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Portion of Berlin Wall auctioned in Georgia

A piece of the Berlin Wall was auctioned off in metro Atlanta as part of an effort to pay back victims of an investment scheme. Event spokeswoman Meredith Fletcher says proceeds from the sale will repay 57 victims of a $7.3 million Ponzi scheme in metro Atlanta. The item was ...

  • Updated: 6:26 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2013
FILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The economy is clearly, if slowly, recovering on Obama’s watch and robbing Republicans of a central argument against Democrats. But the alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies is giving the GOP something else to talk about and investigate. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Political landscape changes with improving economy

Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on President Barack Obama's watch, robbing Republicans of a central argument against Democrats. Amid a series of recent positive economic reports, the ...

  • Updated: 4:13 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2013

News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. EDT

Feds pull plug on Ky. uranium plant and 1,000 jobs FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The operator of a Cold War-era plant in western Kentucky that supplies enriched uranium to nuclear power plants said Friday it planned to cease production after federal energy officials decided to end its work, putting more ...

  • Updated: 4:01 a.m. Saturday, May 25, 2013

Fla. House speaker questions unique Citizens deal

A backlash is quickly growing against the decision of Florida's largest property insurer to shift thousands of policies to a start-up insurance company. Just two days ago Citizens Property Insurance Corp. narrowly approved an agreement that calls for paying $52 million to Heritage Property Insurance and Casualty to absorb 60,000 ...

  • Updated: 7:31 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2013

BEIJING SIGNALS A SHIFT ON ECONOMIC POLICY

c.2013 New York Times News Service SHANGHAI — The Chinese government is planning for private businesses and market forces to play a larger role in its economy, in a major policy shift intended to improve living conditions for the middle class and to make China an even stronger competitor on ...

  • Updated: 11:13 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2013

Business Highlights

___ Summer travel forecast: Better, but no blowout NEW YORK (AP) — This summer, high rollers are flying to lavish hot spots for their vacations. The rest of us are driving to less luxurious places like nearby campgrounds. The good news: At some U.S. campgrounds these days you get live ...

  • Updated: 6:21 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2013

CHIEF OF AUSTRIAN BANK OFFERS TO RESIGN

c.2013 New York Times News Service LONDON — Raiffeisen Bank International, one of Austria’s largest lenders, said Friday that Herbert Stepic had offered his resignation as chief executive after his personal investments in Asian real estate came under increasing scrutiny. Stepic, one of the longest-serving banking executives in Austria, said ...

  • Updated: 9:51 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2013

BC-OR--Portland Stocks, OR

Prices as of 201305241732 Name Ticker High Low Last Change Change Ratio Banner Cp;BANR;32.270;31.990;32.180;-0.080;-.20< CascdeBcp;CACB;6.000;5.650;5.990;+0.240;+4.20< ColBnkg;COLB;21.760;21.260;21.760;+0.140;+.60< Costco;COST;114.690;112.250;114.390;+1.200;+1.10< FLIR Sys;FLIR;24.170;23.930;24.150;-0.090;-.40< Intel;INTC;24.040;23.580;23.923;-0.127;-.50< KeyTech;KTEC;14.370;14.370;14.370;-0.050;-.30< Keycorp;KEY;10.670;10.530;10.660;+0.030;+.30< Kroger;KR;34.255;33.870;34.230;+0.040;+.10< LithiaMot;LAD;52.530;50.856;52.390;+1.040;+2.00< MentorGr;MENT;18.670;18.180;18.460;+0.340;+1.90< Microsoft;MSFT;34.280;33.900;34.269;+0.119;+.30< NikeB s;NKE;62.870;61.560;62.790;-0.540;-.90< Nordstrm;JWN;60.020;59.440;59.870;-0.290;-.50< NwstNG;NWN;44.130;43.600;43.770;-0.180;-.40< OraSure;OSUR;4.400;4.310;4.340;-0.070;-1.60< PrecCastpt;PCP;211.400;207.150;210.730;+1.080;+.50< StancrpFn;SFG;43.650;43.010;43.490;-0.130;-.30< SterlF WA;STSA;23.040;22.650;22.900;+0.040;+.20< Umpqua;UMPQ;13.750;13.470;13.595;-0.015;-.10< US Bancrp;USB;35.500;34.940;35.410;+0.190;+.50< WellsFargo;WFC;40.300;39.500;40.240;+0.230;+.60< Weyerhsr;WY;32.010;31.630;31.740;-0.310;-1.00<

  • Updated: 5:40 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2013
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrives for a second day of the court hearing at a special court house, in Paris, Friday, May 24, 2013. Lagarde faced questioning at a special Paris court Friday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case

After two days of intense questioning from French magistrates, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Friday a court named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman that was arranged while she was France's finance minister — stopping short of charging ...

  • Updated: 5:39 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2013

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CLOSING MOST ACTIVE STOCKS NEW YORK (AP) — Friday's prices for NYSE listed most active stocks: SalesHighLowCloseChg AT&TInc 1.80 143873 36.78 36.45 36.75+.01 AbtLabs .56 54158 37.84 37.11 37.76+.28 AberFitc .80 94226 51.80 47.94 50.02—4.35 AMD 204937 4.06 3.97 4.05+.04 Aeropostl 77389 15.67 14.56 14.76—1.72 Alcoa .12 135948 8.58 8.45 ...

  • Updated: 5:38 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2013
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