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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...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks turned mostly higher in mid-morning trading Wednesday as investors waited to hear from the Federal Reserve later in the af...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were mixed mid-morning trading Tuesday as investors return from a long holiday weekend. Coca-Cola slumped after turning in disa...

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...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The state Department of Transportation says Shell Chemical LP wants to relocate a state highway as part of its proposed plans to bui...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark Inc. has laid off 132 workers in its information technology and sales sections. Spokesman A...

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...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bank of America will pay $108 million to settle federal charges that Countrywide Financial Corp., which it acquired nearly two years...

Consumers snap up cars in May, despite fewer deals DAN STRUMPF,AP Auto Writers TOM KRISHER,AP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) — Americans shrugged off fewer...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Job openings jumped in April to the highest level in 16 months, a sign that hiring by private employers is healthy despite last week...

DETROIT (AP) — Seven senior executives at General Motors Co. will get stock valued at roughly $7.5 million as part of their pay packages, the company ...