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Unflattering portrait of ex-Va. first lady emerges 08/16/2014 11:10am • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, has already had plenty of embarrassing moments for the onetime first lady.She's been portrayed by former aides as a screaming tyrant. One acknowledged calling her a " Obama trumpets proposals to lower college costs 08/16/2014 07:10am • EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress and colleges to help make the cost of higher education more manageable.In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says higher education is "the surest ticket to the middle class." But he says paying for that education is a c Kids and money: When to start financial education 08/15/2014 05:02pm • WASHINGTON -- Aside from being wealthy public figures, Sting, Bill Gates and George Lucas have another thing in common: They don't plan on leaving their entire fortunes to their children. "I told them there won't be much money left because we are spending it," Sting, 62, told The Daily Mail in Judge denies McDonnells' request to dismiss case 08/15/2014 03:08pm • ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A judge rejected a request Friday to dismiss charges against former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife in their corruption trial.The couple's attorneys argued in court that the prosecution had failed to prove the McDonnells had violated any laws. Pro Hungary: Sanctions on Russia more damaging to West 08/15/2014 12:48pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Hungary's prime minister said the West is "shooting itself in the foot" with inadequately thought through economic sanctions against Russia.Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday that the European Union's sanctions policy needed to be reassessed and that Russia's response Eurozone recovery grinds to halt amid Ukraine fear 08/15/2014 07:50am • DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Well, that didn't last long.After four quarters of meager growth, the fragile economic recovery in the 18-country eurozone creaked to a halt in the second quarter.Growth was zero. After only 0.2 percent in the first quarter.Now who will get Prosecutors rest in ex-Virginia governor case 08/15/2014 03:12am • ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Prosecutors wrapped up their case in the public corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, on Thursday by giving jurors their first in-person look at the designer clothes and other gifts the couple received from Loan payment delayed for Puerto Rico power company 08/14/2014 09:30pm • DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico's financially struggling public power company won a big reprieve Thursday, announcing that creditors agreed to postpone payment of $671 million worth of bank loans until next year.It was the third time this year that creditors al NY Fed: US auto loans soar to highest in 8 years 08/14/2014 06:20pm • CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. auto loans jumped to the highest level in eight years this spring, fueled by a big increase in lending to risky borrowers, according to a report Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.Yet the New York Fed also said that loa Ohio offers no-interest loans in water toxin fight 08/14/2014 05:40pm • JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's environmental regulators laid out a plan Thursday to assist cities with testing and treating their drinking water, a first step in the state's response to a water emergency in Toledo that left 400,000 people without clean tap water.The state a Ohio offers no-interest loans in water toxin fight 08/14/2014 05:40pm • JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's environmental regulators laid out a plan Thursday to assist cities with testing and treating their drinking water, a first step in the state's response to a water emergency in Toledo that left 400,000 people without clean tap water.The state a Ohio offers no-interest loans in water toxin fight 08/14/2014 05:40pm • JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's environmental regulators laid out a plan Thursday to assist cities with testing and treating their drinking water, a first step in the state's response to a water emergency in Toledo that left 400,000 people without clean tap water.The state a Ohio offers no-interest loans in water toxin fight 08/14/2014 05:40pm • JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's environmental regulators laid out a plan Thursday to assist cities with testing and treating their drinking water, a first step in the state's response to a water emergency in Toledo that left 400,000 people without clean tap water.The state a Ohio offers no-interest loans in water toxin fight 08/14/2014 05:40pm • JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's environmental regulators laid out a plan Thursday to assist cities with testing and treating their drinking water, a first step in the state's response to a water emergency in Toledo that left 400,000 people without clean tap water.The state a Ohio offers no-interest loans in water toxin fight 08/14/2014 05:40pm • JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's environmental regulators laid out a plan Thursday to assist cities with testing and treating their drinking water, a first step in the state's response to a water emergency in Toledo that left 400,000 people without clean tap water.The state a