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7th District candidates: Positions on key issues 10/04/2014 11:10am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Republican Dave Brat and Democrat Jack Trammell are facing off for the Virginia 7th Congressional District in next month's general election. Here are their positions on key issues:The Affordable Care Act:Brat said he wants to repeal the act and "pursue free market reforms to lo Md. voters to decide transportation fund 'lockbox' 10/04/2014 10:20am • BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Maryland voters will decide in November whether to make it harder for state officials to spend money in the state's Transportation Trust Fund on anything unrelated to transportation.The question will be on the ballot as a constitutional amendment. Wealthy independent challenges veteran GOP senator 10/04/2014 08:54am • JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Greg Orman likes to say as he runs for the U.S. Senate in Kansas that he knows about working with others. He grew up in a house with five siblings and one bathroom -- close quarters and a modest upbringing far removed from the wealth and political Missouri judge side with married same-sex couples 10/03/2014 11:18pm • BILL DRAPER Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A judge struck down part of Missouri's gay marriage ban for the first time on Friday by ordering the state to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other states, saying state laws banning the unions single out gay couples "for no logi Business past fuels independent Orman in Kansas 10/03/2014 11:06pm • JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Greg Orman likes to say as he runs for the U.S. Senate in Kansas that he knows about working with others. He grew up in a house with five siblings and one bathroom -- close quarters and a modest upbringing far removed from the wealth and political Man who threatened IRS agent's life sentenced 10/03/2014 08:20pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for threatening to kill an Internal Revenue Service agent and rape and kill his wife over a $330,000 tax bill.Forty-nine-year-old Andrew Calcione, of Cranston, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court. A ju MLB's small markets like KC, Pittsburgh revive 10/03/2014 08:02pm • RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer Fans gathered at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City this week for a pep rally ahead of the Royals' first playoff game since 1985.People held black, gold and white "We Believe" signs during a "Let's Go Bucs!" celebration in Pittsburgh's Market Square to get ready for the Pir Brown, Hogan, haven't released tax returns 10/03/2014 07:16pm • BRIAN WITTE Associated Press TOWSON, Md. (AP) -- Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, who is running for governor, says he does not plan to make his income tax returns public. His opponent, Republican Larry Hogan, has not released his, either.Brown, a Democrat, said after a forum in Towson that he believes finan Stocks soar ...Oil prices fall... Money approved for Gulf Coast recovery 10/03/2014 06:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- A surge in hiring last month is sending stocks soaring. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 208 points, or 1.2 percent, to 17,009. The S&P 500 index rose nearly 22 points, or 1.1 percent, to 1,967. The Nasdaq composite rose 45 points, or 1 percent, to 4,447. The gains nearly wip Judge rejects Trump Entertainment pension motion 10/03/2014 05:56pm • RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) -- A Delaware bankruptcy judge denied on Friday a request by Trump Entertainment Resorts to be relieved of its pension obligations under a collective bargaining agreement with union workers at the Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.After h Overseas deal rules end one combo, alter another 10/03/2014 05:40pm • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer New government rules aimed at curbing overseas deals that cut corporate taxes appear to be working, just not entirely the way regulators intended.Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., based in Raleigh, N.C., said Friday it will scrap a planned merger with the subsidiary of an Ita Brown declines to release income tax returns 10/03/2014 05:20pm • BRIAN WITTE Associated Press TOWSON, Md. (AP) -- Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, who is running for governor, says he will not make his income tax returns available for review. His opponent, Republican Larry Hogan, also has yet to do so.Brown, a Democrat, said Friday after a forum in Towson that he believes Judge refuses to drop Messi tax fraud charges 10/03/2014 04:43pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- A Spanish judge rejected an appeal filed by Lionel Messi's lawyers on Friday to drop tax fraud charges against the Barcelona star.The judge rebutted the counter demand that Messi be excluded from the case against him and his father, who are accused of withholding 4 million e Stocks climb...EU approves Chiquita deal...Judge rejectsTrump pension motion 10/03/2014 03:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are surging after the government reported a burst of hiring last month. The Labor Department says employers added 248,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate fell to 5.9 percent, the lowest since July 2008. The Dow Jones industrial average has been up more than 200 po Salix Pharma scuttles Cosmo Technologies merger 10/03/2014 02:20pm • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer Salix Pharmaceuticals is scrapping its merger with the subsidiary of an Italian drugmaker after the U.S. created new limitations on the tax benefits of incorporating overseas.Shares of the Raleigh, North Carolina, drugmaker jumped almost 6 percent Friday morning before