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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 Most Alaskans to get nearly $1,900 in oil money 09/17/2014 11:16pm • RACHEL D'ORO Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- It's a highly anticipated day of the year in Alaska, when residents learn how much money they'll receive from the state's oil-wealth savings account -- a payout people receive just for living in The Last Frontier.This year's share of nearly $1, US homebuilder confidence soars in September 09/17/2014 09:12pm • ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer U.S. homebuilders' confidence in the market for new, single-family homes surged this month to the highest level in nearly nine years.The brighter outlook reflects growing optimism that sales will increase over the next six months. That could potentially spur growth in h Bushes figure prominently in Georgia Senate race 09/17/2014 07:20pm • BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- The Bushes aren't from Georgia, but the powerful Republican clan has become a focal point in a contentious Senate race here as Republican David Perdue trades fire with Democrat Michelle Nunn over her work at the Bush family's Points of Light foundation.No In Iowa, Biden preaches populist theme on taxes 09/17/2014 04:49pm • THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden accused Republicans of breaking faith with the middle class while he preached a populist theme Wednesday in Iowa, an important early-voting state in the presidential nominating calendar.A potential presidential candid IMF readies $127M for 3 countries battling Ebola 09/17/2014 04:40pm • PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday it is preparing $127 million in zero-interest loans to the three African countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.The money would help the three governments deal Temporary spending bill highlights 09/17/2014 02:49pm • The Associated Press A must-do temporary funding bill has been selected as the House legislative vehicle to grant President Barack Obama's request to permit the U.S. military to arm and train Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State militants. Here are highlights of other elements of the measure, which Laments, long lines amid Air France pilots' strike 09/17/2014 12:26pm • JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press PARIS (AP) -- "I'm going to cry!" groaned Stephanie Leon, parking a palm on her forehead in distress as she walked into Charles de Gaulle airport and saw the departures board: Her Air France flight to the Dominican Republic had been cancelled.Hers was but one of the unt Senator ties NFL tax status to Redskins name 09/17/2014 10:22am • JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. senator threatened the NFL with legislation over Washington's nickname, a letter was dispatched to the other 31 team owners, and the issue was linked to the league's others recent troubles Tuesday as the anti-"Redskins" movement took its cause Salt Lake City launches campaign to lure skiers 09/17/2014 10:20am • BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah officials launched a $1.8 million campaign Tuesday to market Salt Lake City as "Ski City USA" in an effort to lure skiers away from top destination spots like Colorado and earn a bigger chunk of the lucrative winter sports market.A package o Tycoon's arrest sends shock wave through Russia 09/17/2014 09:59am • NATALIYA VASILYEVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- The arrest of a Russian telecoms and oil tycoon has sent shock waves through the country's business community, with some fearing a return to the dark days of a decade ago, when the Kremlin asserted its power by imprisoning the country's then-richest