W.Va. governor a 'comforter-in-chief' after blast - Associated Press
DENA POTTER
(04-07) 14:59 PDT Naoma, W.Va. (AP) -- Gov. Joe Manchin four years ago delivered what seemed to be miraculous news: a dozen miners had survived an explosion at the Sago mine_ only to then have to tell...

Summary Box: Interest rates fall after auction - Associated Press
The Associated Press
(04-07) 14:18 PDT , (AP) -- AUCTION RESULTS: There was strong demand for $21 billion in 10-year Treasury notes the government auctioned off Wednesday. The bid-to-cover ratio was 3.72, easily topping...

Bashas' bankruptcy reorg delayed by lender glitch - Associated Press
BOB CHRISTIE
(04-07) 13:39 PDT PHOENIX (AP) -- An agreement between Bashas' Inc. and bondholders who are owed more than $215 million is holding up the Arizona grocery chain's emergence from bankruptcy protection...

GM ready to repay govt loan, sees chance of profit - Associated Press
The Associated Press
(04-07) 12:04 PDT , (AP) -- General Motors Co. reported 2009 financial results Wednesday and forecast a possible profit this year. THE RESULTS: GM lost $3.4 billion in the fourth quarter on revenue of...

Lin TV posts jump in 1st-quarter revenue - Associated Press
(04-07) 07:46 PDT Providence, R.I. (AP) -- Lin TV Corp., a television and online news company, said Wednesday that it expects to report a 23 percent jump in first-quarter revenue, helped by an...

Richmond to cite students for cutting class - Associated Press
(04-07) 07:43 PDT Richmond, Calif. (AP) -- Students caught on the streets of Richmond during school hours will soon be cited and told to appear before a juvenile court judge. The city council Tuesday...

Burbank jail inmate dies in apparent suicide - Associated Press
(04-07) 06:18 PDT Burbank, Calif. (AP) -- Burbank police say a man arrested on suspicion of assaulting his wife has hanged himself in his jail cell. A police statement says 60-year-old John Flores was...

Sister: Man in Murray threat wasn't an intimidator - Associated Press
GENE JOHNSON
(04-07) 00:49 PDT Seattle (AP) -- The sister of the Washington state man charged with threatening to kill Democratic Sen. Patty Murray over her support for health care reform said her brother has no...

Report: English language learners making gains - Associated Press
CHRISTINE ARMARIO
(04-06) 21:01 PDT MIAMI (AP) -- Schoolchildren who are still learning English made progress on state tests over the last three years, according to a report that may indicate tougher accountability...

Katie Stevens, Michael Lynche blossom on 'Idol' - Associated Press
DERRIK J. LANG
(04-06) 20:23 PDT LOS ANGELES, (AP) -- "American Idol" finalists Michael Lynche and Katie Stevens don't need any help from their friends. The 26-year-old personal trainer from Astoria, N.Y., and...

UCLA student charged in alleged campus assault - Associated Press
(04-06) 17:09 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- A 25-year-old UCLA student has been charged in an alleged attack on a fellow student at the Westwood campus. Thaddeus Staniforth of Fullerton pleaded not...

Nevada tree plantation to help fight deforestation - Associated Press
SCOTT SONNER
(04-06) 14:16 PDT Reno, Nev. (AP) -- An international forestry company embarking on a global effort to accumulate carbon credits while slowing deforestation has picked an unlikely site for the first...

E-Trade paid ex-CEO Layton $4 million last year - Associated Press
CANDICE CHOI
(04-06) 14:14 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- The CEO hired to help E-Trade Financial Corp. weather the financial meltdown was given a pay package worth $4 million last year, according to an Associated Press...

US Education Department to give $350M to states - Associated Press
(04-06) 13:26 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Education is looking to hand out up to $350 million to states willing to revamp how they test students. The money is designed to encourage...

Philly nurses strike over work rule, tuition perk - Associated Press
(04-06) 13:18 PDT PHILADELPHIA, (AP) -- Striking nurses in Philadelphia say a proposed speech restriction and the loss of a college tuition benefit are at the heart of a nearly weeklong labor dispute...

Correction: Britain-Pope story - Associated Press
(04-06) 10:44 PDT LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) -- In an April 4 story about lawyers examining papal immunity, The Associated Press erroneously described Liberia's Charles Taylor. He was president of...

NV tree plantation to help fight deforestation - Associated Press
SCOTT SONNER
(04-06) 09:39 PDT Reno, Nev. (AP) -- An international forestry company has picked northern Nevada's high desert for the first of up to 100,000 acres of tree plantations it intends to grow on U.S. soil...

Malaysia passes law to curb nuclear trafficking - Associated Press
(04-05) 21:53 PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia has passed a law to curb the trafficking of nuclear weapon components after being linked to the illegal supply of sensitive technology to...

SF housing protesters cited in duplex takeover - Associated Press
(04-05) 19:05 PDT San Francisco, CA (AP) -- Four men have been cited for trespassing at a San Francisco duplex taken over by homeless activists demanding the city open vacant houses to the needy. San...

Rates rise for 3-month and 6-month bills - Associated Press
(04-05) 14:52 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to the highest levels since last August. The Treasury Department auctioned $28 billion in...

Mass. insurers sue to block rate hike decision - Associated Press
GLEN JOHNSON
(04-05) 14:29 PDT BOSTON (AP) -- The top health insurers in Massachusetts on Monday filed a lawsuit against state insurance regulators, arguing a premium rate cap imposed by the Patrick administration...

Power company warns or fraud attempts - Associated Press
(04-05) 11:59 PDT Portland, Ore. (AP) -- A power company is warning of a fraud attempt targeting customers in Oregon, Washington and northern California. Pacific Power says multiple customers have...

Drug lab suspect in San Mateo court for other case - Associated Press
(04-05) 11:52 PDT South San Francisco, Calif. (AP) -- The former technician accused of skimming drugs from San Francisco's crime lab has appeared in court on an unrelated drug case. Deborah Madden on...

Campbell raises $1.6 million for Senate race - Associated Press
KEVIN FREKING
(04-05) 11:43 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Former congressman Tom Campbell raised $1.63 million through March in his bid to win a U.S. Senate race in California. The figure indicates that he's got much...

Court won't hear appeal from Marshall Islanders - Associated Press
(04-05) 07:25 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from the indigenous people of the Marshall Islands over whether they can sue the federal government again for blowing up and...

Police: restaurant shooting victims targeted - Associated Press
(04-04) 14:46 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- Authorities have identified the four men killed in a shooting at a San Fernando Valley restaurant, as the search for the gunman continues. In a statement...

Police: Restaurant shooting victims targeted - Associated Press
(04-04) 09:38 PDT LOS ANGELES, (AP) -- Los Angeles police say four people shot and killed at a San Fernando Valley restaurant were targeted. Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese says Saturday's shooting at the...