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For Europe's vast unemployed, hopes remain dim 09/08/2014 06:50am • PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- For the struggling Spanish shopkeeper or the Portuguese restaurant owner, the European Central Bank's latest economic stimulus plans won't likely provide much relief anytime soon.If ever.Confronting a stalled economy and painful unemployment across Congress coming back, must act to avoid shutdown 09/08/2014 03:46am • ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers are streaming back to Capitol Hill after their summer vacation for an abbreviated September session in which feuding Democratic and Republican leaders promise action to prevent a government shutdown while holding votes aimed at defining the How to Prepare for Retirement on a Low Income 09/08/2014 12:00am • Saving for retirement is especially difficult when you are earning a small salary. However, there are a variety of ways you can begin building a nest egg, even if you are receiving small paychecks. Here are some strategies to invest for retirement with a low income: Claim tax breaks for retiremen Obama defends decision to delay immigration action 09/07/2014 02:32pm • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Saturday that the surge of immigrant children entering the U.S. illegally changed the politics surrounding the issue of immigration and led him to put off a pledge to use executive action that could shield millions of peopl Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada gay couples in legal cases 09/07/2014 02:04pm • The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments Monday on gay marriage cases from Hawaii, Idaho and Nevada.Gay couples in Nevada seek to overturn a lower court ruling upholding the state's same-sex marriage ban. Idaho's governor is appealing UK offers Scotland more autonomy ahead of vote 09/07/2014 10:33am • LONDON (AP) -- The British government plans to offer Scotland more financial autonomy in the coming days as polls predict a very close vote in the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence.Chancellor George Osborne told BBC on Sunday that the government is finalizing plans to give Scotland "much Congress' task: Act fast on spending, return home 09/07/2014 07:44am • DONNA CASSATA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress returns to work Monday with a basic task -- act fast to keep the government open and then race home to campaign.After a five-week summer break, lawmakers face a shortened September session with a tight must-do list: Pass a temporary spending Fairfax County goes after unpaid parking tickets, vehicle taxes and more 09/07/2014 04:21am • WTOP's Dick Uliano reports Housing bias dispute could return to Supreme Court 09/07/2014 02:34am • SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's not easy to prevent the Supreme Court from deciding an issue once the justices have agreed to hear a case.But over the past two years, civil rights advocates have managed to do just that by coaxing settlements in a pair of high-profile housing dis Biden promotes economics for nation's middle class 09/06/2014 03:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says the August jobs report, which underwhelmed many economists, is another step forward in the nation's economic recovery.The economy generated only 142,000 jobs, the fewest in eight months.In the weekly White House radio and Internet address, Biden says French president in trouble, in public and private 09/06/2014 02:54pm • SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) -- Things can't get much worse for French President Francois Hollande: The economy is lagging; his new government is already under fire; and his private life has just been exposed in a ravaging book by the former first lady.Adding to his concerns is the poss Clinton rallies support for Crist in governor race 09/06/2014 12:20pm • MICHAEL J. MISHAK Associated Press MIAMI (AP) -- Bill Clinton is lending his political star power to Democrat Charlie Crist, a former Republican governor who is locked in a tight race for his old job in the nation's largest swing state.The former president on Friday headlined a rally in Miami where Greek premier eyes growth for 1st time in 8 years 09/06/2014 11:32am • DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's economy is expected to expand in the third quarter for the first time in eight years, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said Saturday.In a speech in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, Samaras hailed what he said was an "unprecedente Obama lays out immigration goals, not timing 09/06/2014 08:54am • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Leaving his timing uncertain, President Barack Obama laid out ambitious objectives Friday for immigration steps he intends to take on his own and said he had already received some recommendations from the Homeland Security and Justice departments for Third-party candidates in Senate races a GOP worry 09/06/2014 06:12am • CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Caught off-guard by a third-party candidate, veteran GOP Sen. Pat Roberts replaced his campaign manager and summoned new aides to try to revive his re-election bid in a state that should be easy for Republicans.It's a rare achievement by independ