Nation and World
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Analysts expect airline deals
Nov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Wall Street analysts are still putting stock in Delta and United combining or merging with other carriers, even as the nation's No. 2 and No. 3 airlines deny ...
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Kraft seals its deal to sell Post cerealsNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Ralcorp Holdings Inc., a maker of store-brand cereals, agreed to buy Kraft Foods Inc.'s Post cereals for $2.6 billion to obtain more expensive brands such as Grape Nuts ...
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Bush takes swing at air traffic
Nov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- In a year of record delays, President Bush stepped forward Thursday to try to speed American air travelers to their Thanksgiving gatherings and back home o...
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Fed fights aura of secrecy
Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke moved Wednesday to break down even further the aura of secrecy that historically has enshrouded the institution that ...
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36 million go hungry in America
Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- More than 35.5 million people in this country went hungry in 2006 as they struggled to find jobs that can support them, a figure virtually unchanged from t...
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Gasoline prices rise in time for holiday travel
Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Millions of Americans planning car trips for the Thanksgiving weekend are finding they need to once again factor soaring gas prices into their budgets. Gas a...
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Dinosaur discovered with wide, vacuum cleaner-shaped mouth
Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A dinosaur with a strange jaw designed to hoover-up food grazed in what is now the Sahara Desert 110 million years ago. Remains of the creature that "flabb...
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Billionaire Buffett says tax him more
Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Billionaire Warren Buffett told the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday that Congress should keep the estate tax rather than repeal it and help a few ric...
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Crab season begins despite health worries after SF Bay oil spill
Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- The Dungeness crab season opened as scheduled Thursday amid health concerns by anglers who wanted all fishing banned as cleanup continues on last week's...
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Simpson ordered to stand trial
Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges stemming from a suspected sports memorabilia heist, a justice of the peace ruled...