Americans spending a bit more as gas prices fall
WASHINGTON — Americans are starting to see some relief from higher gas prices, a change that could revive the economy in the months ahead.
May 15 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
No sign of shareholder revolt against Dimon
NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon owned up to stock analysts and went on TV to accept blame for a $2 billion trading mistake. Next he faces shareholders, who are considerably less wealthy since the blunder was disclosed.
May 14 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
Reality TV, religion give birth to top baby names
WASHINGTON — Reality TV is giving birth to some of the most popular baby names. No, not Snooki. But Mason, as in Kourtney Kardashian’s son, jumped 10 spots to become the second most popular name for newborn boys in 2011.
May 14 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
Obama trying to undermine Romney’s record on jobs
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama tried Monday to tarnish Mitt Romney as a corporate titan who got rich by cutting rather than creating jobs, opening a new effort to undercut the Republican’s claims that his background of business success is just what America needs in a time of deep economic uncertainty.
May 14 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
Revolving door: Yahoo ushers out another CEO
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo still has credibility issues, even after casting aside CEO Scott Thompson because his official biography included a college degree that he never received.
May 14 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
Greek coalition in serious doubt
ATHENS, Greece — Critical talks to form a governing coalition in crisis-struck Greece foundered once more, leading the country one step closer to new elections — and bringing its continued presence in the euro into serious doubt.
May 13 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
Criminals turn crocheters in Ohio prison program
Robert Mack killed a Mount Airy man in a shootout in 2007. Jonathan Seals shot his mother’s boyfriend to death in Springfield. Justin Stephan used a knife and a brick in a thrill killing in Tuscarawas County. The hands of these men have committed the unthinkable. Now, they are armed with a flexible plastic crochet hook instead of tools of violence. Now, these tainted hands are doing good.
May 13 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
49 headless bodies dumped on north Mexico highway
MONTERREY, Mexico — Forty-nine bodies with their heads, hands and feet hacked off were found Sunday dumped on a northern Mexico highway leading to the Texas border in what appeared to be the latest carnage in an escalating war between Mexico’s two dominant drug cartels.
May 13 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »