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Feds open new data center in western Maryland 09/29/2014 10:20am • FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- The Social Security Administration is opening a new national data center near Frederick.Acting Social Security Commissioner Carolyn Colvin is among the officials attending Monday's ribbon-cutting ceremony in the unincorporated community of Urbana.The center maintains demograph How Apple is Bringing Health Care to Your Smartphone 09/29/2014 12:00am • With its recent reveal of HealthKit and the iWatch, Apple is poised to give the more than 63 million iPhone users in the U.S. the ability to integrate their phone seamlessly with a variety of apps and devices to track calories, steps, sleep and other health stats, providing a full picture of health FBI agents invented a defendant to catch a judge 09/28/2014 05:00pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- To catch a Philadelphia municipal judge they suspected of corruption, FBI agents invented a defendant -- complete with a staged arrest and court appearances.Court documents from Judge Joseph Waters Jr.'s guilty plea Wednesday to federal mail and wire fraud charges include detail Poll: Confused by issues of the day? Join the club 09/28/2014 08:56am • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Confused by President Barack Obama's health care law? How about the debate over government surveillance? The way the Federal Reserve affects interest rates?You're far from alone.Most people in the United States say the issues facing the country are get It's Pryor v. Cotton v. Obama in Arkansas race 09/27/2014 04:06am • DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent PICKENS, Ark. (AP) -- In a Senate race as pivotal as any in the country, Arkansas Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor is running against Republican Rep. Tom Cotton, who is running against President Barack Obama.All else is secondary, including a clash over agriculture and Texas congressman battles Ryan for committee post 09/26/2014 08:39pm • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to take over one of the most powerful committees in Congress could hit a snag when lawmakers return after the midterm elections.Ryan, the Republican Party's candidate for vice president two years ago, has been telling colle 2 American heavyweights frame NY Film Fest 09/26/2014 12:18pm • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- With a pair of much-anticipated book adaptions, two heavyweight American filmmakers frame the 52nd annual New York Film Festival.The Lincoln Center event, arguably the most prestigious film festival in the country, kicks off Friday with the world premiere o Malaysia detains 3 militants heading to Syria 09/26/2014 02:50am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysian police have detained three Muslim men suspected of wanting to go to Syria to join the militant Islamic State group, a senior police official said Friday.The three were detained Thursday at the Kuala Lumpur international airport while waiting for a flight to T Montana ordered to release rape records to author 09/25/2014 07:30pm • MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A judge has ordered the University of Montana to turn over to author Jon Krakauer any records on how the state's higher education commissioner handled a rape case against Grizzlies quarterback Jordan Johnson.The nationally known "Into the Wild" author UN chief urges hope in world seeming to fall apart 09/25/2014 04:30am • EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United Nations chief called for world leaders Wednesday to join an international campaign to ease the plight of nearly unprecedented numbers of refugees, the displaced and victims of violence in a world wracked by wars and the swift-spread Turks leave for "family-friendly" IS group 09/25/2014 04:24am • BERZA SIMSEK Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) -- The Islamic State group is run by religious zealots and marked by war, mass killings, crucifixions and beheadings.But for a growing number of fundamentalist Muslim families, the group's territory is home."Who says children here are unhappy?" said Asiya 2 killed in Alabama UPS shooting were supervisors 09/25/2014 01:32am • KIM CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- The fiancee of one of two UPS supervisors who police say were slain by a fired employee said Wednesday her boyfriend had expressed sympathy for the man over the dismissal but didn't fear him.Brian Callans, 46, wasn't pleased when he found out th 6 reasons to consider semi-retirement 09/25/2014 12:00am • Retirement can be a jarring change, and many retirees endure a bout of loneliness when they leave their career. Very few people have saved so much for retirement that they couldn't benefit from a little extra cash coming in through a part-time job or consulting work. But even if you saved and in 6 reasons to consider semi-retirement 09/25/2014 12:00am • Retirement can be a jarring change, and many retirees endure a bout of loneliness when they leave their career. Very few people have saved so much for retirement that they couldn't benefit from a little extra cash coming in through a part-time job or consulting work. But even if you saved and in 5 Common Money Scams to Avoid 09/25/2014 12:00am • Many of us have either been the target of some kind of fraud or know someone who has. As technology evolves and it becomes more difficult to fool potential victims, fraudsters are turning to increasingly clever tactics to scam Americans out of billions of dollars each year. To keep this kind of cri