WASHINGTON — On paper at least, European leaders agree: They need stronger growth measures to help their economies expand out of their 2 ½-year-old government debt crisis. Figuring out exactly what those new steps might be will be the hard part.
HANFORD, Calif. — The discovery of mad cow disease in a dead dairy cow came soon after it arrived at a non-descript building in the heart of California’s dairy country. The finding, announced Tuesday, is the first new case of the disease in the U.S. since 2006 and the fourth ever discovered in the country. The test was performed when the animal was brought to the building, a transfer facility for a processing plant near Hanford.
FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe’s plan to fix its debt crisis by imposing budget cuts frayed Monday. Heavy selling rocked financial markets, uncertainty gripped two governments, and the economic outlook darkened across the continent.
BILOXI, Miss. — Republican presidential contenders and their super PAC supporters campaigned aggressively on land, through the mail and over the airwaves Monday on the eve of primaries in Alabama and Mississippi with the potential to solidify or shake Mitt Romney’s standing as front-runner.
Robert Eugene Madaffer died on Jan. 18 after a short illness.
CHICAGO — Offer apples to trick-or-treaters and risk having your house get egged — maybe even by your own kids. But dentists and dietitians say you can still make Halloween reasonably healthy for little devils and witches without resorting to dracul-onian tactics, like no candy.