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Pentagon wants tighter soldier loan protections 09/27/2014 03:40pm • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Aiming to restrict lenders who prey on members of the military, the Obama administration on Friday moved to close legal loopholes that have placed hundreds of thousands of service members at risk of excessive payday and other short-term loan fees.The Woman accused of filing $94 million false return 09/27/2014 01:30pm • ATLANTA (AP) -- Authorities say a suburban woman has been arrested area on accusations of filing a false state tax return in Georgia for $94 million.Georgia Department of Revenue Special Investigations Chief Josh Waites told WSB-TV ( http://bit.ly/1mzvgo0 ) that Brigitte Jackson of the Atlanta subur Texas congressman battles Ryan for committee post 09/26/2014 08:39pm • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to take over one of the most powerful committees in Congress could hit a snag when lawmakers return after the midterm elections.Ryan, the Republican Party's candidate for vice president two years ago, has been telling colle McConnell, Grimes differ on marijuana 09/26/2014 07:00pm • ADAM BEAM Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky's U.S. Senate candidates agree growing hemp is a good thing for the state, but they differ about the cannabis plant's more potent cousin, marijuana.Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes told a statewide radio show on Thursday that she favors havi Court program gives prostitutes another chance 09/26/2014 06:09pm • ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Legal Affairs Writer BEXLEY, Ohio (AP) -- Judge Paul Herbert once dismissed prostitution as "the world's oldest profession," a crime the accused women brought on themselves. Then he began to notice the similarities between domestic violence victims appearing in his courtroom Nunn hits back at Perdue on terrorism ad 09/26/2014 04:50pm • BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn has hit back against Republican David Perdue's charge that she and former President George H.W. Bush's foundation financially supported terrorism.Nunn speaks directly into the camera for the entirety of the Chiquita, Fyffes alter merger agreement 09/26/2014 04:25pm • The Associated Press Changes to the proposed merger between Chiquita and the Irish fruit importer Fyffes will give Chiquita shareholders a larger stake in what would become the world's largest banana supplier.The companies said Friday that shareholders of Chiquita Brands International Inc. will own Prices at the pump head below $3 in much of US 09/26/2014 03:50pm • JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The price of a gallon of gasoline may soon start with a "2'' across much the country.Gasoline prices typically decline in autumn, and this year they are being pulled even lower by falling global oil prices. By the end of the year, up to 30 states coul Chile enacts higher taxes to fund schools 09/26/2014 02:50pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Chile is enacting measures that raise taxes on large businesses to help finance improvements in education, health and other services.President Michelle Bachelet says the law that goes into effect on Oct. 1 will help reduce inequality in the South American nation. She spoke Fr Businesses and investors pressing for green policy 09/26/2014 02:24pm • JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Hundreds of corporations, insurance companies and pension funds are calling on world leaders gathering for a U.N. summit on climate change this week to attack the problem by making it more costly for businesses and ordinary people to pollute.The idea, Oliver adds journalism to his comedy 09/26/2014 11:32am • DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- In poking fun at the Miss America pageant on the most recent episode of HBO's "Last Week Tonight," John Oliver reached for the comedic equivalent of low-hanging fruit. Then he veered into something wholly unexpected -- investigative journalism.His s Portugal PM denies financial misconduct allegation 09/26/2014 09:50am • LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Portugal's prime minister has denied allegations of financial misconduct, telling Parliament the accusation that he had undeclared income when he was a lawmaker in the 1990s was an attempt to deceive people.The allegations caused a storm in recent days, endangering the euroz US judge orders Wylys to give up as much as $400M 09/26/2014 08:20am • LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- A Texas businessman and the estate of his brother must give up as much as $400 million after a civil jury found that they engaged in a massive fraud to evade taxes, a judge said in a ruling released Thursday."By any reasonable measure, the disgorgem Pacers' George making rehab progress on broken leg 09/26/2014 07:32am • MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Paul George is getting back on his feet.Less than two months after sustaining a gruesome compound fracture of his right leg, team doctors have cleared the Pacers' two-time All-Star to put weight on his injured leg and begin upper body work in the w Detroit's elected officials regain control of city 09/26/2014 06:12am • COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- The day-to-day operations of Detroit's city government are back in the hands of its elected mayor and city council.State-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr on Thursday signed one of his final orders and relinquished control of the city after 18 mont