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A look at the candidates for House leadership 06/12/2014 09:28pm • The Associated Press House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's defeat this week in a primary election in Virginia has ignited a race among lawmakers who'd like to have his GOP leadership job. And Rep. Kevin McCarthy's decision to try to move up to majority leader from his current job as whip has created House votes to make business tax break permanent 06/12/2014 08:00pm • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House voted Thursday to make permanent a generous tax break that makes it easier for small businesses to buy new equipment and improve their property, part of an election-year showdown over a series of expired tax breaks worth billions.The t House votes to make business tax break permanent 06/12/2014 08:00pm • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House voted Thursday to make permanent a generous tax break that makes it easier for small businesses to buy new equipment and improve their property, part of an election-year showdown over a series of expired tax breaks worth billions.The t Insurers propose changes to Obama health law 06/12/2014 08:00pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Insurers want to change President Barack Obama's health care law to provide financial assistance for people buying bare-bones coverage. That would entice the healthy and the young, the industry says, holding down premiums.So-called catastro Feds cite 5 companies in NJ worker's death 06/12/2014 06:10pm • AVENEL, N.J. (AP) -- Federal labor officials have cited five companies connected to operations at a New Jersey-based Amazon packaging facility for serious violations following the death of a worker.The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Thursday that the co Mormon women's group founder faces excommunication 06/12/2014 03:08pm • BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Two months after Mormon Kate Kelly led hundreds in a demonstration to shed light on gender inequality in the religion -- defying church orders to stay off Temple Square -- the founder of a prominent Mormon women's group is facing excommunication. Portugal waives its last bailout instalment 06/12/2014 11:28am • LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Portugal's government says it is forgoing the final 2.6 billion-euro ($3.5 billion) instalment of its three-year bailout package because it cannot meet creditors' deadlines for the latest promised austerity measures, which have run into legal challenges.Portugal received a 7 Washington, Blanchett accept Women in Film awards 06/12/2014 11:12am • SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kerry Washington stepped back into the spotlight for the first time since becoming a mom last month to accept an award from Women in Film.The "Scandal" star, along with fellow actresses Cate Blanchett, Eva Longoria, Rose Byrne and "Frozen" writ Traveling with a firearm? TSA has rules 06/11/2014 03:28pm • WASHINGTON -- Police officers aren't the only ones carrying weapons into airports. Last Wednesday, 17 firearms and one replica were nearly brought onto U.S. planes illegally by passengers stopped at security checkpoints. That sets a new one-day record for the Transportation Security Administra AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Auto Racing Glance 06/11/2014 03:21pm • The Associated Press All Times EDTNASCARSPRINT CUPQUICKEN LOANS 400Site: Brooklyn, Michigan.Schedule: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.), qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 3:30-5 p.m.); Saturday, practice (Fox Sports 2, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 12:30-1:30 p.m.); Sunday, race, 1 p.m. (TNT, noon-4:30 Vitaminwater fans upset over new sweetener 06/11/2014 02:07pm • CANDICE CHOI AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Fans of Vitaminwater are demanding that parent company Coca-Cola drop a new formula that uses stevia, a low-calorie sweetener known for its metallic aftertaste.Coca-Cola Co. changed the formula for its full-calorie Vitaminwater in May, and the ne Fact sheet: 2014 Mercedes CLA 06/11/2014 01:00pm • The Associated Press 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250BASE PRICE: $29,900.PRICE AS TESTED: $43,246.TYPE: Front-engine, front-wheel drive, five-passenger, compact sedan.ENGINE: 2-liter, single overhead cam, turbocharged, direct injection, inline four cylinder.MILEAGE: 26 mpg (city), 38 mpg (highway).TOP SPE Mercedes has fun-to-drive new entry model 06/11/2014 01:00pm • ANN M. JOB For The Associated Press Mercedes-Benz's new entry-level car, the CLA, is a fun-to-drive, turbocharged, front-drive, compact sedan that looks more expensive than its $30,825 starting retail price.In fact, this lowest-priced Mercedes presents a competitive alternative to the 2014 BMW 3-Ser FDA: Pregnant women should eat low-mercury seafood 06/11/2014 10:52am • MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pregnant women are being advised by the government to eat more fish, but there won't be any labels or signs to let them know which fish have low mercury levels and are safest for dinner.Without a labeling requirement, the draft advice issued Tu AP IMPACT: Tax cheats took billions from Ukraine 06/11/2014 06:36am • MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- As Ukraine's tax chief tells it, the billion-dollar theft was planned at a see-through plastic table in a vault of sound-proof steel.The table and six matching transparent chairs sit in a secret chamber on an upper story of the Tax Ministry in Ki