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EU clears state aid for ailing Polish carrier LOT 07/29/2014 06:50am • BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union's antitrust authority has approved the Polish government's 200 million-euro ($270 million) bailout for its ailing national carrier, LOT airlines.The 28-nation bloc's executive Commission said Tuesday the assistance does not violate EU rules limiting state aid to b Jury chosen in former Va. gov's corruption trial 07/28/2014 07:50pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A jury of eight men and four women was selected Monday in the trial of a former Virginia governor and his wife, who are charged with trading the influence of his office in exchange for thousands of dollars in gifts and loans from a businessman.The Argentina in last-ditch effort to avert default 07/28/2014 07:42pm • ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina's government said Monday it will make another effort to reach a deal with US. creditors ahead of a looming deadline that risks sending the country into its second default in 13 years.Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich said an Lloyds bank settles with US, UK over market fixing 07/28/2014 07:39pm • DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- Lloyds Banking Group is paying $369 million to U.S. and British authorities to settle allegations it manipulated a key global interest rate.Lloyds, one of the world's largest banks, on Monday became the sixth financial firm sanctioned in the international Stocks turn higher...Housing market cools...Fancier Lobster 07/28/2014 03:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks have turned modestly higher in afternoon trading, after being lower earlier in the day. Shares in Family Dollar soared after Dollar Tree announced plans to buy the rival discount store for roughly $8.5 billion. Trulia jumped on news that Zillow, a rival real-estate listing se Warner: Export-Import Bank supports Va. port jobs 07/28/2014 01:50pm • BROCK VERGAKIS Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner says the U.S. Export-Import Bank helps support thousands of jobs in Virginia and needs to be reauthorized.Warner made his comments Monday during a campaign event in Norfolk, where he said the bank helps ensure carg Witness list released in McDonnell trial 07/28/2014 11:30am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors have filed a list of 61 potential witnesses in the corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife.Among those on the witness list are Maureen McDonnell and the couple's three children, Sean, Rachel and Bobby.The witness list and the gove Hard money lenders flip over Washington real estate 07/28/2014 12:01am • South Carolina-based Lima One Capital hard money lender has entered the Greater Washington market as part of a 10-state expansion in the Eastern U.S. The company is hoping to profit from the region's robust housing market as real estate investors snap up properties, rehabilitate or expand the space, Incubator farms nurture agriculture entrepreneurs 07/27/2014 07:46pm • MARY ESCH Associated Press ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) -- A physicist from Armenia, a juice-maker from Bermuda and a Burmese sushi chef are crafting new careers in agriculture under a program that applies the business incubator model to farming.The Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming is one of dozen Gifts-for-favors trial set for ex-governor, wife 07/27/2014 10:50am • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, his reputation already tarnished and his political future destroyed by a gifts-for-favors scandal, faces the possibility of an even greater loss when his trial on federal corruption charges begins Monday.The onet U.Va. considers loan for financial aid program 07/26/2014 07:00pm • HERNDON, Va. (AP) -- A University of Virginia official says the administration is considering borrowing up to $100 million to boost its student financial aid program. Patrick Hogan, the university's executive vice president and chief operating officer, disclosed the discussions with a bank at a me Gifts, favors listed in former governor's case 07/26/2014 03:48pm • The Associated Press A look at the gifts and loans former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, received from businessman Jonnie Williams, and some of the favors they did for him and his company dietary supplement company, according to court papers:GIFTS TO McDONNELLS-- Designer clothe Key dates in ex-Virginia governor corruption case 07/26/2014 01:50pm • The Associated Press A look at some of the key events in the corruption case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen. McDonnell served as governor from January 2010 to January 2014.-- March 2009: McDonnell begins using a jet owned by Jonnie Williams, the CEO of dietary supp AP source: Former AG subpoenaed in McDonnell trial 07/26/2014 04:40am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is a possible witness in the upcoming corruption trial of former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Friday.The person told the AP that Cuccinelli has been su Argentina debt talks deadlocked as default looms 07/25/2014 09:50pm • CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Argentina's negotiations with creditors to resolve a dispute over $1.5 billion in unpaid debts remained deadlocked following talks Friday, setting it on a course for a possible catastrophic default next week.Argentina will default for the second time