WASHINGTON (AP) — The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas. More »Peace Corps to accept same-sex couples
EXPANSION: General Motors says it will invest $44.5 million at a Lansing, Mich., factory, creating 200 new jobs. It plans to construct a building next to the Lansing Grand River plant to assemble parts ... More »News Summary: GM invests $44.5M in Lansing factory
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are asking Myanmar President Thein Sein (tane sane) to free nearly 250 political prisoners. More »Lawmakers hand Myanmar leader prisoner list
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is considering whether to sign legislation that would let state regulators intervene in federal utility cases. Missouri's Public Service Commission was allowed to appear before ... More »Measure allows PSC to intervene in federal cases
CINCINNATI (AP) — Chanting "IRS has got to go," tea party activists are rallying in Cincinnati to protest extra IRS scrutiny of their groups. More »Protesters chant 'IRS has got to go' in Cincinnati
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Some members of the rebel alliance who overthrew the president of Central African Republic are protesting outside the luxury hotel where their leader is based. More »Rebels in C. African Republic protest conditions
THE NEWS: Home Depot Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 18 percent, thanks to the ongoing housing recovery, despite a chilly and wet spring. Its quarterly results topped Wall Street expectations, and ... More »News Summary: Home Depot 1Q rises
Lea Industries is recalling more than 63,000 children's beds in the U.S. and Canada because a support rail could break, putting users at risk of falling. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said ... More »Lea Industries recalls 63,000 children's beds
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Kyrgyzstan's president has reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air base that supports military operations in nearby Afghanistan. More »Kyrgyzstan bent on evicting US air base in 2014
A wide-reaching change that would allow the state to sell off properties ranging from prisons and power plants to University of Wisconsin dormitories and state highways is up for approval before the Legislature's ... More »Proposal to sell Wis. state properties up for vote
Opponents of uranium mining in Virginia met with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on the issue and they said he's solidly in their corner, while a meeting with Republican nominee Ken ... More »Anti-uranium forces press Va. candidates for gov
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell is joining officials with GE Aviation to tout the addition of about 70 jobs at the company's Newark plant. GE Aviation, a unit of General Electric Co., says it plans to add 70 ... More »Del. governor touts more jobs at GE Aviation
The Wayne County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority has received a $600,000 federal grant to assess about 32 potentially contaminated sites in southwest Detroit. The Environmental Protection Agency grant ... More »EPA grant to help assess Detroit brownfield sites
HUSBY, Sweden (AP) — Some 200 youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a largely immigrant suburb of Stockholm on Tuesday, the second day of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a man wielding a knife. More »2nd day of riots in Stockholm suburb shakes Sweden
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors say they will accept an Army private's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he faces. More »WikiLeaks prosecutor accepts GI's plea to 1 count
The Rhode Island Senate is poised to vote on Gov. Lincoln Chafee's pick to head the state's economic development agency. The Senate is scheduled to vote Tuesday on nomination of Marcel Valois for executive ... More »RI Senate to vote on Chafee's pick to lead EDC
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is among several companies that have received approval for job creation tax credits in Ohio. The Ohio Tax Credit Authority on Monday approved assistance for 10 projects expected to ... More »JPMorgan Chase in Ohio sees tax credit approval
Bristow Group Inc., which flies helicopters for energy companies, said Tuesday that it will raise its quarterly dividend by 5 cents, or 25 percent, to 25 cents. The dividend will be paid June 14 to all ... More »Bristow raises dividend 25 percent, to 25 cents
Experts commissioned by the operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that faces possible closure because of a suspected active seismic fault say a decision should wait, citing insufficient data. Tuesday's ... More »Experts: Japan nuke plant needs more fault data
Stock indexes fluctuated in midday trading Tuesday as investors tried to predict the Fed's next move. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 32 points to 15,366 shortly before 12 Eastern time. The Standard ... More »Stock indexes flip between gains and losses
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — Authorities say an elderly driver is not likely to face charges for plowing into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town's parade. More »Police chief: No charges likely in Va parade crash
BERLIN (AP) — Justin Bieber's pet monkey is no longer his. More »Justin Bieber's monkey becomes German property
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc.'s fiscal first-quarter net income dropped 10 percent, hurt by lower customer traffic. The company blamed the drop in traffic on a change in the company's financial calendar ... More »Red Robin 1Q profit down 10 pct but sales grow
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes are edging higher in midday trading on Wall Street as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's next moves. More »Indexes edge higher on Wall Street in midday trade
Louisiana's state-regulated casinos all won less money in April than in March. The drop totals $35.8 million. State police figures show most also won less than they did a year ago. The big exceptions were ... More »La. casinos win $35.8M less in April than in March
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