This is a news story about a former assistance manager at the peanut factory in Planview Texas. It's a shame he didn't make sure that plant was inspected, even after he left. Waiting for someone to die, and all this trouble was not cool.
One of President Barack Obama's first acts is to order federal agencies to halt all pending regulations until his administration can review them.
Circuit City Stores Inc. agreed with liquidators on Friday to sell the merchandise in its 567 U.S. stores after failing to find a buyer or a refinancing deal.
When I quit smoking, not only did I gain weight, (going from a size 34 to a 40), but I also added acid reflux (from being over weight) and high cholesterol to the list. I was on two different medications for this. Any cost savings from quitting went out the window.
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named Harvard physicist John Holdren and marine biologist Jane Lubchenco to top science posts.
A serial killer who died more than a decade ago is the person who decapitated the 6-year-old son of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh in 1981, Florida police said Tuesday.
If you are a customer service manager, then you know about call center matrix. AHT, Call quaility, pressures on expenses with credits, the whole nine yards. The whole time your boss is telling you about keeping expenses down.
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The Indian navy captured 23 pirates who threatened a merchant vessel Saturday in the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden, where dozens of ships have come under attack by gunmen in recent months.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich went on a "corruption crime spree" and tried to benefit from his ability to appoint President-elect Barack Obama's Senate replacement, officials said Tuesday.
The president expressed remorse the global financial crisis has cost jobs and harmed retirement accounts and said he'll back more government intervention if needed to ease the recession.
Alan Colmes of the network's "Hannity & Colmes" said on his Web site Monday that he'll be leaving the prime-time show after 12 years.
Associated Press JAY, Okla. - Delaware County officials arrested two people in connection with the discovery of dead and starving dogs at a farm east of Jay. Deputy Mark Berry says Sue Davis and Randall Dick were taken to the Delaware County Jail.
Although Nissan does plan to embrace hybrid technology, the Japanese automaker is banking on plug-in electric vehicles as the next big thing.
Get ready for a new sound - not look - to the tiny Smart cars produced by Daimler. On Thursday, the company introduced its Smart ED - an all-electric vehicle that makes barely a peep.
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As Wall Street faced a wipeout this year, some of America's richest people got sucked into the vortex too, losing millions.
With costs rising and paychecks flat, readers are looking for ways to make ends meet. �The Answer Desk, by John W. Schoen.
Sarah Palin, in her introduction to Americans as John McCain's running mate, struck back at news organizations and a "Washington elite" that have raised questions about her qualifications to be vice president.
NEWSCHANNEL 4 OKLAHOMA CITY -- The State of Oklahoma will pay $160,000 for the death of a two-year-old. A judge decided the Oklahoma Department of Human Services handled the care of the child in a negligent manner.
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY - Gov. Brad Henry says there is "still a good chance" that Barack Obama will visit Oklahoma before the Nov. 4 general election, despite the fact that the state will likely vote Republican in the presidential race.
Anger over Twitter's new policy to censor messages on a country-by-country basis is resulting in protests by some Twitter users who say they will refuse to tweet on Saturday. Using the hashtags of #TwitterBlackout and #TwitterProtest, some of the short-messaging blog's 100 milli …
One blunder on top of another? The mayor of East Haven, Conn., came under a torrent of criticism Wednesday for telling a TV reporter “I might have tacos” when asked about how he would support the Latino community in the aftermath of the arrest of four town police offi …
A New Mexico man who said he was forced to pull his own tooth while in solitary confinement because he was denied access to a dentist has been awarded $22 million due to inhumane treatment by New Mexico's Dona Ana County Jail. Stephen Slevin was arrested in August of 2 …
Hopeless romantic or macabre publicity hound? A Thai television director’s decision to marry his dead girlfriend and post photos and video of the event to Facebook and YouTube is drawing mixed reaction from the public. Chadil Deffy, also known as Deff Yingyuen, married his …
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