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Warriors, Thompson agree to maximum extension 10/31/2014 10:59pm • ANTONIO GONZALEZ AP Basketball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The Golden State Warriors saw no reason to wait on securing Klay Thompson's future with the franchise.The Warriors signed Thompson to a four-year maximum contract extension worth about $70 million on Friday, a person with knowledge of the Dodgers' Dan Haren exercises $10 million option 10/30/2014 06:00pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dodgers pitcher Dan Haren on Thursday exercised his $10 million player option for next season.The right-hander was 13-11 with a 4.02 ERA in his first season with the Dodgers.Last month, Haren activated the option guaranteeing the big payday by going seven innings in a loss to the 401(k) and IRA changes coming in 2015 10/27/2014 12:00am • Retirement savers will have a new retirement account option in 2015. Investors will also be eligible to contribute $500 more to a 401(k) next year. Here's a look at how retirement accounts will change in 2015. Introducing the myRA. The Treasury will offer a new type of retirement account, the Hatcher sees new level of hate in Cowboys-Redskins 10/23/2014 08:56pm • SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Jason Hatcher didn't know the hate in the Cowboys-Redskins rivalry until he switched to Washington's side."They really hate Dallas," says Hatcher, who spent his first eight seasons with the Cowboys before moving east as a free agent in the offsea 9 scary things consumers do with their money 10/22/2014 12:00am • The upside of fearFear can be fun. That's why we like to watch horror movies, dress up as ghouls and goblins for Halloween and ride roller coasters. But fear can also be a useful tool. It motivates us to keep our cholesterol down and be cautious drivers, for instance. With that in mind, here are Will Wal-Mart's New Checking Accounts Change the Game? 10/21/2014 12:00am • More than a quarter of Americans are unbanked or underbanked, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Without access to traditional banking services, many pay thousands of dollars in fees to use check-cashing services, payday loans and other alternative financial services. New player Davi Millsaps wins Monster Energy Cup 10/19/2014 03:10am • LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Trey Canard crashed twice in the Monster Energy Cup finale Saturday night to squander a chance for a $1 million payday, and Davi Millsaps took the title and $100,000.Canard, the Honda rider from Edmond, Oklahoma, ended up third overall, finishing eighth on his Honda in the third ra Monster Energy Cup offers motocross' richest prize 10/17/2014 08:50pm • JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Ryan Villopoto made winning motocross racing's biggest prize look easy, taking the checkers in three straight races to win $1 million.Claiming a cool $1 million has proven to be much more difficult since that inaugural race in 2011; no rider has been able to win the se 'Bama, Oklahoma face possible playoff elimination 10/16/2014 04:40am • RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer No. 5 Notre Dame and No. 2 Florida State will whittle the field of unbeatens in major college football when they meet Saturday night in Tallahassee, Florida.Big game for sure, but the loser can take heart that its playoff hopes, while damaged, won't be destr For ACC playoff hopes, it's Florida State or bust 10/15/2014 04:40pm • JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) -- The Southeastern Conference has two schools in the state of Mississippi -- and almost an entire division, in fact -- stalking a berth in the new college football playoff. The Big Ten, often maligned, has Michigan State on a course for the national semifina Man pleads guilty in fake debt collectors case 10/14/2014 09:40pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A California businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to mail and wire fraud involving more than $5 million that his company collected from consumers with pending loans by impersonating authorities in threatening phone calls, federal prosecutors said.Kirit D. Patel of Tracy ente Column: Spinks fighting a different battle 10/14/2014 06:16pm • TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Mr. T was his bodyguard, which right away tells you something about Leon Spinks and his brief yet wildly entertaining stint as the heavyweight champion of the world.Someone had to keep watch over Leon and his full length fur coat. Someone had to kno Cotton, Pryor stick to familiar themes in debate 10/14/2014 03:20am • ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press CONWAY, Ark. (AP) -- Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton repeatedly tried to tie Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor to President Barack Obama, while Pryor accused his rival of being beholden to billionaire backers as the two squared off Monday for their first debate in Arkansas' Decker hasn't been the same in NY so far 10/10/2014 01:38pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Peyton Manning was sorry to see Eric Decker go and is glad he'll be able to catch up with him Sunday.With Emmanuel Sanders taking over for Decker in Denver, the Broncos are humming right along without the former Broncos receiver who cau US job growth is rising solidly, so why isn't pay? 10/06/2014 04:56am • JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Where are the pay raises?Employers in the United States are hiring at a brisk pace. Unemployment has sunk to a nearly healthy rate. Jobs are being filled across a range of industries.Yet the September jobs report released Friday contained a puzzling f