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  • Jobless Claims Decline as U.S. Consumer Comfort Climbs: Economy

    Updated 11 minutes ago

    Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, and consumer confidence approached a five-year high as the biggest part of the economy benefits from improving job and housing markets.

  • Obama Commerce Pick Seen Pressed on Bank Role, Trusts

    Updated 51 minutes ago

    Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker, whose fundraising prowess fueled President Barack Obama’s ascent, will confront Republicans’ questions about a bank she led and offshore trusts that benefit her during a hearing on her nomination to be U.S. Commerce secretary.

  • HP Jumps Most in 3 Months as Forecast Beats Estimates

    Updated 18 minutes ago

    Hewlett-Packard Co., the largest personal-computer maker, rose the most in three months after forecasting fiscal third-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates on cost cuts aimed at countering slumping demand for desktops and laptops.

  • U.S. Sergeant Raped in Afghanistan Found Nowhere to Go

    Updated 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

    As the only woman in her bomb- disposal unit in Afghanistan, Army Sergeant Rebekah Havrilla said she had learned to endure sexual harassment from her team leader and contempt from the captain who commanded the unit.

  • Oklahoma Victims Named as Survivor Search Nears Its End

    Victims of the Moore, Oklahoma, tornado died mainly from blunt-force trauma and asphyxiation as the storm cut a 17-mile swath through the city, the state medical examiner said.

  • Toll Brothers Profit Beats Estimates as Home Orders Surge

    Toll Brothers Inc., the largest U.S. luxury-home builder, rose in New York trading after reporting the most orders since 2006 and profit that beat estimates.

  • Ford Adding 200,000 to Capacity as Fusion, F-Series Gain

    Ford Motor Co., gaining more U.S. market share than any other automaker this year, will add capacity to build 200,000 more vehicles annually in North America on demand for F-Series pickups and Fusion sedans.

  • Birth Control Mandate Attacks Beliefs, Businesses Argue

    Two companies whose owners claim to operate in accord with Catholic doctrine asked a U.S. appeals court to exempt them from a law requiring businesses to offer birth control coverage as part of employer health plans.

  • Bison-Loving Billionaires Rile Ranchers With Land Grab in American West

    Updated 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

    Linda Poole can’t restrain herself when it comes to the most-polarizing topic in Montana: the reintroduction of purebred bison. As Poole sees it, the bison aren’t a cause. They’re cuddly fundraising mascots helping the American Prairie Reserve to raise money to advance its mission of land accumulation under the auspices of species preservation.

  • Oklahoma Residents Return Home to Rubble After Tornado

    Rescue operations were winding down a day after a killer tornado more than a mile wide flattened hundreds of homes and two schools in an Oklahoma City suburb. The state medical examiner said 24 people died.

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