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Omega to buy out rival Aviv in $3B all-stock deal 10/31/2014 11:20am • The Associated Press Omega Healthcare will buy rival real estate investment trust Aviv in a $3 billion all-stock deal combining two companies that each run hundreds of nursing homes.Aviv shareholders will receive a portion of Omega stock valued at $34.97 for each Aviv share in a deal designed to be 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 Hungary suspends Internet tax after huge protests 10/31/2014 09:29am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Following large-scale protests, Hungary's prime minister said Friday that the government would suspend a planned tax on Internet use and reconsider the matter next year.A scheme to make Internet service providers pay 150 forints ($0.62) per gigabyte of Internet traffic, lat A distant father-daughter duo in 'Interstellar' 10/31/2014 07:46am • DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jessica Chastain doesn't even feel comfortable saying her character's name.The Oscar-nominated actress quickly attempts to course correct when she realizes she's speaking liberally about Murph, the astrophysicist she's portraying in "Interst Woman pleads guilty in Smith Mountain Lake fraud 10/31/2014 06:50am • LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) -- A former Roanoke woman has pleaded guilty in a Smith Mountain Lake mortgage fraud scheme.Susanne Helbig, who now lives in Georgia, was charged in a 15-count indictment in May. She pleaded guilty to one count of mortgage fraud conspiracy and one count of tax fraud Thursday i 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 Navajo vote could factor into tight Arizona race 10/31/2014 02:08am • FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- On the airwaves of a popular Navajo radio station, President Barack Obama uses the Navajo greeting "Ya'at'eeh" and implores tribal members to get out and vote for Democrats.The party is trying hard to hang on to the seat held by U.S. Rep. Ann United with D.C.: Citizen Ben Olsen 10/31/2014 12:32am • WASHINGTON -- In the modern age of professional sports, it's rare anymore to find players who stay with a single team for all, or even the majority, of their careers. Even those who do are rarely involved any further upon retirement, other than as a dignitary. And for all the pomp and circumstance b 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 3 Signs You Have a 'Zombie' 401(k) 10/31/2014 12:00am • Did you know that, according to the National Retail Federation, the zombie is one of the five most popular Halloween costumes this year? Any avid watcher of "The Walking Dead" wouldn't be surprised, given the popularity of zombies in pop culture today. What you might not be aware of, however, is th 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 Puerto Rico government looks to raise tax on oil 10/30/2014 08:19pm • DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico government officials said Thursday they are seeking a 68 percent increase in an oil tax to help sell up to $2.9 billion in bonds and strengthen one of the island's largest public corporations amid bankruptcy concerns.Officials sa Delaney and Bongino vie for Maryland's sixth Congressional District 10/30/2014 06:39pm • WASHINGTON -- From wealthy Montgomery County, through Frederick and into the farthest reaches of Western Maryland, two very different candidates are competing to represent the 700,000 or so people of Maryland's 6th Congressional District. Democrat John Delaney, looking to keep the seat he won Same-party races challenge California incumbents 10/30/2014 05:46pm • KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- California congressmen Mike Honda and Tom McClintock have never apologized for their strong partisan leanings and are not about to start now.Honda, one of Congress' most liberal lawmakers, and McClintock, one of its most conservative, face challenger Visa and Baidu are big market movers 10/30/2014 05:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEVisa Inc., up $21.99 to $236.65The world's largest processor of debit and credit card payments reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit.BorgWar