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4 Risks to Consider Before Giving a Credit Card to Your Teen 10/31/2014 12:00am • As a parent, you want the best for your children and will do whatever you can to get them prepared for their financial future. If you're thinking about adding your child as an authorized user to your credit card account, your intentions may be good, but are you really making the right decision? Id Puerto Rico government looks to raise tax on oil 10/30/2014 08:19pm • DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico government officials said Thursday they are seeking a 68 percent increase in an oil tax to help sell up to $2.9 billion in bonds and strengthen one of the island's largest public corporations amid bankruptcy concerns.Officials sa Red Wings recall Weiss from AHL 10/30/2014 08:19pm • DETROIT (AP) -- The Detroit Red Wings have recalled center Stephen Weiss from his conditioning loan with Grand Rapids of the AHL.The 31-year-old Weiss was limited to 26 games for the Red Wings in 2013-14 and did not play after Dec. 10 because of hernia surgery. The Toronto native had two goals and t McDonnell wants new trial over jury issues 10/30/2014 07:10pm • ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Lawyers for former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Thursday he should get a new trial on corruption charges because the jury in his case was potentially biased and may have acted improperly.McDonnell's lawyers filed court documents saying U.S. Di H. Gary Morse, who built senior utopia, dies at 77 10/30/2014 07:10pm • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press Harold Gary Morse, who transformed his father's cluster of a few hundred mobile homes in central Florida into the gigantic retirement utopia The Villages and made it a must-stop on campaign trails with his funding of Republican politics, has died. He was 77.Morse died For-profit programs face 'gainful employment' rule 10/30/2014 05:30pm • KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- For-profit colleges with graduates unable to pay back their student loans could soon face scrutiny by the federal government.Schools with career-oriented programs that fail to comply with the new rule announced Thursday by the Obama administrat LeBron brings Cleveland together in new commercial 10/30/2014 05:26pm • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) -- LeBron James huddles with teammates before each game, pulling them close to deliver a message. In a new TV commercial, James does the same to bring an entire city together.To celebrate James' homecoming in Cleveland, Nike launched a stirring advertiseme IndyCar to run 17 races over 5 months next season 10/30/2014 03:39pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- IndyCar will have 17 races next season and two new venues as part of a 2015 schedule that begins on a street course in Brazil in March and wraps up at the end of August on the road course at Sonoma.The schedule announced Thursday features six ovals, six road courses and four tem Quicken Loans back as Detroit Grand Prix sponsor 10/30/2014 02:08pm • DETROIT (AP) -- Quicken Loans is returning as the presenting sponsor of the Grand Prix in Detroit.The announcement about the Detroit-based online mortgage lender's sponsorship of the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix was made Thursday.The event takes place May 29-31 at the island park in the D Average US 30-year loan rate up to 3.98 pct. 10/30/2014 12:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Average U.S. long-term mortgage rates arrested their five-week decline this week but the benchmark 30-year loan remained below 4 percent.Mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday the nationwide average for a 30-year mortgage rose to 3.98 percent from 3.92 percent last week. It re As Fed ends bond buys, Yellen to expand influence 10/30/2014 10:36am • MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the Federal Reserve announced the end of its landmark bond buying program Wednesday, it also signaled the start of something else:The Janet Yellen era.Officially, Yellen has been Fed chair since February. But the phase-out of the bond-bu Plea hearing set in Smith Mountain Lake fraud 10/30/2014 03:40am • LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) -- A plea hearing is set for a former Roanoke woman charged in a Smith Mountain Lake mortgage fraud scheme.Susanne Helbig's hearing is scheduled for Thursday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Lynchburg. Helbig, who now lives in Georgia, was charged in a 15-count indictment w LeBron set for Cavs season opener with closure 10/30/2014 12:30am • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) -- This will be a season opener unlike any other -- one that also brings closure.Part homecoming, part family reunion, part revival meeting and a huge party rolled into one.When LeBron James takes the court on Thursday night wearing a No. 23 Cavaliers unif Retirement Saving Strategies for Every Age 10/30/2014 12:00am • Every life stage comes with different built-in challenges and opportunities for long-term saving and investing. Here's how to scale your expectations and habits from your first job to your golden years. First job and first retirement account. A young doctor recently contacted Clint Pelfrey, presi Schilling, trustee reach bankruptcy agreement 10/29/2014 08:30pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Ex-Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has reached a tentative agreement to settle financial claims in the 38 Studios bankruptcy case in Delaware.Court documents show the federal bankruptcy trustee has agreed to settle claims against Schilling and three former 38 Studios o