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...
HAVANA — Cuba's communist leaders have already determined what they want soon-to-be-dismissed workers to do after they get their pink slips in massive government layoffs...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Although it has been in the planning phase for five to six years, the Marriot Fairfield Inn and Suites is expected to be done by June 2011, according to ...
It says 'corn sugar' would help image
NEW YORK — The makers of high fructose corn syrup want to sweeten up its image with a new name: corn sugar.
The bid to rename the sw...
They're wary of Wall Street
WASHINGTON — Wild gyrations on Wall Street have made U.S investors leery of buying individual stocks and skeptical that the market is a fair p...
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Harley-Davidson's three Wisconsin unions approved a labor contract Monday laden with concessions, reacting defensively after the motorcycle company thre...
Some people, many of them gardeners, believe the secret to eating a delectable tomato is to grow it yourself. Second best, they say, is farm-fresh.
At the risk of commit...
