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EU broadens corporate tax crackdown to Amazon 10/08/2014 12:22pm • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union is broadening its crackdown on multinationals' tax avoidance schemes, opening Tuesday an investigation into Amazon's practices on suspicion the online retailer is not paying its dues on profits made across the 28-nation bloc.The prob Health law waivers: Too complicated to claim? 10/08/2014 12:04pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Millions of Americans may qualify for waivers from the most unpopular part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. But getting that exemption could be an ordeal.Community groups are concerned about a convoluted process for waivers Swiss museum to decide next month on art trove 10/08/2014 12:00pm • BERLIN (AP) -- A Swiss museum said Wednesday that it expects to decide late next month whether to accept a priceless collection of long-hidden artworks bequeathed by German collector Cornelius Gurlitt.Gurlitt, who died in May, designated the Kunstmuseum Bern as the sole heir to his collection. A dec Kenyan president appeals for case to be dropped 10/08/2014 11:28am • MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Lawyers for Kenya's president on Wednesday asked judges at the International Criminal Court to drop the crimes-against-humanity case against him -- and acquit him -- saying the prosecution has collapsed and cannot be resurrected.Prosecutors 14-day pilot strike cost Air France $631 million 10/08/2014 10:30am • PARIS (AP) -- Air France-KLM says a 14-day pilots' strike that grounded about half the airline's flights cost the company 500 million euros ($631 million).The company gave the estimate in a statement Wednesday, and said it hoped to accelerate development of Transavia, a low-cost affiliate that was a Morning Notes 10/08/2014 09:05am • NIH Releases Patient Exposed To Ebola – The NIH Clinical Center on Tuesday released a man who was flown to the U.S. from Sierra Leone with a high-risk exposure to Ebola. The man suffered a needle stick injury and was put in isolation at NIH’s Bethesda campus because of a brief peri Prince George's County imposes hiring and funding freeze 10/08/2014 07:57am • When the money is low, something has to go. Prince George's County, facing a possible $59 million budget shortfall, has imposed hiring and funding freezes across the government, The Washington Post reported. According to budget administrator Thomas Himler, unemployment and mortgage foreclosures wit Gay marriage to begin in Las Vegas, Idaho 10/08/2014 05:56am • KIMBERLY PEARCEALL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A federal appeals court declared gay marriage legal in Idaho and Nevada on Tuesday, setting the stage for couples to marry in Las Vegas, the self-proclaimed wedding capital of the world.State after state has joined the national tide in seeing sam Senate debates focus on Obama, economy 10/08/2014 03:22am • The Associated Press President Barack Obama's policies, national and local economic issues and women's rights sparked clashes Tuesday night as Senate candidates debated in five states with just a month left before Election Day.The debates were part of races both parties are counting on for victorie Conservative states balk at gay marriage action 10/08/2014 02:50am • ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Conservative officials in some of the six states where Supreme Court action this week likely cleared the way for same-sex weddings say they won't issue marriage licenses to gay couples until their hands are forced. Now, gay rights advocates are p 10 Things to Know for Wednesday 10/08/2014 12:16am • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:1. ISLAMIC STATE GROUP POISED TO CAPTURE KEY TOWNOutgunned Kurdish fighters struggle to defend Kobani, a strategic Syrian town on the Turkish border, despite a small boost 4 Ways Older Students Can Avoid Student Debt 10/08/2014 12:00am • Heading back to college can be a savvy financial decision for older workers, whether they're beefing up technical skills, earning professional certificates or enjoying their golden years with an "encore career." But taking on too much student debt is a risk at any age. Of households headed by some Why You Might Need More Financial Help Than You Think 10/08/2014 12:00am • Despite the rows of self-help books on display at bookstores, Americans tend to resist one particular type of advice: the financial variety. Despite all the evidence that we could use some pointers -- exhibit A, our lack of emergency and retirement savings -- a series of recently released surveys s Why the 4 Percent Rule is Difficult to Follow 10/08/2014 12:00am • Many financial experts suggest that withdrawing 4 percent of your savings each year adjusted for inflation will make your savings last the rest of your life. But you should think through whether you can actually implement the 4 percent withdrawal rule, which involves spending the same percentage wh As EU discusses jobs, frustration among unemployed 10/07/2014 11:00pm • COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) -- Protesters who tried to scale the walls of the royal palace in Naples where the European Central Bank was meeting last week embodied the frustration of 26 million jobless Europeans.With the policymakers literally behind fortified walls, symbolically iso