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Greek economy wins new vote of confidence with credit rating upgrade and hopes for investment boost 10/20/2023 06:16pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greece won new certification of its financial health Friday, as Standard & Poor's became the first of the three major international ratings agencies to upgrade the formerly struggling country's credit rating to investment grade. The one-notch upgrade, from BB+ to BBB-, is Navigator cancels proposed Midwestern CO2 pipeline, citing 'unpredictable' regulatory processes 10/20/2023 04:24pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ��� A company on Friday said it would cancel its plans for a 1,300-mile (2,092-kilometer) pipeline across five Midwestern states that would have gathered carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants and buried the gas deep underground. Navigator CO2 Ventures' Heartland Greenway p US commitment to Ukraine a central question as Biden meets with EU heads during congressional chaos 10/20/2023 03:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Saddled with a dysfunctional Congress, President Joe Biden welcomed European Union leaders to the White House on Friday with the promise that the United States can nonetheless deliver tens of billions of dollars worth of aid to wartime Ukraine and Israel. Biden greeted European C Hunter Biden prosecutor to appear for closed-door congressional testimony, AP sources say 10/20/2023 02:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The special counsel overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation is expected to testify before a Congressional committee behind closed doors as a GOP probe into the Justice Department's handling of the case continues to unfold. In a rare step, David Weiss is set to appear for a tra After 189 bodies were found in Colorado funeral home, evidence suggests families received fake ashes 10/20/2023 02:16pm • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) ��� A Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were discovered this month appears to have fabricated cremation records and may have given families fake ashes, according to information gathered by The Associated Press from customers and crematories. The families th Can the new film ���Uncharitable��� change people's minds about overhead at nonprofits? 10/20/2023 01:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� All Hands and Hearts makes a promise in big letters on the front page of its website: ���95 cents of every dollar is spent on our programs.��� The Massachusetts-based disaster relief nonprofit, like so many charitable organizations have for decades, feels the pressure to operate as EU discusses Bulgaria's gas transit tax that has angered Hungary and Serbia 10/20/2023 12:05pm • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ��� The European Commission said Friday it is discussing with Bulgaria its introduction of a fee on Russian gas transits, a measure that has angered EU co-member Hungary as well as Serbia ��� both recipients of Russian gas. Bulgaria last week introduced the new energy tax on Ru Mental health crisis costing Northern Virginia over $8 billion a year 10/20/2023 11:28am • The mental health crisis is costing the Northern Virginia region $8 billion a year in unrealized economic output, according to a�� new��report��from the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia. The report from the foundation���s research arm,��Insight Region, found that the economic loss caused Britain's opposition Labour Party wins 2 big prizes in momentum-building special elections 10/20/2023 08:45am • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain's main opposition Labour Party decisively won two special elections Friday, snatching seats in Parliament that long were rock-solid bastions of the governing Conservatives. 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In general, shorter-term bonds are less sensitiv At Donald Trump's civil trial, appraiser recalls Eric Trump's 'lofty' views on property value 10/19/2023 06:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The spotlight at former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial turned Thursday to his son Eric, with testimony and documents suggesting the scion envisioned a ���lofty��� value for a suburban golf course and was actively involved in appraisals he has said he doesn't remember. 2 special elections could bring more bad news for Britain's governing Conservatives 10/19/2023 06:23pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Voters are casting ballots Thursday in two special elections in England that could add more misery to the beleaguered governing Conservative Party as it prepares to fight a national election next year. The Conservatives won both Tamworth in central England and Mid-Bedfordshire, north Official Rules ��� WTOP TOP Trivia Tuesday Giveaway 10/19/2023 03:34pm • NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. 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