOSTON (AP) — Santander has agreed to a $26 million settlement with officials in two states over the bank's role in issuing subprime auto loans to thousands of consumers who could not afford to repay them, officials said Wednesday. The settlement, announced by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Tennessee blocking cities' push to ease marijuana punishment 03/29/2017 04:18pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As states and cities around the nation look to ease criminal punishment for marijuana possession, Tennessee's conservative Republican legislature is blocking that trend in Nashville and Memphis. As a result, police in those cities could soon lose their option of giving mino Agency settles case over ex-player's videogame company deal 03/29/2017 02:57pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The state's economic development agency said on Wednesday it has settled a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over the state's failed $75 million deal with former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's videogame company. The Rhode Isl On Football: A look at what got done at NFL meetings 03/29/2017 02:49pm • PHOENIX (AP) — NFL owners got plenty done in their meetings, including approving the Raiders' relocation from Oakland to Las Vegas, and addressing a variety of rules changes. So what does it all mean? VIVA LAS VEGAS The Raiders' move to America's gambling capital was a slam dunk once Bank of Ameri Never sign a tax return you haven't read 03/29/2017 06:46am • WASHINGTON — Do you remember the Volkswagen "Sign Then Drive commercial," where would-be buyers are careening all over the road as they attempt to sign the lease while driving the car? Signing your tax return without reading it is a lot like that. When you don’t know what’s in it, you’re Jump-Start a Career With an Online Graduate Degree 03/28/2017 08:00pm • Mike Szalkowski, 51, always wanted an MBA but could never work out the timing around demanding jobs and a heavy travel schedule, first as a senior manager with Ernst & Young and most recently handling investments for a wealthy family. Szalkowski, who lives in Atlanta, watched the development of 5 Foolish Money Mistakes to Avoid 03/28/2017 08:00pm • April Fools' Day is fast approaching, so be careful not to fall for pranks and hoaxes across the internet or in real life. While most people can appreciate a harmless practical joke or a zany YouTube video, nobody wants to be careless when it comes to his or her finances. U.S. News talked to severa