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After Italy fireworks, Zaza show goes to San Siro 09/11/2014 07:23am • ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) -- Simone Zaza is the talk of Italy after leading the national team to two wins in his first two matches with the Azzurri.Now, the bearded striker takes his unsung Sassuolo club to the San Siro to face Inter Milan on Sunday.Also this weekend, three-time defend Capital One banker upbeat on small business 09/11/2014 04:42am • JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Based on what she's seeing among the bank's more than three million small business customers, Capital One's Keri Gohman is upbeat.Business owners are reporting better earnings and reinvesting in their businesses and that's translating into a reb Make a Work-Study Job Pay Off 09/11/2014 12:00am • Amber Bunnell had always wanted to work in a library. So when the option of holding down a work-study job was offered as part of her financial aid package from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, she stated that preference "in all capital letters" on her application for a position. Working a More Seniors Carry Student Loan Debt into Retirement 09/11/2014 12:00am • Americans are increasingly entering their retirement years with student loan debt. Outstanding federal student loan balances for people 65 and older have ballooned from about $2.8 billion in 2005 to $18.2 billion in 2013, according to a GAO analysis of Survey of Consumer Finances data. There are no 8 College Jobs to Build Skills, Network 09/11/2014 12:00am • Want to boost your job prospects after graduation? Any part-time work during college can give you an advantage. "Balancing work and school shows you can manage your time," says Nicole van den Heuvel, director of Rice University's Center for Career Development. "And jobs that aren't glamorous show t 10 Colleges and Universities Where Merit Aid Is Most Common 09/11/2014 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: 4 Mistakes That Can Kill Your Credit Score 09/11/2014 12:00am • Your credit score is important, often affecting areas of your life that range from where you live to how much you pay for auto insurance. More importantly, it usually determines whether or not you're approved for credit, and could cost or save you thousands of dollars, as it's often used to figure Senior Americans burdened with student debt 09/10/2014 10:24pm • KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rosemary Anderson could be 81 by the time she pays off her student loans. After struggling with divorce, health problems and an underwater home mortgage, the 57-year-old anticipates there could come a day when her Social Security benefits will Farm-to-belly: A farmer, chef and doctor discuss the future of food 09/10/2014 05:34pm • WASHINGTON -- Chef Spike Gjerde's 14-ounce dry-aged ribeye has been "a mainstay" on Woodberry Kitchen's menu over the years. The meat, which hails from a farm in Baltimore County, is prepared in a cast iron skillet and is basted with butter, garlic and herbs. Gjerde calls the ribeye "beautiful Correction: Killer Heels story 09/10/2014 05:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- In a story Sept. 8 about a museum exhibition on high heels, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the Toronto institution that loaned pieces for the exhibit. It is the Bata Shoe Museum, not the Bata House Museum.A corrected version of the story is below:Brooklyn show EU says Cyprus legislation clashes with bailout 09/10/2014 03:52pm • MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- The European Union warned Cyprus Wednesday that it may be flouting the terms of its multibillion-euro rescue package after the country's parliament approved legislation softening a crucial foreclosures law.Though legislators have approved Ukraine pledges more autonomy to rebellious east 09/10/2014 12:40pm • LAURA MILLS Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine's president promised Wednesday to introduce a bill as early as next week that would offer greater autonomy to the pro-Russian east, where separatists have been battling government troops for almost five months.But President Petro Poroshenko Rosa Parks' archive heads to Library of Congress 09/10/2014 11:50am • BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hundreds of items from civil rights icon Rosa Parks that were long kept hidden away in a New York warehouse will have a new home at the Library of Congress for the next 10 years.Library officials announced Tuesday night that Howard Buffett, the son o Merkel: Put new Russia sanctions into effect 09/10/2014 08:52am • BERLIN (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Wednesday for the European Union to put new sanctions against Russia into effect immediately because peace plans for eastern Ukraine have not yet been implemented fully.The EU has drawn up new measures against Russia over its actions in Ukraine b Late-payment rate on US auto loans rose in 2Q 09/10/2014 08:00am • ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer As U.S. sales of cars and trucks have grown this year, so has the late-payment rate on auto loans.The rate of U.S. auto-loan payments late by 60 days or more rose to 0.95 percent in the second quarter from 0.87 percent a year earlier, credit reporting agency TransUnion