WASHINGTON — A powerful computer code attacking industrial facilities around the world, but mainly in Iran, probably was created by experts working for a country or a we...
NEW YORK — Comcast Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke will succeed Jeff Zucker as the new CEO of NBC Universal later this year, when Comcast takes control of the broadc...
PARKER — The Central Electric Cooperative board of directors elected Margery Terwilliger president on Sept. 20.
She has been a board member since 2002 and represents Arm...
CHICAGO — A report says treatment has improved substantially at U.S. hospitals for several ailments including heart attacks, pneumonia and children's asthma.
The report ...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says Republicans' plan to slash taxes and cut spending if the GOP retakes the House in November is no more than "an echo of a disastr...
County plan may help businesses
Another step toward possible economic revitalization in Butler was taken Wednesday when the Butler County commissioners moved forward a ta...
The Mercer Livestock Auction provided the following report on the Sept. 21 auction.
Commercial bulls, $50. to 79.; commercial cows, 13. to 57.; fat steers, 79.50 to 92.;...
Blockbuster files Chapter 11
SAN FRANCISCO — Blockbuster video stores used to be the town square for home entertainment, bustling with people roaming the aisles in search...
AVALON — A Pittsburgh-area restaurant has stopped calling one flavor of its hot chicken wings "Black-on-Black Crime" after customers complained the name carried a negati...
Measure to help small businesses
WASHINGTON — The Senate today passed long-delayed legislation designed to open up credit to small businesses and award them with other in...