Eds: Major scheduled events for the week of April 14-20, 2013. Note that many events are subject to change at the last minute.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six retailers have agreed to a voluntary recall of a brand of potentially dangerous high-powered magnet sets after the importer r
PROVIDENCE, R.I.
STRING OF SETBACKS: A Chilean court-ordered halt to construction of Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8 billion Pascua-Lama mine in the Andes is the latest
NEW YORK (AP) — Jamie Dimon, head of JPMorgan Chase, says that grappling with new regulations and strengthening internal controls are the bank's
NEW YORK (AP) — The banking industry is on edge.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal regulators signaled Wednesday that running California's San Onofre nuclear power plant at reduced power would not pose a
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Barrick Gold Corp.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion o
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A contentious proposal to criminalize excessive touching by agents during airport security pat-downs returned Wednesday to
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: April 8
NEW YORK (AP) — Investors in Bernard Madoff's epic fraud cannot hold the Securities and Exchange Commission responsible for failing to expose his d
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait's information minister is defending a proposed media law that reports say could bring fines of about $1 million for
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's largest banks will begin sending payments this week to millions of Americans who may have been wrongfully
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated three candidates for full terms on the National Labor Relations Board, which has
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers are heaping praise on a former nurse picked by President Barack Obama to run Medicare and Medicaid, and
LONDON (AP) — The ex-chief executive of failed British bank HBOS wants to be stripped of his knighthood following a scathing report from the
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government has cracked down on four area airports, including some of the nation's busiest, for what it calls
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has launched an antitrust investigation into some of MasterCard's payment fees.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An expert witness testified Monday that average lead levels in baby foods fall below the threshold for warning labels
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government has cracked down on four area airports, including some of the nation's busiest, for what it calls
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as it adds fuel to battles over taxes and Social Security, President Barack Obama's budget will reprise lots of smaller