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Poverty rate drops for the first time since 2006 09/16/2014 08:40pm • JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The poverty rate in the United States has dropped for the first time since 2006, bringing a bit of encouraging news about the nation's economy as President Barack Obama and Congress gear up for midterm elections.The Census Bureau, in its annual lo Margaritaville casino owners seek bankruptcy 09/16/2014 07:00pm • JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- The owner of Biloxi's Margaritaville casino has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday, only hours before a hearing where the landlord aimed to seize the property.The filing by MVB Holding LLC in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Gulfport follows t No. 16 Stanford using bye week to rest, recruit 09/16/2014 05:15pm • ANTONIO GONZALEZ AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- David Shaw had to search through his practice plans from 2011 to determine how he wanted to approach Stanford's two-week stretch between games.Forgive the coach for needing a refresher. After all, it has been three years since Stanford had a French prime minister wins confidence vote 09/16/2014 04:15pm • ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) -- French Prime Minister Manuel Valls won a vote of confidence on Tuesday in a tense ballot, allowing him to push through economic reforms that have divided his Socialist Party.The government's once comfortable margin was diluted in the 269-244 vote, with 53 Egypt minister projects 6% growth in 3 years 09/16/2014 03:39pm • MERRIT KENNEDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's finance minister on Tuesday predicted growth rates of up to 6 percent within three years, which would mark a major turnaround following three years of political turmoil that has crippled the economy.Hany Kadry Dimian told The Associated Press he Stocks climb...NASA to announce commercial crew winners...GM to hire more workers to build pickups 09/16/2014 03:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are climbing in afternoon trading on Wall Street, with energy stocks leading the way as the price of oil rose. Benchmark crude was up 2 percent, near $95 a barrel, in afternoon trading in New York. Humana shares are higher after the health insurer said it plans to repurchase NY: Wal-Mart levied fictional 'sugar tax' on soda 09/16/2014 02:48pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York's attorney general has settled a false advertising investigation at Wal-Mart, saying some store personnel were citing a nonexistent "sugar tax" on soda.The attorney general's office says the retailer launched a national sale in June advertising Coca-Cola 12-packs for $3 Social Security resumes mailing benefit statements 09/16/2014 01:30pm • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Social Security Administration has resumed mailing statements to workers letting them know the estimated benefits they will get when they retire, the agency announced Tuesday.Social Security began phasing out mailed statements to most worker Sides in Scottish referendum make final push 09/16/2014 01:16pm • JILL LAWLESS Associated Press EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) -- The two sides in Scotland's independence debate scrambled Tuesday to convert undecided voters, with just two days to go until a referendum on separation.The pitch of the debate has grown increasingly shrill as both sides make their oft-repeat Some consumers risk losing health law tax credits 09/16/2014 12:42pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of consumers risk losing financial aid for health care premiums under President Barack Obama's law unless they clear up lingering questions about their incomes, administration officials said Monday.The Health and Human Services De Where are D.C. residents moving to, and coming from? 09/16/2014 11:29am • Where do District residents come from, and where are they going? This is not a question of philosophy. I’m speaking literally. Inspired by a recent New York Times feature on movement of people between states, the District’s Office of Revenue Analysis has dug into IRS migration data to d Smoking rates on the rise in New York City 09/16/2014 09:16am • JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- For the first time in years, more than 1 million New Yorkers are smoking, according to data released Monday, marking a disturbing rise of tobacco use in the city that pioneered a number of anti-smoking initiatives that were emulated nationally.Sixtee Dutch ease off austerity, will spend on military 09/16/2014 08:26am • TOBY STERLING Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) -- The Dutch government is presenting a budget for 2015 that for the first time in years will be focused less on financial austerity and more on security in light of international conflicts.In a day full of pomp and ceremony, King Willem Alexander rode i Sessions unopposed in primary or general election 09/16/2014 07:00am • DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- The primary season just ended and the general election campaign now unfolding looks the same to Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, tea party favorite, foe of immigration legislation and the only Republican senator running in 2014 without a ballot oppon Scottish mistrust of Conservatives key in campaign 09/16/2014 06:52am • PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- With Thursday's referendum looming, proponents of Scottish independence are using one of the main weapons in their armory -- Scotland's widespread mistrust of the Conservative Party.The Conservatives, also known as Tories, have been in power in the United Ki