WASHINGTON (AP) — Food and Drug Administration investigators have found rodents, seeping manure and even maggots at the Iowa egg farms believed to be responsible for as many as 1,500 cases of salmonella poisoning. FDA officials released their initial observations of the investigations at Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms on Monday. The two farms [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — One in 10 American households with a mortgage was at risk of foreclosure this summer as the government’s efforts to help have had little impact stemming the housing crisis. About 9.9 percent of homeowners had missed at least one mortgage payment as of June 30, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday. That [...]
A Monterrey developer is said to be set on building the tallest building in the rio grande valley. City officials confirmed that the 39 story condominium has been issued a building permit. Although construction costs will be close to 50 million dollars for the kirana luxury condominiums are being described as a 100 million dollar [...]
One company along the gulf – seeing a business boom thanks to the oil spill. Worldwide Sorbent products of port arthur, texas provides clean-up supplies. It is one of only five nationwide suppliers of oil-absorbing booms. Since the oil spill – the company has needed to add shifts and increase factory space in order to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Big companies are building up cash and are expected to report strong earnings starting this week. Not so for small businesses that can’t get loans – or hire freely until they do. The gap helps explain why the economic rebound isn’t stronger and could even stall. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stepped [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google won permission Friday to maintain its website in China and keep its toehold in the world’s most populous nation after bowing to pressure to eliminate a virtual detour around the country’s online censorship requirements. Entering search requests at Google.cn from within mainland China now requires an extra click, a change [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for unemployment aid have been fluctuating from week to week, offering an uncertain view of layoffs and the job market. First-time requests for jobless aid dropped last week to their lowest level since early May, the government said Thursday, erasing increases made in the last two months. Still, economists say it’s [...]
TOYOTA, Japan (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is extending the time it takes to develop new vehicles by about four weeks for more quality checks in the wake of its massive safety-related recalls, a top executive said Wednesday. Executive Vice President Takeshi Uchiyamada said the company has learned a lot from its recalls of more [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans, which managed to escape the oil from the BP spill for more than two months, can’t hide any longer. For the first time since the accident, oil from the ruptured well is seeping into Lake Pontchartrain, threatening another environmental disaster for the huge body of water that was rescued [...]
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) — Tar balls from the Gulf oil spill found on a Texas beach were confirmed Monday as the first evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states. A Coast Guard official said it was possible that the oil hitched a ride on a ship [...]
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Vegas police: Hilton denied owning purse, cocaineLAS VEGAS (AP) — Paris Hilton denied owning the purse in which police say less than a gram of cocaine was found after a traffic stop on the Las Vegas Strip, according to an arrest report released Monday. “She told me the purse was not hers, that she had borrowed it from a friend,” Las [...]
Big in China: Brands import foreign celebritiesBEIJING (AP) — Kevin Garnett wore his affection for China’s booming sportswear market on his back as the NBA star arrived in Beijing in August. “Love China” declared the Boston Celtics power forward’s T shirt. On the front: The angular red slash logo of Anta, the athletic shoe producer that brought Garnett to China for [...]
Police: Intruder arrested at Paris Hilton’s homeLOS ANGELES (AP) — A man has been arrested at Paris Hilton’s Los Angeles home after the socialite said he tried to break into her house while holding two big knives. Police Officer Gregory Baek says the man was arrested about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday but his name hasn’t been released. Hilton said on her Twitter [...]
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