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Brazil presidential rivals face off in debate 10/24/2014 10:26pm • BRAD BROOKS Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazil's presidential candidates faced off in a heated debate Friday night just two days before their runoff election, with the focus on allegations of corruption and arguments over who could best spark a stalled economy.The widely watched debate c Stocks on a roll...Oil prices fall... Feds: 2 phone companies unwittingly post customer info on Internet 10/24/2014 06:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market is closing out its best week in almost two years. Earnings gains from Microsoft and other companies put investors in a buying mood today. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 127 1/2 points, or 0.8 percent, to 16,805. The S&P 500 index gained nearly 14 points hi Judge may enter Georgia voter registration dispute 10/24/2014 05:00pm • BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia state judge is weighing whether it's appropriate for him to intervene in a dispute over more than 50,000 voter registration records in one of the nation's most politically contested states.Lawyers for the NAACP and a voter registration group tha Senate candidate Weiland keeps at populist message 10/24/2014 03:52pm • HENRY C. JACKSON Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- When U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson announced he wouldn't seek re-election -- putting a seat in conservative-leaning South Dakota in play -- national Democrats had a few candidates in mind to replace him.None of them was the eventual nominee, and one of Motive sought in hatchet attack on NYC officers 10/24/2014 01:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Investigators are trying to determine why a man attacked a group of New York Police Department officers with a hatchet yesterday before they shot him dead.They've obtained a warrant to search the computer of Zale Thompson for clues about yesterday's daytime assault, which left one o Analysis: In Senate battle, GOP's weapon is Obama 10/24/2014 01:16pm • DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- Struggling to preserve their Senate majority, Democrats are attacking Republicans over Medicare and Social Security in Louisiana, spending cuts in Arkansas, offshore jobs in New Hampshire and women's issues in Colorado.Republicans have a one-siz Analysis: GOP hopes Obama is key to Senate control 10/24/2014 03:26am • DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- Struggling to preserve their Senate majority, Democrats are attacking Republicans over Medicare and Social Security in Louisiana, spending cuts in Arkansas, off-shore jobs in New Hampshire and women's issues in Colorado.Republicans have a one-si Canada gunman wanted a passport to go to Mideast 10/24/2014 01:28am • JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- He seemed lost, "did not fit in," had drug problems, and went more than five years without seeing his mother. In recent weeks, he had been living at a homeless shelter and had talked about wanting to go to Libya -- or Syria -- but became agitat 4 Ways Retirement Goes Wrong 10/24/2014 12:00am • Most people nearing retirement hope to enjoy a second act where they can explore and experiment with all life has to offer beyond the working world. Retirement affords ample free time to spend however we choose. Pressures to make a living and raise a family are typically behind us. This time will tr Lawmakers seek to end benefits to former Nazis 10/23/2014 09:22pm • RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation to stop suspected Nazi war criminals from receiving U.S. Social Security benefits will be introduced soon, the latest response to an Associated Press investigation that revealed millions of dollars have been paid to former Nazis who wer Warren running for president? 'I don't think so' 10/23/2014 05:40pm • KEN THOMAS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren tends to stick to the script when she's asked about a potential 2016 presidential campaign: "I am not running for president." So her latest response has touched off new speculation about her future.When asked if she w Girls' journey renews fears of terror recruiting 10/23/2014 05:38pm • SADIE GURMAN Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- The case of three teenage girls who possibly tried to join Islamic State militants poses vexing questions for U.S. officials about terror groups' use of social media to recruit people inside the United States.A Colorado school official said the Denver-are Ukraine pins hopes on a new-look parliament 10/23/2014 12:08pm • PETER LEONARD Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine's parliament is something halfway between a wrestling pit and a shady backroom for hatching deals. Optimists believe Sunday's elections will change all that.Voting in a fresh batch of deputies, they hope, could kick-start a nation hobbled Brazil race hinges on appeal to lower middle class 10/23/2014 07:54am • BRAD BROOKS Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The debate boiled in Lena's Salon in Rio's Cantagalo slum, as patrons argued about who should win Sunday's presidential election.In one corner, owner Lucia Helena Silva was loudly arguing for President Dilma Rousseff and her Workers' Party, waving 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