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The 10 Best Places to Retire on Social Security Alone 10/14/2014 12:00am • If you don't have a traditional pension through your job and haven't been saving a significant amount in a 401(k) or individual retirement account, Social Security is likely to be your largest source of retirement income. Almost all retirees (86 percent) receive Social Security payments, and for ove Warner, Gillespie face off in final debate 10/13/2014 11:00pm • ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Mark Warner and Republican challenger Ed Gillespie hammered each other over ethics and taxes Monday in their third and final scheduled debate, an event that featured some of the candidates' feistiest exchanges so far.Warner is a fo Debate Night: KY, VA, AR Senate hopefuls face off 10/13/2014 11:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate hopefuls reached for advantage Monday in debates in Kentucky, Virginia and Arkansas three weeks before the midterm House and Senate elections.The races are part of an election landscape from which Republicans are seeking a six-seat gain and the Senate majority, a result tha Va. Senate debate filled with partisan accusations 10/13/2014 09:00pm • ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and Republican challenger Ed Gillespie are both accusing each other of putting partisan self-interests ahead of Virginia's needs.Warner and Gillespie sparred on taxes, ethics, and other issues during their final debate Monday GOP spends $6M more on North Carolina Senate race 10/13/2014 05:50pm • GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The group dedicated to winning a Republican U.S. Senate majority in November intends to more than double its investment supporting North Carolina GOP nominee Thom Tillis' campaign to unseat Democrat Kay Hagan.In what's already considered the m Michigan's only gubernatorial debate grows testy 10/13/2014 03:48pm • DAVID EGGERT Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- Republican Gov. Rick Snyder appealed for a second term during a debate Sunday by pointing to Michigan's economic turnaround and Detroit's progress toward emerging from bankruptcy, while Democratic challenger Mark Schauer accused Snyder of cutting educati At 90, Jimmy Carter is back campaigning in Georgia 10/13/2014 01:20pm • CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ALBANY, Ga. (AP) -- It's been more than four decades since Jimmy Carter campaigned across Georgia and asked voters to make him governor.His winning race set the stage for his election as president in 1976.Carter's just turned 90, but he was out campaigning on Su Md. gubernatorial candidates hold 2nd debate 10/13/2014 12:28pm • Find a recap plus analysis of Monday's debate in our WTOP live blog BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Larry Hogan have spent much of their second debate trading accusations and focusing on weaknesses.The hour-long debate was held in Arlington, Va., a China trade growth rebounds in September 10/13/2014 11:36am • CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- China's trade grew more strongly than expected in September, easing fears of a deeper slowdown in the world's No. 2 economy.Exports totaled 1.315 trillion yuan ($214 billion), up 15.3 percent from the same month last year, while imports of 1.125 tr Steris to spend $1.9B on UK's Synergy Health 10/13/2014 11:30am • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer Steris Corp. will spend about $1.9 billion to buy a British sterilization services company, as U.S. businesses continue to seek overseas incorporations despite attempts to make such tax-saving maneuvers less lucrative.The medical products maker said Monday that the new Finance ministers seek to boost global recovery 10/13/2014 08:04am • HARRY DUNPHY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- World financial leaders are pledging to act boldly and ambitiously to give a weak and uneven global recovery some momentum, but they have often fallen short in the past when trying to follow through on their promises.The pledge from the International Auction set for items from eatery near Camp David 10/13/2014 04:49am • Click here for more information on the auction and to see the items listed. THURMONT, Md. (AP) -- An auction in Thurmont promises collectibles from a restaurant near Camp David that closed last spring after 85 years in business. Mosby & Company says its auction Monday of items from the Cozy R Icahn wants more Apple buybacks, sees $203 stock 10/13/2014 04:02am • BRANDON BAILEY & TOM MURPHY AP Business Writers Carl Icahn just can't help himself.The billionaire activist investor lobbied Apple earlier this year to buy back billions worth of its shares to boost value to shareholders. In April Apple boosted its buyback plans by $30 billion and even split its sto Undecideds, independents could be key to Md. governor's race 10/13/2014 01:41am • WASHINGTON -- Maryland's undecided and independent voters have a lot of leverage in the upcoming election for governor, and here's why: A recent Baltimore Sun poll puts Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, a Democrat, ahead of Republican Larry Hogan by 7 points, but the margin of error is 3.5 percent. West alarmed at Hungarian leader's power tactics 10/12/2014 05:43pm • PABLO GORONDI Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- As a young politician, Viktor Orban won plaudits for championing civil rights and free elections. Now as Hungary's prime minister, Western nations are alarmed at the way he is trying to consolidate power, including a government crackdown on ri