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5 Republican goals if they win the Senate Nov. 4 09/29/2014 10:44am • The Associated Press Five things Republicans hope to do if they win control of the Senate this fall:1. Try to pass measures backed by some congressional Democrats but opposed by President Barack Obama. This could include approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline and removing a tax on medical devices. Madoff son was under scrutiny until day he died 09/29/2014 10:36am • TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Bernard Madoff's last surviving son was under investigation for possible involvement in his father's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme until the day he died from cancer earlier this month, but scrutiny over his $16 million estate lives on.The court-appointed UK Conservatives rally troops after sexting sting 09/29/2014 10:32am • JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- Britain's governing Conservatives were struggling to focus attention on their economic policies Monday after a government minister sent an explicit photo to a tabloid journalist posing on Twitter as a young party supporter.Brooks Newmark resigned as minis Braley and Ernst clash in first Iowa Senate debate 09/29/2014 10:06am • CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) -- The candidates in one of the closest Senate races in the nation faced off in a testy first debate in Iowa Sunday night, with Democrat Bruce Braley and Republican Joni Ernst seeking to distinguish themselves on live television.Before a crowd of $13M slated for stream that pollutes Chesapeake 09/29/2014 08:30am • TOWSON, Md. (AP) -- Baltimore County has launched a $13 million effort to clean a polluted stream that flows into the Chesapeake Bay.Years of flooding has caused the banks of White Marsh Run to erode. That storm water has chipped away at nearby sewage pipes, causing them to burst repeatedly and send Lisbon mayor takes charge of Portugal's Socialists 09/29/2014 06:40am • LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Portugal's main opposition Socialist Party has chosen a new leader to fight next year's general election.Lisbon Mayor Antonio Costa collected around two-thirds of the vote in a contest with Antonio Jose Seguro, party leader for the past three years, according to results publ Air France pilots end strike after 14 days 09/29/2014 06:32am • JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press PARIS (AP) -- Despite no deal in sight, Air France' s main pilots union on Sunday unilaterally ended a 14-day strike that grounded roughly half of the airline's flights, stranded passengers worldwide, cost tens of millions of dollars and led France's prime minister to d James Traficant, convicted ex-congressman, dies 09/29/2014 04:18am • MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) -- James Traficant, the colorful Ohio politician whose conviction for taking bribes and kickbacks made him only the second person to be expelled from Congress since the Civil War, died Saturday. He was 73.Traficant was seriously injured Tuesday after a 'Yoga tax' kicks in this week 09/29/2014 03:56am • WASHINGTON -- You might want to get a few yoga classes in early this week -- it's going to cost more starting Wednesday. That's when the so-called "yoga tax" -- a 5.75 percent tax on health clubs and fitness centers -- goes into effect. But a lot more than exercise is affected by the tax, incl For 1 New Jersey candidate, the issue is gold 09/28/2014 08:30pm • GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Republican Jeff Bell spent three decades in Washington working on policy and wrote a book promoting all aspects of social conservatism. But so far his campaign for the U.S. Senate has centered on just one issue: returning the United States A look at regulations for mobile-based businesses 09/28/2014 12:40pm • The Associated Press CAR SERVICES:--New York City: Allows car services to operate so long as they follow the city licensing process for operating as a for-hire "black car" livery service.--California: Requires licensing from state public utilities commission as well as criminal background checks, d US stocks end rocky week with a surge; Nike gains 09/28/2014 12:16pm • MATTHEW CRAFT AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Good economic and corporate news helped the stock market stage a rebound at the end of a turbulent week of trading. Nike jumped after turning in higher profits, leading the Dow Jones industrial average higher.The Standard & Poor's 500 index, the benc Cavaliers coach David Blatt gets right to business 09/28/2014 11:18am • INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -- Cavaliers coach David Blatt got right to business Saturday in his first NBA practice after two decades working overseas."I'm a basketball coach, and I do it with passion and with pleasure," Blatt said. "This isn't intimidating to me at all. It's an honor to coach such a gr Maryland Amazon shoppers will now pay 6% tax 09/28/2014 10:54am • WTOP's Kyle Cooper reports Help wanted: Free lawyers for immigrant children 09/28/2014 01:14am • AMY TAXIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Most of the nearly 60,000 Central American children who have arrived on the U.S.-Mexico border in the last year still don't have lawyers to represent them in immigration court, and advocates are scrambling to train volunteer attorneys to help cope with