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10 Steps to Writing a Will 09/19/2014 12:00am • The hardest part of writing a will is often finding the will to write it. After all, it's a document you hope won't be used for a long time. By writing it, you're acknowledging that you may not be immortal. Add in the many other activities that are more fun than writing a will, like going to the be 3 Trends Could Affect These Real Estate Investments 09/19/2014 12:00am • Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, have been around for more than half of a century, but given fundamental changes in the national economy, you have to wonder if REITs can evolve and catch the latest trends. REITs were first authorized under the Cigar Excise Tax Extension of 1960. In basic te NY developer to invest $108 million in Puerto Rico 09/18/2014 06:39pm • DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico's government on Thursday announced the construction of a $108 million real estate project as the island tries to emerge from a nearly decade-long economic slump with help from U.S. investors.New York developer Nicholas Prouty, wh Scotland's independence vote puts UK union on edge 09/18/2014 06:04pm • DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- Breaking up is hard to do, especially after 307 years. The entire United Kingdom will find out just how hard if Scotland chooses independence in Thursday's vote.WHAT'S AT STAKEA Yes vote will trigger 18 months of negotiations between Scottish leaders and New center-left Slovenian govt voted into office 09/18/2014 04:48pm • LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) -- Slovenia's parliament has voted into office a new center-left government in the small eurozone nation that narrowly avoided bailout last year.Prime Minister Miro Cerar's government was approved Thursday in a 54-25 vote in the 90-member assembly.Cerar's party won the July Volatile apartment sector reduces US home building 09/18/2014 04:30pm • JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. home construction plunged in August, led by steep decline in the volatile apartment category. But single-family house construction, a larger and more stable portion of the market, fell only modestly.Construction fell 14.4 percent in August to a s Progressive Voice: Young People Help Shape Arlington’s Future 09/18/2014 02:00pm • Progressive Voice is a weekly opinion column. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the individual author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ARLnow.com. When the 8th Congressional District first sent Alexandria Mayor Jim Moran to Congress in 1990, Arlington could Ireland economy grows 7.7 percent, leads eurozone 09/18/2014 01:58pm • SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) -- Ireland's economy is growing at a rapid pace last experienced at the tail-end of the Celtic Tiger boom, government statisticians reported Thursday as economists declared that the country's debt crisis was dead and buried.The report from the Central St India, China vow cooperation as troops face off 09/18/2014 10:37am • NIRMALA GEORGE Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) -- Indian and Chinese troops faced off at their countries' unmarked border in the Himalayas on Thursday as their leaders were promising to boost economic cooperation and substantially increase Chinese investment in India's infrastructure at a rare meeti Japan logs trade deficit for 26th month in a row 09/18/2014 04:44am • ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) -- Japan logged a 948.5 billion yen ($8.7 billion) trade deficit in August, the 26th straight month of red ink, as slack demand from China and the U.S. stymied exports, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.Exports fell 1.3 percent from a year earlier to 5 things small businesses need to know this fall 09/18/2014 03:26am • JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- What do small business owners need to pay attention to this fall? Heath care, Internet Security and new technology make the list. Here are five things that small businesses need to be on top of over the next several months:HEALTH CARESmall busin Delaware casino owner owes back taxes 09/18/2014 03:20am • RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) -- While gambling industry officials are asking Delaware lawmakers for financial help, a company controlled by Delaware Park owner Bill Rickman owes more than $5,000 in delinquent business taxes.According to the Delaware Division of Revenue, Rickman Senate candidate says ex-staffer copied policies 09/18/2014 02:50am • JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Monica Wehby on Wednesday blamed a former staff member for policy positions that matched statements from other Republicans word-for-word.Wehby's campaign took down the entire issues section of her website a d Beanie Babies creator's sentence debated in court 09/18/2014 12:18am • JASON KEYSER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Federal prosecutors seeking to put the billionaire creator of Beanie Babies in prison for hiding millions in Swiss bank accounts told appellate court judges Wednesday that the toymaker's sentence of probation threatens to erode the judicial system's abil 4 Questions to Help You Avoid Social Security Mistakes 09/18/2014 12:00am • Shame on you. I know what's going on. You've been trashing your Social Security statement without even a glance or second thought. Or maybe you haven't begun to consider Social Security's role in your future retirement. After all, as far as you know, Social Security won't be around when you retire