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4 college savings plans get top Morningstar honors

4 college savings plans get top Morningstar honors
By MARK JEWELLAP Personal Finance Writer BOSTON (AP) - College savings plans offered through the states of Alaska, Maryland, Nevada and Utah earned top marks from Morningstar Inc. in the company's annual update to ratings of so-called 529 plans. Another four plans received second-rung

Economic, geographic diversity complicate Ohio

Economic, geographic diversity complicate Ohio
By DAN SEWELLAssociated Press CINCINNATI (AP) - O-HI-O. So easy to say, so complicated to win. Diverse in geography and economy, Ohio is a Midwestern state with sections that act politically more like states in the East and the South. It has voter pools that include gritty, blue-collar

Political ads blitz viewers, risk voter turn off

Political ads blitz viewers, risk voter turn off
By BETH FOUHYAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Is there any escape from all those political ads in the most hotly contested states in the three weeks before the presidential election? The TV ads come in rapid succession and at all hours - in the middle of newscasts, soap operas and talk

Eyes are on the voters in town hall-style debates

Eyes are on the voters in town hall-style debates
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The every-four-years ritual of a national "town hall" style debate began as a nerve-racking experiment in live television. Moderator Carole Simpson was so nervous about turning over the microphone to regular folks and their questions that she

Centrist Sen. Specter died fighting for moderation

Centrist Sen. Specter died fighting for moderation
By MARC LEVYAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Arlen Specter, a pugnacious and prominent former moderate in the U.S. Senate who developed the single-bullet theory in President John F. Kennedy's assassination and played starring roles in Supreme Court confirmation hearings, lost a

Centrist Sen. Specter died fighting for moderation

Centrist Sen. Specter died fighting for moderation
By MARC LEVYAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Arlen Specter, a pugnacious and prominent former moderate in the U.S. Senate who developed the single-bullet theory in President John F. Kennedy's assassination and played starring roles in Supreme Court confirmation hearings, lost a

Pakistan sends girl shot by Taliban to UK for care

Pakistan sends girl shot by Taliban to UK for care
By SEBASTIAN ABBOTAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan airlifted a wounded teenage activist shot by the Taliban to the United Kingdom on Monday for more specialized medical care and to protect her from follow-up attacks threatened by the militants. The attack on 14-year-old Malala

2 Americans win Nobel econ prize for match-making

2 Americans win Nobel econ prize for match-making
By KARL RITTER and PAUL WISEMANAssociated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) - Two American scholars won the Nobel economics prize Monday for work on match-making - how to pair doctors with hospitals, students with schools, kidneys with transplant recipients and even men with women in marriage. Lloyd Shapley of

2 Americans win Nobel econ prize for match-making

2 Americans win Nobel econ prize for match-making
By KARL RITTER and PAUL WISEMANAssociated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) - Two American scholars won the Nobel economics prize Monday for work on match-making - how to pair doctors with hospitals, students with schools, kidneys with transplant recipients and even men with women in marriage. Lloyd Shapley of

Specter dies as Congress is at its most polarized

Specter dies as Congress is at its most polarized
By MARC LEVYAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Arlen Specter, who spent much of his pugnacious 30-year career in the U.S. Senate warning of the dangers of political intolerance, lost a battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at a time when Congress is more politically polarized than anyone