AIRPORT DELAY: The opening of a new airport to accommodate budget carriers has been delayed until next year because of construction setbacks. NEW SCHEDULE: Contractors, who previously said it would be ... More »News Summary: Malaysia budget airport delayed
Dish Network Corp.'s decision against raising its bid for Sprint Nextel Corp., leaving the cellphone company to sell a controlling stake to Softbank Corp. of Japan, sent ripples through the stock market ... More »Sprint, Clearwire stocks react after Dish bows out
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. Senators, the winner of a Nobel Prize for peace, a labor leader and the owner of a professional tennis team are among the people being honored with a national prize for public service. More »Nobel recipient among winners of Jefferson Awards
The Executive Council on Wednesday confirmed James Craig to be New Hampshire's next Labor Department commissioner. Craig, who was nominated by Gov. Maggie Hassan, is a partner at the law firm of Craig, ... More »Craig confirmed as NH Labor Commissioner
BOSTON (AP) — A former enforcer for James "Whitey" Bulger has been grilled by Bulger's attorney about varying stories he told over the years about killings he says were orchestrated by Bulger and his gang. More »Bulger ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A man accused of using a phony Facebook profile to lure a 15-year-old girl to her death pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder and kidnapping charges. More »Maine man charged in teen death pleads not guilty
A company looking to dig a huge iron mine just south of Lake Superior has filed new papers with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources outlining a bulk sampling plan and notifying the agency it ... More »Mining company submits sampling plan to Wis. DNR
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil was down slightly Wednesday as traders waited to hear the latest on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy from chairman Ben Bernanke. More »Oil little changed before Fed's Bernanke speaks
Large-scale protests have engulfed Turkey and Brazil, which are thousands of miles apart, but share some traits such as being new democracies with a growing middle class. Here's a look at the protests in both countries, highlighting the similarities and differences in how they started and developed: More »Comparison of mass protests in Brazil and Turkey
Shares of Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp. plummeted Wednesday as the hardware and garden store company said that equity holders will probably lose their entire investment as a result of its Chapter ... More »Orchard Supply drops after warning equity holders
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she now supports gay marriage, becoming the third Senate Republican to do so. More »Republican Sen. Murkowski supports gay marriage
ROME (AP) — Italy's first black Cabinet minister is facing Internet death threats before a visit to a region known for its anti-immigrant political base. More »Death threats greet Italy's first back minister
LONDON (AP) — The gown Elizabeth Taylor wore at the first of her eight weddings is for sale. You'll need at least 30,000 pounds ($47,000) to buy it and a tiny waist to wear it. More »Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding dress up for sale
LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Unmanned aircraft have helped rescue stranded hikers, worked to contain wildfires and gathered data at nuclear accidents. One helped a Russian tanker find its way through Arctic ice to bring oil to a stranded Alaskan community. More »Unmanned aircraft struggle to shed 'drone' image
A chronology of events in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, former president of the Teamsters union: More »Events in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans. More »Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks
NEW YORK (AP) — A father and son who acknowledged they were pimps were acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking charges after several prostitutes testified they were treated well. More »Father, son acquitted in NY of sex trafficking
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators sought cost-cutting opportunities Wednesday in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn't afford not to build. More »Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet
A federal court order that United Technologies Corp. pay $473 million plus interest to compensate for alleged fraud in its sale of fighter jet engines could cut into revenue and profit, the aerospace giant ... More »United Tech sees impact from order on fraud charge
LOURDES, France (AP) — Heavy floods in southwest France have left two dead and forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes and the evacuation of pilgrims from nearby hotels. More »Floods close Lourdes pilgrimage site in Pyrenees
House Republicans moved forward Wednesday with a rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, pushing a bill that would strip Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors ... More »House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is waiting on the Fed. More »Stocks edge lower as investors wait on Fed
Seems Warner Bros. has taken movie marketing to a whole new level — even higher than a bird or a plane. The studio enlisted Christian-focused firm Grace Hill Media to promote "Man of Steel" to ... More »'Man of Steel' promoted from the pulpit
Tony Bennett never forgot the first time he performed with Dave Brubeck more than half a century ago. But the tape of that memorable collaboration between two American jazz masters lay forgotten in a record ... More »Long lost Bennett-Brubeck recording discovered
The CEO of Dallas-based A.H. Belo (BEE'-loh) Corporation plans to retire in September and will become vice chairman of the board of directors. Company officials on Wednesday announced 62-year-old Robert ... More »Decherd to retire from Dallas-based AH Belo
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