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YAPHANK, N.Y. (AP) — The father and son owners of two Long Island food processing and distribution companies have been charged with selling over 113,000 pounds of squid falsely labeled as octopus. Federal prosecutors on...

The House voted Wednesday to direct the federal government to set a minimum size for airline seats, bar passengers from being kicked off overbooked planes, and consider whether to restrict animals on planes. Those and other...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has overwhelmingly passed legislation that would provide $1.7 billion to help residents of the Carolinas and elsewhere recover from recent natural disasters. The aid was added to legislation to keep...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The former president of the largest U.S. fuel retailer has been sentenced to 12 ½ years in prison and fined $750,000 in a scheme to defraud trucking companies. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports U.S....

ATLANTA (AP) — The owners of the last nuclear power plant still under construction in the U.S. say the project will continue after a disagreement about budget overages was resolved. The utilities said in a joint statement late...

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks on Wednesday named one-time spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson as its new editor-in-chief. The ramifications of the move are unclear. The organization was founded and has been led for more than a decade by...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’ economy minister says the South American country has reached a revised lending agreement with the International Monetary Fund increasing the amount of a loan package. Economy...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina economy minister says deal reached with IMF to increase lending agreement to $57.1 billion from $50 billion.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: 21st Century Fox Inc., up 46 cents to $45.67 The company will sell its remaining stake in British pay TV provider Sky to Comcast. Nielsen Holdings PLC,...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the closure of San Francisco’s new transit center (all times local): 1:25 p.m. A San Francisco official says a new $2 billion transit terminal that shut down over a cracked support beam...