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Thousands fall victim to utility payment scam

Thousands fall victim to utility payment scam
By SCOTT BAUERAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) - As much as President Barack Obama wants your vote, he's not actually offering to pay your monthly bills. But thousands of Americans have been persuaded otherwise, falling victim to a fast-moving scam that claims to be part of an Obama

Home cooking expert Marion Cunningham dies at 90

Home cooking expert Marion Cunningham dies at 90
By MICHELLE LOCKEFor The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Marion Cunningham, the home-cooking champion whose legacy can be found in the food-spattered pages of "Fannie Farmer" cookbooks in kitchens across America, has died at age 90. Cunningham, who had been ill for some years, died

With gov't support, small businesses buy offices

With gov't support, small businesses buy offices
By PALLAVI GOGOIAP Business Writer Las Vegas dentist Chris Cozine wanted to cut costs after the Great Recession. He found an unlikely way: He ditched the office he was renting and bought 6,600 square feet of his own. Besides improving his surroundings - he left the gray walls of the old place in

Healthy eating is matter of survival for this chef

Healthy eating is matter of survival for this chef
By JOCELYN NOVECKAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Looks can be deceiving. Take Seamus Mullen. In his signature work shirt and with his youthful demeanor, the 38-year-old chef looks the picture of ruddy health - like he'd just hopped off a tractor at the Vermont farm he grew up on - as he

Baseball cards in Ohio attic might fetch millions

Baseball cards in Ohio attic might fetch millions
By JOHN SEEWERAssociated Press DEFIANCE, Ohio (AP) - Karl Kissner picked up a soot-covered cardboard box that had been under a wooden dollhouse in his grandfather's attic. Taking a look inside, he saw hundreds of baseball cards bundled with twine. They were smaller than the ones he was used

As Europe struggles, young job-seekers suffer most

As Europe struggles, young job-seekers suffer most
By DAVID McHUGH and PAUL WISEMANAP Business Writers BRUSSELS (AP) - Irene Fernandez lost her job with Spain's postal service five months ago, a victim of government spending cuts. Since then, she's been getting by on spending money from her mother and the $530 a month she earns grooming

Police: Ex attacks women at son's Pa. pizza party

Police: Ex attacks women at son's Pa. pizza party
MONROEVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A Pittsburgh woman has been jailed on charges she attacked her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend and other women with a knife and a brick at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant during a party for her son. Monroeville police say 20-year-old Lynaa (leh-NAY') Eva Dobbins attacked

Ex-Minn. Viking's wife imprisoned in fatal crash

Ex-Minn. Viking's wife imprisoned in fatal crash
By MARTIGA LOHNAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Amy Senser so regretted a hit-and-run crash that killed a rising young restaurant chef that she tattooed his name on her wrist and told his family she waits for the day she can meet him. Senser, the wife of former Minnesota Viking Joe Senser,

Pork producer Smithfield Foods to open restaurant

Pork producer Smithfield Foods to open restaurant
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUMAP Business Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. is opening a hometown restaurant to showcase its products. The company, still based in Smithfield, Va., where it was founded in 1936, is opening the Taste of Smithfield on Tuesday to help boost its

Back at top, Serena Williams wins 5th Wimbledon

Back at top, Serena Williams wins 5th Wimbledon
By HOWARD FENDRICHAP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - For Serena Williams, the low point came in early 2011, when she spent hours laying around her home, overwhelmed by a depressing series of health scares that sent her to the hospital repeatedly and kept her away from