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Grandstanding, outsourcing raised in Senate debate 10/22/2014 07:24am • HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen accused Republican challenger Scott Brown of grandstanding and fear mongering while he accused her of "outsourcing" her independence as they met for their second debate two weeks before Election Day.Shaheen, a for Raimondo, Fung spar over leadership in TV debate 10/22/2014 07:23am • ERIKA NIEDOWSKI Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Democrat Gina Raimondo and Republican Allan Fung went after each other's leadership and decision-making in the first televised debate of the Rhode Island governor's race, while voters also got an introduction to a wild-card Moderate Party can SC challengers hammer Gov. Haley in last debate 10/22/2014 07:23am • JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- The two major challengers to South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley used their final debate Tuesday to attack her handling of problems at the state's child welfare agency and what they said is her lack of support for a law to take guns away from peo Sparks fly throughout last Maine governor debate 10/22/2014 07:23am • ALANNA DURKIN Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- The three candidates for governor clashed Tuesday in their final debate, highlighting their differences on a wide range of issues, including health care and welfare.Partisan sparks flew early and often between Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Demo Congressman's corp. loses Texas charter over taxes 10/22/2014 07:22am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A Texas-based business co-owned by U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister has lost its right to do business as a Texas corporation after missing deadlines to pay state franchise taxes.Chris Ryan with the Texas Comptroller's Office said Tuesday that Texas Coastal Energy Co. LLC could have its Mars to invest $31 million, hire 25 in Greenville 10/22/2014 07:22am • GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Mars Food, which makes Uncle Ben's Rice and other products at its Greenville plant, will invest $31 million to modernize operations and expand research at the plant.The company plans to add 25 jobs to the current 226 full-time and 230 contract workers at the 35-year-old ope New York congressman's trial put off until 2015 10/22/2014 07:22am • NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York congressman's tax evasion trial has been put off until next year.U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen told lawyers at a hearing Tuesday jury selection for Michael Grimm's trial will begin Feb. 2, not Dec. 1. She set the new trial date after rejecting defense claims the prosecu Ohio's Kasich goes own way in bid for re-election 10/22/2014 07:22am • STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press COLDWATER, Ohio (AP) -- John Kasich is waiting for his second cup of chili.He's in the middle of another day on the campaign trail, but as he's way up in the polls, Ohio's Republican governor isn't about to pass up a second helping."Politics bore me," he said, reflecti Yahoo's 3Q earnings soar on Alibaba windfall 10/22/2014 07:21am • SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) -- Yahoo's third-quarter earnings soared as the Internet company collected a huge windfall from Alibaba's recent IPO. Revenue also rose slightly from the previous year, a welcome change for a company that has been posting quarterly declines for most of the past five years.The Correction: Christie-Income Taxes story 10/22/2014 07:20am • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- In a story Oct. 17 about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's tax returns, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by his office, reported erroneously on the nature of his wife's employment. Mary Pat Christie works full-time, not part-time.A corrected version of the st Connecticut governor: I kept my vow not to cut aid 10/22/2014 07:20am • SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is reminding leaders of cities and towns that he kept his promise nearly four years ago and didn't cut state aid to balance the budget.The Democrat is in a close re-election battle against Republican Tom Foley. Ma New Jersey charges 11 with mob loansharking scheme 10/22/2014 07:20am • DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Members and associates of one of New York's legendary crime families used check cashing businesses and a Newark restaurant to run a racketeering enterprise that reaped millions of dollars through loansharking and money laundering, New Jersey officia How Chess Players Can Win at Personal Finance 10/22/2014 12:00am • One well known, but seldom practiced, strategy in chess is to think a few moves ahead. Chess players are able to increase their odds of success by simply planning for a variety of possible outcomes in the near future. The ability to anticipate future problems and opportunities, a skill that chess p 5 Social Security Changes Coming in 2015 10/22/2014 12:00am • Social Security recipients will receive 1.7 percent bigger checks in 2015, the Social Security Administration announced today. And some groups of workers will begin receiving benefit statements in the mail with a list of taxes paid and an estimate of their future retirement benefit. Here's a look at 5 Reasons More Millennials Are Renting 10/22/2014 12:00am • In a Rent.com survey released this month, 41 percent of property owners and managers noted seeing an increase in millennial renters over the past year. This observation from landlords seems to support what many market analysts have been reporting: Millennials are foregoing homeownership for renting