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Austere Texas spending bill passes Senate amid budget woes 03/28/2017 05:19pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Budget woes in Texas caused by a prolonged oil slump would be patched with cuts to higher education, kicking the can down the road on growing Medicaid costs and rebuffing priorities of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott under an austere spending bill passed unanimously Tuesday by the Chinese tech company Tencent acquires 5 percent Tesla stake 03/28/2017 02:04pm • DETROIT (AP) — Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has acquired a 5 percent stake in electric car maker Tesla Inc. Tencent spent $1.8 billion acquiring 8.2 million shares during Tesla's stock offering earlier this month, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission AP FACT CHECK: Trump no factor in Social Security increase 03/28/2017 02:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Widely circulated online reports crediting President Donald Trump for 2017 increases in retirees' Social Security checks don't accurately portray how the system works. Social Security payments are based on a government measure of inflation, and are set automatically without any i Self-driving car crash comes amid debate about regulations 03/28/2017 09:19am • PHOENIX (AP) — A crash that caused an Uber self-driving SUV to flip onto its side in a Phoenix suburb serves as a stark reminder of the challenges surrounding autonomous vehicles in Arizona, a state that has gone all-in to entice the company by promising minimal government regulation. Friday night Racking Up Bank Overdraft Fees? 3 Mistakes You're Making 03/27/2017 08:00pm • If you work for a bank, here's some good news: An economic research firm, Moebs Services Inc., recently released a survey of 3,817 financial institutions, and found that overdraft fees on checking accounts brought in $33.3 billion in revenue in 2016, the largest amount in seven years. But good news Top Beach Retirement Spots on Mexico's Pacific Coast 03/27/2017 08:00pm • Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlán are two of the best-known beach retirement options on Mexico's Pacific coast. If you want to spend your retirement years relaxing on a Pacific Ocean beach, these two cities should be at the top of your list. In some ways, these two destinations are very similar. Both Pu AP Exclusive: Colombia 'panic buttons' expose activists 03/27/2017 04:07pm • It is supposed to help protect human-rights activists, labor organizers and journalists working in risky environments, but a GPS-enabled "panic button" that Colombia's government has issued to about 400 people could be exposing them to more peril. The pocket-sized devices are designed to notify auth ACLU battles Georgia over toddler's last name of 'Allah' 03/27/2017 12:50pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A civil rights group sued Georgia over the state's refusal to allow a couple to officially name its 22-month-old child "Allah." The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia filed the lawsuit recently in Fulton County Superior Court on behalf of the couple, Elizabeth Handy and Bilal The Top Travel Destinations for Retirees 03/26/2017 08:00pm • Bucket listMany baby boomers want to travel in retirement and often have a bucket list of destinations. A recent AARP survey of 889 baby boomers found that they are planning a variety of domestic and international trips over the next five years. Here are the places baby boomers say they most want to Trio of Bullish Ratings Has Snap Inc Stock Flying High 03/26/2017 08:00pm • Wall Street's newest tech IPO, Snap Inc (ticker: SNAP), appears to be turning things around. After Snap, the parent company of the popular Snapchat social media app, received mostly negative reviews from Wall Street in the days following its initial public offering, analyst sentiment has now shifted Unexpected Layoff? 4 Tips on What to Do Next 03/26/2017 08:00pm • The first quarter of the year is always a busy time for job transitions. Some professionals are proactively pursuing something new, but many others are forced into the job market as a reaction to an unplanned change with their employer. Reduction in workforce, layoff, position elimination, change in Lawyer: Girl, 17, beaten at Rockville High; community wasn’t notified 03/24/2017 05:32pm • ROCKVILLE, Md. — A local attorney says school officials failed to inform Rockville High’s parent community of violent incidents weeks before an alleged brutal rape occurred at the school. Rene Sandler, the lawyer for the family of a Rockville High student, said her client, a 17-year-old gir How Medicare Can Help You Say Goodbye on Your Terms 03/22/2017 08:00pm • Death isn't something most people like to dwell on, but that doesn't mean they haven't given it any thought. Indeed, many people have definite ideas about how they would like the end of their life to play out. "Many people don't want to die hooked up to a bunch of machines," says Dr. Joe Rotella, ch How to Teach Your Kids Financial Fitness 03/22/2017 08:00pm • Parents teach their children physical fitness -- from learning to walk to riding a bike -- to set them on a healthy path, and teaching them financial fitness is just as important. Just as parents incorporate motor skills lessons based on age, they can also use children's developmental stages to teac Teaching Children to Be More in Tune With Their Minds 03/22/2017 08:00pm • Do you talk with your children about their feelings, thoughts and memories? Research suggests that by reflecting on this kind of inner experience, parents can help children develop important skills that allow them to be more in tune with their minds and the minds of others. If a 3-year-old falls of