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10 Top Music-Themed Cruises for 2025 08/22/2024 08:00pm • If you're planning your next vacation on the high seas -- and you enjoy listening to music and dancing till dawn -- consider booking a music-themed cruise. These voyages offer round-the-clock music-centric activities in all types of genres for your listening and dancing pleasure -- and you'll have t How to Buy a Home When You Have Student Loans 08/22/2024 08:00pm • You might feel like your other financial goals are on hold while you pay down your student loan balance. But if owning a home is important to you, you might want to apply for a mortgage while you still have student loan debt. Can You Get a Mortgage if You Have Student Loans?You might be able to get 401(k) Mistakes Job Hoppers Make 08/22/2024 08:00pm • When you switch employers, it's important to keep your nest egg intact. Without careful attention, a variety of taxes and fees could significantly reduce your retirement savings. Be sure to take a close look at 401(k) vesting schedules and waiting periods before making any major career moves. Here a South Carolina considers its energy future through state Senate committee 08/22/2024 06:23pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate on Thursday started its homework assignment of coming up with a comprehensive bill to guide energy policy in a rapidly growing state and amid a quickly changing power- generation world. The Special Committee on South Carolina’s Energy Future plans Atlantic City casino earnings declined by 1.3% in 2nd quarter of 2024 08/22/2024 03:21pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City's casinos and two internet-only gambling entities saw their collective earnings decline by 1.3% in the second quarter of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier, state gambling regulators said Thursday. Figures released by the New Jersey Division Nepal lifts its ban on TikTok imposed for disrupting social harmony 08/22/2024 02:25pm • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government decided Thursday to lift the ban it imposed on the video-sharing app TikTok last November for disrupting “social harmony." The decision to lift restrictions was made by the government during a regular cabinet meeting Thursday, the state-run National N What has worked to fight climate change? Policies where someone pays for polluting, study finds 08/22/2024 02:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways countries have tried to curb heat-trapping gases. Their answer: Not many have done the job. And success often means someone has to pay a price, whether at the pump or elsewh Can the College Park Airport cut through miles of red tape in order to expand? 08/22/2024 01:50pm • The College Park Airport is the world's oldest, continuously operating airport. The first plane to soar even a mile into the air took off from there. The first woman to ever ride in a plane took off from there, too. And before Sept. 11, the runways handled more than 50 flights per day. With p Bill Pascrell Jr., long-time New Jersey congressman, dies at 87 08/22/2024 12:02am • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a 14-term incumbent and a fixture in his hometown of Paterson for more than four decades, died Wednesday. He was 87. Pascrell had been in and out of the hospital with an illness recently. He died Wednesday morning at Cooperman Bar California announces new deal with tech to fund journalism, AI research 08/21/2024 08:42pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will be the first U.S. state to direct millions of dollars from taxpayer money and tech companies to help pay for journalism and AI research under a new deal announced Wednesday. Under the first-in-the-nation agreement, the state and tech companies would collec The 10 Most Valuable Car Companies in the World By Market Capitalization 08/21/2024 08:00pm • Electric vehicle (EV) momentum generated automaker growth in 2023 and EV sales globally jumped 35% over 2022, according to the IEA. Companies made deep investments, retooled production lines and incorporated new battery technology. Social messaging supported the endeavor to combat climate change. It What Is an Average Roth IRA Return? 08/21/2024 08:00pm • Saving on taxes is often a priority for workers as they plan for retirement. A Roth IRA is a tax-advantaged retirement account that can lower your post-work tax burden by allowing your contributions to grow tax-free. This is because Roth IRAs are funded with after-tax dollars, so account owners pay Kentucky meets conditions for lawmakers to cut income tax in 2026 08/21/2024 07:10pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has met the financial conditions needed to set in motion another cut in the state's personal income tax rate that could take effect in 2026, top Republican lawmakers said Wednesday. State budget officials confirmed the financial triggers were satisfied, clearing the Hunter Biden's lawyer accuses prosecutors of trying to smear him with salacious details at tax trial 08/21/2024 07:05pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for Hunter Biden accused prosecutors Wednesday of wanting to introduce salacious details about partying and spending by President Joe Biden's son to smear his character in front of jurors at his upcoming trial on federal tax charges. During a lengthy hearing in Los 2 Louisiana Supreme Court candidates disqualified, leaving 1 on the ballot 08/21/2024 06:37pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An upcoming election in a new majority-Black state Supreme Court district in Louisiana may already be decided after two of three candidates were disqualified from the race under an opinion issued by the very court they were running for. The high court's decision Tuesday ev