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Barcelona club member to drop suit against Neymar 10/21/2014 11:52am • JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- The Barcelona club member who filed a lawsuit over the cost of Neymar's transfer fee said Tuesday he has asked his lawyers to withdraw the suit.Jordi Cases brought the suit claiming that former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell had misappropria At A Glance: The cost of cable vs. a la carte 10/21/2014 11:48am • The Associated Press Is a la carte streaming a better deal?Combining current streaming services including Netflix, Hulu, CBS All Access and the expected price of HBO's service, which starts next year, would run you about half of the average price of monthly cable and satellite television service.If Ross, Hutchinson get final digs in on tax cuts 10/21/2014 04:20am • ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Republican Asa Hutchinson and Democrat Mike Ross took swipes at each other's tax cut plans and political backgrounds Monday night as the two ex-congressmen running for Arkansas governor squared off in their fourth and final televised debate.T Illinois governor candidates spar on finance, jobs 10/21/2014 03:19am • SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Locked in a neck-and-neck contest ahead of November, Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner sparred on jobs, Illinois' financial issues and qualifications in their final televised debate Monday.Like the previous two debates, the matchup b Kansas governor, challenger discuss gay marriage 10/21/2014 03:12am • ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Sam Brownback vowed Monday to defend Kansas' ban on same-sex marriage, while Democratic challenger Paul Davis said during a debate Monday that there's nothing either of them can do at this point because the matter is in the hands Put a lid on your 5 biggest retirement expenses 10/21/2014 12:00am • People tend to spend an average of about 20 percent less after they retire. We no longer have to pay Social Security payroll tax. We spend less for clothes, commuting and childcare. And we don't have to save for retirement or our kids' college education. Household expenses steadily decline with Health Care Costs Expected to Rise in 2015: Are You Ready? 10/21/2014 12:00am • While 2015 may seem like a long way off, decisions you make within the next few months could affect how much you pay for health care in the coming year. Health care costs are expected to grow 6.8 percent overall next year, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCooper's Health Research Institut AbbVie to pay Shire $1.64B fee over nixed merger 10/20/2014 07:30pm • NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) -- AbbVie is walking away from its proposed $55 billion takeover bid of Shire and has agreed to pay the rival drugmaker a $1.64 billion breakup fee.The two companies said Monday that they deal was off following the decision last week by AbbVie's board to withdraw support fro Overseas matchup with Falcons up next for Lions 10/20/2014 06:54pm • NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Golden Tate is finally warming up to the idea of a game in London."I was not very excited about this trip, up until, like, today," the Detroit receiver said Monday. "Just because it's going to throw off our routine that we've had for so long. B Hogan says he would rejuvenate pardon process 10/20/2014 03:20pm • BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) -- Republican Larry Hogan says a governor's authority to commute sentences and pardon prisoners is an important power that he would rejuvenate if he is elected governor.Hogan spoke in an interview with reporters of The Associated Press on Monday. Hogan say Fire exposes illegal Chinese factories in Italy 10/20/2014 02:12pm • ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press PRATO, Italy (AP) -- The first thing the firefighters saw was the arm sticking out of the barred window on the second floor of the factory. Flames reached through the partially collapsed roof and a high column of smoke darkened the winter sky. This fire had been burning Oscar Pistorius to finally learn his sentence 10/20/2014 01:52pm • GERALD IMRAY Associated Press STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius will finally learn his fate Tuesday when a judge is expected to announce the Olympic runner's sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.Pistorius could be sentenced to years in prison, or he could be given a suspe Japan trade, justice ministers quit amid scandals 10/20/2014 11:36am • MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's trade and justice ministers resigned Monday after allegations they misused campaign funds in the biggest setback so far for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative administration.The two ministers were among five women Abe named to his Cabinet i German finance chief: confident on balanced budget 10/20/2014 09:50am • BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's finance minister said he is confident he can keep promises to balance the budget next year and rejected anew in an interview published Sunday suggestions that the country should borrow to finance greater public investment.Chancellor Angela Merkel appears determined to stick New England raking in millions from leaf peepers 10/20/2014 08:53am • TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press JAFFREY, N.H. (AP) -- On Mount Monadnock, hikers file up the 3,165-foot peak in lockstep, protected from drizzling rain by a luminous golden canopy of leaves. They're not just gazing at foliage -- they're looking at cold, hard cash.Money really does grow on trees