NEW ORLEANS — After five months, the oil well that had spewed thousands of gallons into the Gulf of Mexico is on the verge of being plugged once and for all. A relief we...
NEW YORK — The head of the Johnson & Johnson division responsible for most of the company's 11 product recalls announced her retirement late Thursday, shortly after a co...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is making it official today: Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren will be a special adviser overseeing the creation of a new consumer ...
Afghan success will take time
WASHINGTON — Evidence is building that the Obama administration's surge strategy is working in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates s...
The Mercer Livestock Auction provided the following report on the Sept. 14 auction.
Commercial bulls, $54. to 69.; commercial cows, 10. to 61.; fat steers, 57. to 94.; f...
Families allege water poisoned
ALLENTOWN — Thirteen families in the heart of the gas-rich Marcellus Shale say their water wells were contaminated by poisonous fluids blas...
Number of new defaults declines
LOS ANGELES — Lenders took back more homes in August than in any month since the start of the U.S. mortgage crisis.
The increase in home r...
ADELPHI, Md. — Federal health advisers delivered a split opinion Wednesday on whether to withdraw the diet pill Meridia because of evidence it increases heart attack and...
Washington — Both U.S. representatives who cover Butler County testified Tuesday before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to support American steel manufactu...
August was 2nd straight increase
WASHINGTON — Retail sales rose in August by the largest amount in five months, adding to evidence that a late spring economic swoon was t...
