Longtime director buys schools
Linda McCarren is constantly moving, hard at work trying to balance the running of three beauty schools.
As she walks up the stairs to her...
PHILADELPHIA — A coalition of consumer groups says a steady stream of food recalls — including last month's pullback of more than half a billion eggs by two Iowa produce...
QUESTION: My old asphalt shingle roof is leaking and it has ugly dark streaks. I am thinking about installing a metal roof this time. Will a metal roof be hotter and...
John Bojarski is a new reporter for the Butler Eagle who will cover the Slippery Rock area of Butler County.
He is a 2010 graduate of Duquesne University with a degree i...
Good sign for economy
WASHINGTON — The number of people signing up for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in two months, an encouraging sign that companies...
NEW YORK — Record-low mortgage rates failed to pull the housing market out of its funk. Now rates are inching higher, but don't blame them if home sales stay sluggish.
J...
Attorney can use company documents
LOS ANGELES — An arbitrator has ruled that a former Toyota attorney can use internal company documents to press his claim that he was h...
The Mercer Livestock Auction provided the following report on the Sept. 7 auction.
Commercial bulls, 55. to 73.; commercial cows, 12. to 57.; slaughter steers, 83.50 to ...
But qualified workers lacking
WASHINGTON — Job openings are rising modestly, a sign that employers may step up hiring soon.
But rising openings in the past year haven't r...
New law doesn't have big impact
WASHINGTON — Pushed by a dramatic increase in the number of Americans who will get insurance under the new health care law, total U.S. med...