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Asian energy boom threatens Montana ranches
The big mining companies first came knocking on Ellen Pfister's door in the 1970s, ready to tap the huge coal deposits beneath her family's eastern ...
Central Bank bars Nigeria airlines from bank loans
Nigeria's Central Bank has barred the nation's top two airlines from receiving any additional loans over their massive outstanding debts, an official ...
Iran shows off new air defense system
Iran on Friday displayed a new, all-Iranian-made air defense system, saying it was designed to confront American warplanes in case of a U.S.
Endeavour salutes Giffords en route to California
Space shuttle Endeavour returned to its California roots Thursday after a wistful cross-country journey that paid homage to NASA workers and former ...
Labor strife threatens American Airlines schedule
With American Airlines canceling dozens of flights every day, passengers with fall travel plans are confronting an inconvenient question: Should they ...
Mexico blast a blow to Pemex's improving safety
An enormous blast that killed 30 workers at a pipeline facility in northern Mexico was a big setback for the state-owned oil company, which up to this ...
Republicans, IG take Justice Dept. to task
House Republicans eagerly joined the Justice Department's inspector general in taking the agency to task Thursday for its bungled gun-trafficking ...
Nigeria's largest airline halts domestic flights
Nigeria's largest airline Arik Air Ltd. halted all its domestic flights indefinitely Thursday as its leaders alleged government corruption made it ...
What's it like to fly a plane with shuttle on top?
It's the ultimate piggyback ride: A space shuttle perched atop a Boeing 747 as the pair crisscrosses the country. For three decades, this was how NASA ...
Rainfall easing drought in certain corn states
With hopes of a once-stellar corn crop dimmed by a summer of drought, Gerald Jenkins doesn't expect the unfolding harvest to burden his co-op's grain ...
Key Miss. River lock reopens after emergency fixes
Shipping resumed Thursday through one of the Mississippi River's busiest locks, after crews completed emergency repairs that took days and that ...
Rate on 30-year mortgage falls to record 3.49 pct.
The average U.S. rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage touched its record low this week and the rate on 15-year mortgage hit a new record. The declines ...
Dubai port firm sells stakes in Belgium, Yemen
Dubai's government-backed port operator DP World says it has sold off stakes in port businesses in Belgium and Yemen. The company said Thursday it ...
Authorities investigate package found near tracks
Authorities say the discovery of a package apparently containing human remains near a rail line in northern Virginia briefly disrupted four commuter ...
Peugeot in talks to sell bulk of logistics unit
French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen says it's in exclusive talks to sell a controlling stake in its logistics business to Russia's national railway ...
29 dead, 46 injured in Mexico pipeline fire
The death toll in a pipeline fire at a distribution plant near the U.S. border has risen to 29, Mexico's state-owned oil company said Wednesday.
Space shuttle Endeavour has Houston stopover
Waving American flags and space shuttle toys, hundreds of people lined the streets and crowded the airport Wednesday as they watched space shuttle ...
Justice Dept faulted in gun-trafficking operation
The Justice Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during ...
US housing recovery gains momentum in August
A jump in sales of previously occupied homes and further gains in home construction suggest the U.S. housing recovery is gaining momentum. The pair ...
Japanese company agrees to enter guilty plea
The Justice Department says a Japanese company is the latest to agree to plead guilty in a probe of price-fixing in the freight forwarding industry.
Japan Airlines up slightly in Tokyo trading debut
Japan Airlines Co. capped an $8.5 billion initial public offering, the biggest this year after Facebook's, with a modest return to the Tokyo Stock ...
US housing starts rose 2.3 percent in August
U.S. builders started work on more homes in August, driven by the fastest pace of single-family home construction in more than two years. The increase ...
Blackstone to buy Vivint for more than $2B
Blackstone is leading a group that has agreed to buy home security provider Vivint for more than $2 billion. Provo, Utah-based Vivint is one of the ...
Navy: Affair caused Conn. sub boss to fake death
Told that her lover had died, the young woman drove for hours to the man's home in Virginia, traveling with her mother and sister to offer condolences