Retired couples may need $240,000 for health care
BOSTON — Couples retiring this year can expect their medical bills throughout retirement to cost 4 percent more than tho...
FRANKSTON, Texas — A cow runs circles in a small pen, her baby close by her side. Ranchers, their brows wrinkled, scribble in a glossy catalog while high on a podium the...
Last fall I noticed many green clumps of an unknown origin growing in my flower beds. I hoped that whatever it was would disappear with the coming of winter. Unfortunate...
QUESTION: I want to reduce my electric bills especially with the upcoming summer’s air-conditioning costs. I thought about installing a skylight or tubular skylight ...
Jury deadlocks on key issue
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal jury failed to agree on a pivotal issue in Oracle's copyright-infringement case against Google, blunting the impact ...
Consumer debt sees big jump
WASHINGTON — Americans swiped their credit cards more often in March and took out more loans to attend school. That drove the biggest one-mont...
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Event planned for May 16
Area fruit growers are invited to spend an evening at Triple B Farms in Monongahela, Pa., for the Western Region Fruit Grower’s Twilight Meeting....
Student loan help stuck in Senate
WASHINGTON — The Senate is the newest arena in the election-year face-off over federal student loans, and both sides are starting out by...
Students win Envirothon
A team of students from Seneca Valley High School won the annual Butler County Envirothon May 1 at Alameda Park. A total of 25 teams participated....
