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Next Afghan leader seeks influence in Washington 09/23/2014 01:24pm • DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Months before becoming president-elect of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai began spending tens of thousands of dollars on lobbyists in the United States, using his ties to the West to seek influence in Washington.Since May, Ghani Ahmadzai's campaig Goodgame Studios reveals revenue, coy on IPO plans 09/23/2014 01:00pm • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- German online games company Goodgame Studios has for the first time revealed financial details of its business amid reports it is planning a stock market floatation.Several media reports have claimed that Goodgame could be the latest German tech company UK Labour leader lays out vision for the future 09/23/2014 12:54pm • DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- Britain's opposition leader Ed Miliband laid out his vision Tuesday for the country's top job ahead of national elections in 2015, offering a 10-year-blueprint for the future.In the last Labour Party Conference before the May election, the party's leader Goodbye Georgetown parking lot, hello retail-centric 'Prospect Place' 09/23/2014 12:40pm • One of Georgetown’s oldest parking lots, owned by one of Georgetown’s oldest families, will be redeveloped as a new retail destination. The Weaver family, owner of the 82-space Prospect Street lot opposite Cafe Milano, has tapped Chicago-based McCaffery Interests Inc. to redevelop the pa Air France pilots protest as premier spurns strike 09/23/2014 12:36pm • OLEG CETINIC Associated Press PARIS (AP) -- Scores of striking Air France pilots took their protest to the streets on Tuesday, demonstrating in full uniform outside of France's National Assembly to demand government intervention to end an eight-day standoff.Parent company Air France-KLM says about h IRS scam bilks victims for $5 million 09/23/2014 12:09pm • WASHINGTON -- It's a telephone scam that has taken millions of dollars from victims who simply picked up the phone and said too much. "This scam is a very serious problem that's impacting many people," says Mark Hanson, spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service. It's so serious that the IRS h Stocks start lower...Health stocks hit by rules discouraging inversions...Greece won't ask for more 09/23/2014 11:40am • NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks are mixed this morning following some disappointing economic reports from overseas and news that U.S.-led forces have started airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria. The losses so far are modest, with the Dow down about 20 points. The S&P 500 has been mostly Republican Candidate Says She’ll Improve MoCo’s Standing In Annapolis 09/23/2014 10:45am • Listen to Republican House of Delegates candidate Rose Li and you’ll hear much of the same message some Democrats used in battling it out with each other during June’s primary. Li, a research consultant and former NIH supervisor, is attempting to become the first Republican dele Florida investigated man who killed 6 grandkids 09/23/2014 10:40am • KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) -- Two weeks before a Florida man fatally shot his daughter and six grandchildren, someone called the state child abuse hotline, worried that adults were doing drugs in front of the kids, according to documents released Monday.Authorities said 51-year-old Do Overseas stocks decline...Eurozone decline...Administration tries to limit corporate tax avoidance tactic 09/23/2014 07:40am • BEIJING (AP) -- International stock markets were mostly lower today following Wall Street's tumble but China rebounded after unexpectedly strong manufacturing eased fears of an economic slowdown. Futures point to further declines this morning on Wall Street. Benchmark U.S. crude oil rose above $91 p US existing home sales fall in August 09/23/2014 06:54am • JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer Americans bought homes in August, as investors retreated from real estate and first-time buyers remained scarce.Sales of existing homes fell 1.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.05 million, the National Association of Realtors s US cracks down on companies moving overseas 09/23/2014 03:10am • JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration cracked down Monday on certain overseas corporate mergers and acquisitions, aiming to curb American companies from shifting their ownership abroad to shirk paying U.S. taxes.New regulations from the Treasury Department will m Caring for a Child's Concussion 09/23/2014 12:00am • Bumps and bruises are a part of every childhood, but with the large number of children participating in organized sports, traumatic brain injuries, including concussions, are on the rise. Emergency room visits for sports- and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries among young people increased b UK premier hosts talks on Scottish voting rights 09/22/2014 11:58pm • SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron sought Monday to limit the divisive political fallout following the Scottish referendum, gathering senior Conservatives at his official country retreat to placate anger over promises made to Scotland to keep it in the Un German Merck to buy St. Louis-based Sigma-Aldrich 09/22/2014 05:50pm • DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- German drug company Merck says it has agreed to buy St. Louis-based chemical firm Sigma-Aldrich Corp. for $17 billion in a deal Merck says will strengthen its business in chemicals and laboratory equipment.Darmstadt-based Merck KGaA said Mon