DETROIT — Seattle might be rainy and cool, but its drivers are the most likely to get moon roofs and air-conditioned seats in their cars.
That's one of several unexpecte...
Will hybrid car sales spike too?
WASHINGTON — The first wave of mass-produced advanced batteries funded by the Obama administration's economic recovery program is startin...
Licensing deal for hot new apple comes under fire
HASTINGS, Minn. — A new breed of apple has been a hit with consumers lucky enough to find it. Cindy and Frank Femling, h...
Americans' net worth falls 2.7%
WASHINGTON — Americans' long journey to regain the wealth they lost in the recession is stalled.
Households failed even to run in place du...
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...
