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Mexican Senate approves opening of oil sector 08/07/2014 09:06am • E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's Congress approved a comprehensive energy reform that will break more than seven decades of state monopoly and dramatically expand the role of foreign and private companies in the country's oil and gas industry.The package of new laws 'Gluten-free' labeling standards kick in 08/07/2014 07:24am • MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Starting Tuesday, "gluten free" labels on packaged foods have real meaning. Until now, the term "gluten-free" was unregulated, and manufacturers made their own decisions about what it means.This new requirement is especially important for peopl Outspoken Sims likes direction Raiders are headed 08/07/2014 12:00am • MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press NAPA, Calif. (AP) -- If Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Pat Sims decides to go into broadcasting, it will have to be through satellite radio.The 310-pound veteran isn't shy about offering his views on any topic, and his responses are raw and unfiltered.Sims was tha AP ANALYSIS: Assessing the Gaza war outcome so far 08/06/2014 06:22pm • DAN PERRY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) -- As indirect negotiations proceed in Egypt between Israel and Hamas following the war in Gaza, here is an assessment of the outcome so far of the month-long conflict, assuming the cease-fire holds:___ISRAEL -- Israel didn't give in under Hamas rocket fire Mexican Senate nears final vote on oil opening 08/06/2014 06:18pm • E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's Senate debated the final pieces of legislation Wednesday needed to enact a dramatic expansion of the role of foreign and private companies in the state-run oil industry.The Senate was expected to approve the final packages of laws to AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Auto Racing Glance 08/06/2014 02:39pm • The Associated Press All Times EDTNASCARSPRINT CUPCHEEZ-IT 355Site: Watkins Glen, New York.Schedule: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 12:30-2 p.m., 4:30-6 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.); Sunday, race, 1 p.m. (ESPN, noon-4 p.m.).Track: Watkins Glen International (road course, Anheuser-Busch to import Montejo from Mexico 08/06/2014 02:32pm • MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP Business Writer Hoping to tap the fast-growing Hispanic market, Anheuser-Busch is importing its first Mexican lager to the U.S.The subsidiary of Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer maker, said Wednesday that starting next month it will sell Montejo lage Fact sheet: 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe 08/06/2014 02:00pm • The Associated Press 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe 4WD LTZBASE PRICE: $44,895 for LS RWD; $47,895 for LS 4WD; $50,000 for LT RWD; $53,000 for LT 4WD; $59,000 for LTZ RWD; $62,000 for LTZ 4WD.PRICE AS TESTED: $69,335.TYPE: Front-engine, four-wheel drive, six-passenger, full-size, sport utility vehicle.ENGINE Ukraine looms over European Central Bank meeting 08/06/2014 12:08pm • DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The crisis in Ukraine and a hesitant recovery in Europe are casting shadows over the European Central Bank's meeting Thursday.Economists say the monetary authority for the 18 countries that use the euro will look to reassure markets that it is Surgeon general who fought tobacco dies at 87 08/06/2014 12:02pm • KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dr. Jesse Steinfeld, who became the first surgeon general ever forced out of office by the president after he campaigned hard against smoking during the Richard Nixon era, died Tuesday. He was 87.Steinfeld died Tuesday morning in a nursing home in s Mondelez says price hikes scared off customers 08/06/2014 11:13am • DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Mondelez said price increases scared off some customers in its second quarter, and the company trimmed its sales forecast for the year.The maker of Oreo, Cadbury and Trident on Wednesday reported lower sales that fell short of Wall Street expectations. Cost-cutting helped pus Va. transportation chief plans meetings on US 29 08/06/2014 09:30am • CHALROTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Transportation Secretary Aubrey Layne is planning a series of meetings along the U.S. 29 corridor to discuss projects aimed at easing congestion.Layne plans to meet with all of the participants in discussions held earlier this year about U.S. 29. The first meeti Scrabblers rejoice: 5,000 new words are on the way 08/06/2014 07:12am • LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- To Scrabble fanatics, big gifts sometimes come in small packages.The word "te" as a variant of "ti," the seventh tone on the musical scale, is a hardworking little gem among 5,000 words added to "The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary," out Aug. 11 f Russian tourists stranded abroad as crisis deepens 08/06/2014 02:14am • LAURA MILLS Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- Last week, tens of thousands of Russians sunning themselves on Italian beaches and Turkish resorts received an unpleasant surprise: their tour companies had gone bust, stranding them and forcing them to pay double for a ticket to get home.The bankruptcy is Va. man pleads guilty in counterfeit stamp scheme 08/05/2014 05:20pm • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Prosecutors say a Virginia man has pleaded guilty to counterfeiting and selling approximately $76,000 in metered postage stamps at two packaging centers he owned in the state.Prosecutors say 38-year-old Brian Kim of Fairfax pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to defraudin