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Know Your Risk Factors for Delaying Graduation, Accumulating More Debt 09/23/2014 12:00am • College is a gamble. Play your cards right and you walk away with a degree in four years and a chance at a new career. Play them wrong and you may drop out or extend your stay, spending six or more years getting a bachelor's degree and graduating with a hefty debt. Prolonging college "delays when s 10 Colleges That Award International Students the Most Financial Aid 09/23/2014 12:00am • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: C LeBron fan can return to arena after team ends ban 09/22/2014 07:50pm • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) -- LeBron James came back. One of his biggest fans has returned, too.James Blair, banned by the Cavaliers after he ran onto the floor in Quickens Loans Arena during a Cleveland-Miami game in 2013, is again permitted inside the building.Wearing a homemade T German Merck to buy St. Louis-based Sigma-Aldrich 09/22/2014 05:50pm • DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- German drug company Merck says it has agreed to buy St. Louis-based chemical firm Sigma-Aldrich Corp. for $17 billion in a deal Merck says will strengthen its business in chemicals and laboratory equipment.Darmstadt-based Merck KGaA said Mon Report: Kansas Senate challenger's assets top $21M 09/22/2014 04:24pm • JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- The independent candidate trying to unseat U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts in Kansas disclosed Monday that he owns assets worth between $21.5 million and $86 million.Greg Orman, a 45-year-old Olathe businessman, released the 38-page document to reporters aft Clarification: Obit-Polly Bergen story 09/22/2014 12:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- In an obituary Sept. 20, The Associated Press reported that actress Polly Bergen's survivors included daughter Pamela Fields. The story should have made clear that the daughter goes by P.K. instead of Pamela.Emmy-winning actress and singer Polly Bergen, who in a long career played t Salisbury Zoo gets 2 endangered marmosets 09/22/2014 11:50am • SALISBURY, Md. (AP) -- The Salisbury Zoo in Maryland's Eastern Shore just got two new endangered primates.Two white-fronted marmosets are now on display at the zoo. One is a 7-year-old female from the Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington, Delaware, and the other is a 3-year-old from the El Paso Zoo. Both ar Draghi: Euro recovery losing momentum 09/22/2014 11:30am • DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- European Central Bank head Mario Draghi defended the bank's new stimulus programs as he warned that the weak economic recovery in the eurozone "is losing momentum."Draghi told members of the European parliament Monday there was no sign yet o Lawyer, firm settle Va. bank failure allegations 09/22/2014 11:10am • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- A lawyer, his Norfolk law firm and their insurance company have settled allegations of gross negligence and conflicts of interest stemming from a bank collapse.Under the settlement, attorney Richard Tavss of Virginia Beach, the law firm Tavss Fletcher, and Minnesota Lawyers Mutu Employers, stop labeling millennials 09/22/2014 12:00am • If you've read a newspaper or business magazine in the last decade, you've likely been bombarded with articles about how millennials require different treatment at work from everyone who has come before them. In fact, entire consulting businesses have been built on the idea that employers need Artist says tax case shows China's dark side 09/19/2014 07:22pm • DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- China's best-known dissident artist, Ai Weiwei, has accused his country's Communist government of losing its principles and using underhanded ploys to try to silence critics.The artist, whose supporters say he was hit with a $2.4 million tax bill in retribu Greece: New bailout 'out of the question' 09/19/2014 06:08pm • DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's finance minister said Friday that his country will not seek additional rescue funds from other eurozone countries after bailout loans are completed this year, despite concerns from rescue lenders that an early general election could u LeBron banner approved to hang in Cleveland 09/19/2014 01:06pm • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) -- A larger-than-life LeBron James will again tower over downtown.The city's planning commission approved artwork on Friday for a new 10-story-high banner of the NBA superstar, his arms outstretched and "Cleveland" across the back of his jersey.It will han Celtic's Tonev charged with making racist remark 09/19/2014 01:00pm • GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- The Scottish Football Association has charged on-loan Celtic winger Aleksandar Tonev with "excessive misconduct" for allegedly using racist language toward an Aberdeen player during a league match.Aberdeen defender Shay Logan, who is black, complained to the referee during Student loan borrowers have new option to refinance at lower rates Student loan borrowers have new option to refinance at lower rates 09/19/2014 12:10pm • WASHINGTON -- Another player in the student-loan market is now offering borrowers lower interest rates. Citizens Financial Group announced Tuesday that it's allowing parent and student federal loan holders to refinance into private loans, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Providence, Rhode
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