LOS ANGELES — Fewer Americans had their homes repossessed by banks or were put on notice for being behind on their mortgage payments in April compared to a year ago.
Tha...
Dems call for end to big tax breaks
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are calling top executives from the five biggest oil companies before a congressional hearing to flog th...
Move involves 4,000 jobs
TOLEDO, Ohio — General Motors is putting out help wanted signs.
GM said Tuesday that it will add or keep 4,000 jobs in the U.S. by hiring new emp...
WASHINGTON — The Postal Service is continuing to hemorrhage money, reporting a loss Tuesday of more than $2 billion over the first three months of the year and warning i...
Project should be completed in 2012
Butler Area Sewer Authority hired a Somerset architectural firm Tuesday on a 3-2 vote.
The EADS Group has been hired to design the ren...
Redevelopment officer needed
Butler’s Redevelopment Authority is looking for a new executive director.
About 10 years ago, the authority hired Perry O’Malley as executive...
Zelie OKs conditional use permit
ZELIENOPLE — Borough council Monday night approved the conditional use application for the Lutheran Senior Life Passavant Retirement Comm...
WILKES-BARRE — Geologists say that northeast Pennsylvania’s portion of a rock formation that lies below the Marcellus Shale probably doesn’t hold substantial amounts of ...
Obama proposes increasing fees for retirees who work
WASHINGTON — A military built for fighting wars is looking more and more like a health care entitlement program.
Cost...
WASHINGTON — America’s massive trade deficit with China, currency rates and human rights concerns will all be on the agenda when top officials from the United States and...
