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4 consulates get suspicious packages in Turkey 10/24/2014 03:22pm • ISTANBUL (AP) -- Turkish authorities say the consulates of Canada, Belgium and Germany in Istanbul have been evacuated after receiving suspicious packages Friday.The U.S. consulate in Istanbul also received an envelope of suspicious yellow powder on Friday, but the building was not evacuated, said U Ole Miss hopes it's not Tiger Bait in Baton Rouge 10/24/2014 11:18am • RUSTY MILLER AP Sports Writer It's midterm election time and football teams are campaigning in their own ways.Florida State -- unbeaten thanks to a late whistle against Notre Dame -- is still holding its own in its re-election bid for another shot at a national title. While several incumbent power b EU reaches deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions 10/24/2014 08:24am • MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union leaders agreed early Friday to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the 28-nation bloc to at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.The deal was aimed at countering climate change and setting an example for the rest of the world ahead Ban to remain on IOC member visits to bid cities 10/23/2014 11:08am • STEPHEN WILSON AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) -- The IOC pushed forward Thursday with plans to revamp the troubled Olympic bidding process by making it more of an "invitation" rather than an "application" -- but upheld the ban on member visits to candidate cities.The International Olympic Committee ex Swiss chain sorry for 'unforgivable' packaging 10/23/2014 09:40am • GENEVA (AP) -- A leading Swiss supermarket chain is apologizing for what it calls an "unforgivable blunder": distributing mini-containers of coffee cream bearing portraits of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.Migros, which also sells electronics and household goods, says it is immediately withdrawin Former Va. Beach teacher sentenced on drug charges 10/23/2014 08:20am • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- A former Virginia Beach teacher convicted of drug charges will spend three years in prison.Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney Colin Stolle says 41-year-old Christopher James Brydge was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in prison, with five years of the term suspen FedEx, UPS make plans for a better holiday season 10/23/2014 06:12am • DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) -- Facing an even bigger mountain of packages this holiday season, FedEx and UPS are hiring more workers to avoid the delays that frustrated shoppers and gift-recipients a year ago.Last December, the delivery giants were caught off-guard by bad weather and Social Security benefits get another tiny increase 10/23/2014 05:10am • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Come January, nearly 60 million Social Security recipients will get benefit increases averaging $20 a month, the third straight year of historically small pay hikes.The 1.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will also boost government b Postal workers appeal to Harvard president 10/23/2014 12:50am • PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- The American Postal Workers Union is calling on Harvard University's president to oppose a business arrangement between Staples Inc. and the U.S. Postal Service, or resign her seat on the office supply company's board."We're not talking about 5 Food Label Items You Need to Start Reading 10/23/2014 12:00am • I have some good and some bad news. First, the bad: If terms on food labels like "all natural," "free range" and "light," confused you in the past, they will continue to be confusing. Sometimes it feels like you have to be an interpreter while food shopping to decode the deceptive words on package Rules on bank risk in mortgage bonds being adopted 10/22/2014 06:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators are proceeding with new rules that ease guidelines for banks selling mortgage securities and could mean fewer borrowers will need to make hefty down payments.The Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-2 Wednesday to adopt the rules, which six federal agencie FedEx predicts increase in holiday deliveries 10/22/2014 05:14pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- FedEx expects another record for holiday-season deliveries.The company forecast Wednesday that deliveries between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve will rise 8.8 percent over last year, to 290 million shipments. That's a more subdued forecast than a year ago, when FedEx predicted Golf prodigy began by swinging a broken broomstick 10/22/2014 04:30pm • VICENTE PANETTA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Dylan Reales started learning to play golf by swinging a broken broomstick at fruit and vegetables discarded at a temporary market in front of his house in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Buenos Aires.Tomatoes, onions and even crus ‘Boutique Luxury’ Apartments Set to Open in Lyon Park 10/22/2014 03:45pm • An apartment building that bills its units as “boutique luxury” apartments says it’s a month away from leasing, The Hyde, at 3119 9th Road N., is an 18-unit “exquisite rental residence,” according to developer Clark Realty Capital, that is still under construction Mazda roadster in Guinness World Records 10/22/2014 03:32pm • ANN M. JOB For The Associated Press Driving the 2015 Mazda MX-5 Miata roadster is like letting loose of heavy burdens.The smartly styled, 13-foot-long two-seater is so efficient in design, there's not a lot of room to carry extra baggage.The car, itself, weighs less than 2,600 pounds and is energeti