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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell Wednesday as investors were left uneasy by news that Federal Reserve policymakers were willing to start raising short-term...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security has warned airlines that terrorists could try to hide explosives in shoes. It's the second time in less than t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home construction fell in January for a second month but the weakness in both months reflected severe winter weather in many pa...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Want to see the glasses and goggles that aerials skier Lydia Lassila and snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis wore at the Sochi Olympic...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a pressing matter for the tiny U.S. olive oil industry: American shoppers more often are going for European imports, which are ...

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — The costly $787 billion spending bill that President Barack Obama signed into law soon after taking office boosted the ec...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Republicans fighting a yearslong unionization effort at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee painted a grim picture in the days...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose 8,000 last week to 339,000, evidence that layoffs ticked up. Still, the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Workers' 401(k) balances have never been bigger, thanks to continued contributions and a surging stock market. But many savers continu...

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market rose for the fifth time in six days Thursday as higher earnings from several big U.S. companies helped investors shru...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders are struggling to devise a way forward on must-do legislation to increase the government’s borrowing cap. G...

CVS Caremark’s decision to pull cigarettes and other tobacco products from its stores could ripple beyond the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain....

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The state's lobster catch brought in a record $364.5 million last year and the size of the catch topped 100 million pounds for ...

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) — President Barack Obama stood alongside Americans on the job Wednesday in a morning-after trip to promote his State of the Uni...