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Tunisia elections possible model for region 11/02/2014 04:42am • PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's orderly parliamentary elections are being hailed as a model of democracy for a region torn by strife and full of dictatorships. Regional rivalries, however, may put pressures on this fledgling democracy to move away from the dialogue and 8 convicted for alleged same-sex wedding in Egypt 11/01/2014 08:12pm • HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court on Saturday convicted eight men for "inciting debauchery" following their appearance in an alleged same-sex wedding party on a Nile boat, sentencing each of them to three years in prison.The Internet video shows two men exchanging rings Hong Kong protests promise political game change 11/01/2014 07:18pm • JACK CHANG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) -- Like thousands of young people from all over Hong Kong, secondary school teacher Li Hiu Fung had come out to the streets of this anxious city every night to demand that his government give him a real voice in choosing his leaders. He helped build a spraw Mexico orders immediate release of Marine veteran 11/01/2014 04:50am • JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A Mexican judge on Friday ordered the immediate release of a jailed U.S. Marine veteran who spent eight months behind bars for crossing the border with loaded guns.The judge called for retired Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi (Tah-mor-EE-si) to be freed Colombians jailed in Venezuela for $15 grocery run 11/01/2014 03:00am • JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A $15 grocery run has cost two single mothers from Colombia 48 days in jail, along with the threat of a 14-year prison sentence, as a result of a crackdown on smuggling in Venezuela that is ratcheting up tensions and highlighting growing econo Mexico police questioned in killing of 3 Americans 10/31/2014 11:49pm • CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) -- Authorities were investigating on Friday a possible police connection to the killing of three U.S. citizens visiting their father in Mexico who were found shot to death along with a Mexican friend more than two weeks after going missing. Poll: Economy, health care eclipse social issues 10/31/2014 07:40pm • NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- As a season of campaigning enters its intense final weekend, a new Associated Press-GfK poll illustrates the challenge ahead for candidates and their allies trying to rally voters around traditional wedge issues such as abortion and gay marriage. Thi Hillary Clinton praises possible primary rivals 10/31/2014 05:40pm • KEN THOMAS Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- When it comes to potential Democratic primary rivals, Hillary Rodham Clinton is displaying a light touch.Heading into Tuesday's midterm elections, Clinton has crossed paths with two possible presidential competitors in the past week: Maryland Gov UN: Growing number of foreigners in terror groups 10/31/2014 04:00pm • CARA ANNA Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A new United Nations report says the world faces a challenge of foreign fighters in terror groups on an "unprecedented scale," with about 15,000 in Syria and Iraq alone.The report by a panel of experts monitoring al-Qaida and the Taliban, obtained Fr Pirate Bay founder jailed for hacking Danish data 10/31/2014 10:10am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- A Danish court on Friday sentenced the Swedish founder of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay to 3½ years in prison after he was found guilty of hacking into a private company handling sensitive information for Danish authorities.Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and a 21-year-old Da Romania to vote for new leader; corruption ignored 10/31/2014 06:07am • ALISON MUTLER Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Romanians go to the polls Sunday to elect a new leader as President Traian Basescu steps down after 10 years. Prime Minister Victor Ponta is favored to win over challengers who include a city mayor and a glamorous lawyer. Here's a look at thi Mexican governor confirms 3 US siblings found dead 10/31/2014 12:54am • CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) -- Three U.S. citizens missing for more than two weeks have been found shot to death in Mexico near the border city of Matamoros, and authorities are questioning a local police unit about possible involvement, the attorney general in northe How Seriously Should You Take Retirement Savings Calculators? 10/31/2014 12:00am • You punch some numbers into a retirement calculator, and the results are so frightening you want to run away: It says you should have $500,000 saved by now. Or $1 million. Or is that $2 million for a couple? Or maybe it's eight times your salary. How seriously should you take all those stories abo 4 Ways to Increase Your 401(k) Contributions in 2015 10/31/2014 12:00am • The IRS raised the 401(k) maximum contribution limit from $17,500 to $18,000 starting in 2015. Employees who are age 50 and older can contribute $6,000 extra to their 401(k) as catch up contributions. That's also an increase of $500 from the current catch up contribution amount of $5,500. The high 4 Ways to Find Meaning in Retirement 10/31/2014 12:00am • Most of us paint mental pictures of happy stress-free days to be enjoyed in retirement. However, once you have rested up a bit, retirement can become mundane and even boring. You need to create your own fun and excitement and find a way to fill the hours with something meaningful. Here are a few wa