JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has denied an attempt to make the federal government pay for more of the cleanup of an oil spill on the Mississippi River where a tugboat pushed a barge into a railroad bridge. That January...
Read MoreTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A former postal worker who had claimed a wrist injury prevented him from working posted photos of himself zip-lining and rappelling, state authorities said Monday as they announced insurance fraud and theft...
Read MoreMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials from Great Lakes states are making a renewed push to win approval of a long stalled proposal for adding a new lock to the Soo Locks complex, a critical chokepoint that connects Lake Superior to the...
Read MoreCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An abandoned multi-billion dollar nuclear power construction project shouldn’t be sold off for parts because it will be completed someday, the retiring CEO of a South Carolina utility that invested in...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Orbital ATK Inc., up $22.21 to $132.25 Northrop Grumman agreed to buy the military aircraft technology company for $7.8 billion. Silver Spring Networks...
Read MoreST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s agriculture commissioner said Monday that the path of Hurricane Irma “could not have been more lethal” to the state’s farmers and that the scope of damage to the...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has fined two groups it says illegally attempted to collect student loan debt and prohibited them from further action on recovering payments until audits on all its accounts are...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans straining to find about $1 trillion to finance sweeping tax cuts are homing in on two popular deductions that are woven into the nation’s fiscal fabric. One is the mortgage interest deduction...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana nursing home management firm has sued former executives accused of embezzling more than $16 million from the company. The Indianapolis Star reports that American Senior Communities filed the...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — When the Federal Reserve meets this week, it’s sure to take account of the economic consequences of two devastating hurricanes. It will also be awaiting an announcement, possibly within weeks, about its...
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