Man charged in slaying of Miss. mayoral candidate
A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of a mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi ...
From eggs to film: A Japanese-American studio head
There isn't much "Hollywood" about Kevin Tsujihara. He spends most of his time in back-room meetings, away from the red carpets and spotlights for ...
Afghans worry about international aid vacuum
Afghan street children are packed into classrooms, raising their hands to answer math questions and bending their heads over art projects as part of ...
Olive Garden owner Darden warns on 3rd quarter
Darden Restaurants, struggling to draw more customers into its Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants, predicted a third-quarter profit Friday that ...
Italian traditions provide buffers to the crisis
Self-made Italians like Amedeo Tartarini never expected to need help. Tartarini's goldsmith business thrived for decades in Italy's postwar boom.
Kansas homeowners fight Brownback plan to end tax
Brian Jones has been an admirer of Republican Sam Brownback's fiscal conservatism going back to Brownback's days as an anti-tax congressman in the ...
Homeland Security and its cache of bullets
Online rumors about a big government munitions purchase are true, sort of. The Homeland Security Department wants to buy more than 1.6 billion rounds ...
Calgary's 1988 Winter Games legacy thriving
The founding fathers of the 1988 Winter Olympics had financial foresight. While many recent Olympic host cities build temporary sports venues or ...
Some question security fixes after Tulsa slayings
Bridgett Hopkins stood outside a black wrought-iron gate Thursday that's supposed to shield her and the other 700 or so Fairmont Terrace apartment ...
Report: FAA lags on fulfilling airline safety law
Faced with substantial industry opposition, federal regulators are struggling to implement a sweeping aviation safety law enacted after the last fatal ...
Law firm: Phoenix lawyer dies from shooting wounds
A lawyer wounded by a gunman in a Phoenix office shooting this week has become the second victim to die in the attack, authorities said Friday.
Report: Small business hiring edged up in January
Small businesses nudged up their hiring during January for a second straight month, according to a survey released Thursday. The survey by the ...
Activists try to save old Warsaw ghetto building
It was the place where Jewish women did their ritual bathing. It was a tuberculosis clinic. It survived the German onslaught and became a gathering ...
Economists growing more upbeat about year ahead
Economists are increasingly, but still cautiously, optimistic about growth in the year ahead with the hiring expected to pick up in coming months.
Tight inventory slows US pending home sales
A measure of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes fell last month after reaching a 2 ½-year high in November. Sales were held back by a limited ...
United Continental posts 4Q loss as traffic falls
Travelers avoided United Airlines last year, leaving it with a fourth-quarter loss as it continues to pay for its stumbles in absorbing Continental.
Google's 4Q earnings rise despite Motorola woes
Google eked out slightly higher earnings in the fourth quarter, despite a financial drag caused by the Internet search leader's expansion into device ...
CEOs head to Davos more pessimistic about 2013
As high-powered CEOs flock to the snowy Swiss resort of Davos, they are loaded down with baggage — not just skis and iPads but concerns about the ...
US home sales dip in Dec.; 2012 best in 5 years
U.S. sales of previously occupied homes dipped in December from November, in part because of a limited supply of available homes. But for all of 2012, ...
Ousted Chinese politician's lawyers close to party
Ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai, who is accused of corruption, will be represented by two Beijing-based attorneys from a large Chinese law firm ...
Legal fight over calming technique lacks harmony
The followers of a meditation practice that has roots in ancient India say it's simple: Close your eyes, silently repeat a mantra and relax. But a ...
IRS loses lawsuit in fight against tax preparers
A federal judge on Friday barred the IRS from imposing a series of new regulations, including a competency exam, on hundreds of thousands of tax ...
Gov't: Food allergies may be disability under law
Allergic to gluten? What about peanuts? Federal disabilities law may be able to help. The Justice Department said in a recent settlement with a ...
Wal-Mart to hire vets, buy more American products
Why wait on Washington when there's Wal-Mart? Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer and the biggest private employer in the U.S. with 1.
Will longer school year help or hurt US students?
Did your kids moan that winter break was way too short as you got them ready for the first day back in school? They might get their wish of more ...
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