Explorer SUV now more carlike
DEARBORN, Mich. — The Ford Explorer, the hulking family hauler that helped launch the SUV boom in the early 1990s, is back. And it hopes to ...
CANONSBURG — People who make a living from a natural gas drilling technique that involves pumping chemical-laced water into the earth and others who believe it has poiso...
Beer-making would triple
SLIPPERY ROCK — The North Country Brewery with its distinctive western-style facade could nearly triple its beer production if a land development...
BUTLER TWP — Linda Dodd, director of human resources at Butler County Community College, has been awarded the 2010 Member of the Year Award by the College and University...
WASHINGTON — Sales of previously occupied homes fell in June and are expected to keep sinking, indicating that the housing market's troubles are likely to drag on the ec...
EPA takes new look at fracking, water issues
HARRISBURG — So vast is the wealth of natural gas locked into dense rock deep beneath Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia a...
WASHINGTON — Many Americans could be hit with a big tax increase in the next two or three years despite President Barack Obama's repeated promises to shield the middle c...
The Mercer Livestock Auction provided the following report on the July 20 auction.
Commercial bulls, $59.50 to 67.; commercial cows, 2. to 62.75; slaughter steers, 60. t...
Jobless benefits to be restored
WASHINGTON — Federal checks could begin flowing again as early as next week to millions of jobless people who lost up to seven weeks of un...
Rivals spinning views of future
WASHINGTON — Midterm politics are distorting economic decision-making as leaders of both parties spin rival views of the road ahead, offer...