LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Walt Disney Company will cut funding to the Boy Scouts of America beginning in 2015 because of a policy that bans gay adult leaders in the organization.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California Gov. Jerry Brown said he is not sure legalizing marijuana is a good idea in his state because the country could lose its competitive edge if too many people are getting stoned.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Police are arresting a couple hundred people who strapped themselves to the White House fence on Sunday to protest the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.
NEW YORK (AP) - Naquasia LeGrand was frying chicken, sweeping floors and serving customers for $7.25 an hour when she was recruited by union organizers to join a campaign for higher pay.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut and New York are boosting spending in federal heating assistance to preserve far greater food stamp money in an end-run around federal budget cuts central to a massive farm bill.
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story Feb. 28 about health care, The Associated Press incorrectly identified Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers as vice chairman of the Republican Conference. She is the chairman of the conference.
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story Feb. 28 about health care, The Associated Press incorrectly identified Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers as vice chairman of the Republican Conference. She is the chairman of the conference.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's incentive offer to Volkswagen was made contingent on the labor situation at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga developing to the "satisfaction" of Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's administration, according to documents obtained by WTVF-TV in Nashville.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's incentive offer to Volkswagen was made contingent on the labor situation at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga developing to the "satisfaction" of Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's administration, according to documents obtained by WTVF-TV in Nashville.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Documents obtained by WTVF-TV in Nashville show that Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's administration made an incentive offer to Volkswagen contingent on labor talks at the plant "being concluded to the satisfaction of the State of Tennessee."
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese government-funded laboratory says it has found data in a widely heralded stem-cell research paper was falsified, holding one researcher responsible for the fabrication.
HONG KONG (AP) - An official measure of Chinese factory activity barely budged last month while a private survey found manufacturing deteriorated in the first quarter, adding to signs the world's No. 2 economy is slowing.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - An online dating service is encouraging its users to stop using the Firefox web browser because the new CEO of the company that makes it supported California's former gay marriage ban.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Years late, the Transportation Department issued a rule Monday that will require rearview technology in all new cars and many light trucks - an effort to reduce deaths and serious injuries caused by backup accidents.
NEW YORK (AP) - A defense lawyer says a Venezuelan tourist has been acquitted of shoplifting at Macy's in one of several cases of shoppers saying they were wrongly accused of stealing at major New York City stores.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two words - surfboards and Hobie - were all but synonymous in the early 1960s, when teenagers who saw movies such as "Gidget" and "Beach Party" rushed to the shores of Southern California to try a mesmerizing new water sport.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Striving to show momentum on a top legislative priority, President Barack Obama is appearing next week with Northeastern governors who back his push to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour and will pledge to lift the earnings of the lowest-paid workers in their states to at least the same level.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Investors eagerly await Warren Buffett's letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders each year for its plain-spoken insight into the billionaire's financial strategy and economic predictions. Buffett had plenty of good news to discuss Saturday as he recounted the performance of his Omaha, Neb., based company with humor and wit. He also dispensed some investing advice.
NEW YORK (AP) - Engine maker Cummins Inc. and its joint venture Cummins Westport Inc. are recalling 25,013 engines because cold weather could cause a sensor to fail, resulting in an exhaust fire.
NEW YORK (AP) - Perpetually rushed New Yorkers have been telling cabbies to "step on it" for as long as there have been taxis, but the city wants to brake that hurry-up habit, in part by attacking the financial incentive to speed.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reeled in record profits in 2013 as its wide-ranging businesses capitalized on the improving U.S. economy, though its performance again failed to keep pace with the surging S&P 500.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Warren Buffett's company says fourth-quarter earnings rose 10 percent to nearly $5 billion as its insurance, rail and energy businesses generated major profit gains.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Six years into his presidency, President Barack Obama is sending Congress a budget that for once does not herald a partisan legislative showdown.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Warren Buffett says Berkshire Hathaway shareholders should be confident in the company's prospects, even though the firm failed to beat the market last year.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The ties between a former Army colonel and a Russian entrepreneur are at the heart of a criminal investigation into a program that supplies American allies with Russian helicopters.
A creative approach to a summer job and teaming up with the right partner has helped Mark Fleming Jr. build a notary-support company with clients across the country.
Sprout it, a gardening app launched by a group of Columbus entrepreneurs, aims to take the guesswork out of growing by boosting users' knowledge and confidence.
The Wexner Center's new chief medical officer talks about work-life balance, collaborating with Columbus's hospital executives and how a business education turns doctors into leaders.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Regulators have closed small lenders in Virginia and Pennsylvania, bringing U.S. bank failures this year to five after 24 closures in 2013.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP is not entitled to see confidential documents used by a court-appointed investigator who has alleged that some attorneys acted improperly in the claims process arising from the 2010 Gulf oil spill, a federal judge ruled Friday.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that BP is not entitled to see confidential documents used by a court-appointed investigator who has alleged that some attorneys acted improperly in the claims process arising from the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
Key barometers in the Treasury market late Friday, compared with late Thursday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $100 invested:
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A federal judge approved a settlement Friday of a class-action lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase for its force-placed insurance practices, an agreement that could pay more than $300 million to about 750,000 mortgage borrowers.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A federal judge has approved settlement of a class-action lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase for its force-placed insurance practices, an agreement that could pay more than $300 million to about 750,000 mortgage borrowers.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Computer hackers stole some Las Vegas Sands customers' Social Security and driver's license numbers during a data breach earlier this month, the casino company said Friday.
NEW YORK (AP) - Sotheby's says an enormous diamond known as "The Pink Star" is back in its possession after the buyer couldn't pay for the jewel and defaulted.
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks were mostly higher in late trading Friday as the market mostly recovered from an afternoon stumble. The Standard & Poor's 500 index edged further into record territory, but weakness in technology stocks held back the Nasdaq composite.
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republican leaders took a small step on Friday toward pulling together a viable alternative to President Barack Obama's four-year-old health care law but faced deep divisions over whether the GOP caucus can coalesce around a comprehensive proposal.
A line of Rollerblade inline skates is being recalled because the boot can separate from the skate frame during use. Other recalled consumer products include garage door openers and heated gloves that both pose fire hazards.
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Apple CEO Tim Cook is still trying to convince shareholders that the iPhone maker remains a step ahead in the race to innovate, even though recent performance of the company's stock lags behind other technology trendsetters.
HOUSTON (AP) - Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. decreased by two this week to 1,769.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A surprisingly optimistic outlook among younger Americans and a higher stock market pushed up a measure of U.S. consumer sentiment in February.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine International Airlines says it has canceled flights to and from the regional capital of Crimea due to the closure of the airspace over the peninsula.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The CEO of a sporting goods chain who once appeared on the TV show "Undercover Boss" pretended to be an executive from a rival company in an effort to get confidential information, according to a lawsuit.
NEW YORK (AP) - The following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week. Sources include Renaissance Capital, Greenwich, CT (www.renaissancecapital.com) and SEC filings.
CHICAGO (AP) - Shannon Frauenholtz has had it with winter. Barely able to stomach the television news with its images of snowbound cars, she heads to the tanning salon, closes her eyes and imagines she's back in Mexico, where she's already vacationed once this winter.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pregnant women and mothers who get federal assistance with their grocery bills will now be able to buy more whole-grain foods, yogurt, fish, fruits and vegetables.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google is donating nearly $7 million to allow San Francisco to continue providing free bus and other transportation services to low-income city kids.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A rising stock market and a more optimistic outlook among younger Americans pushed up a measure of U.S. consumer sentiment in February.
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) - Inside pits containing 1.7 million tons of coal ash at the Jefferies Generating Station, the hydraulic arm of a big orange excavator scooped up the toxic gray sludge and dropped it into the back of a dump truck.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes was essentially flat in January, a possible sign of a softening real estate market.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking the first steps toward possibly restricting or even prohibiting development of a massive gold-and-copper prospect near the headwaters of a world-premier sockeye salmon fishery in southwest Alaska.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Lawmakers in Cyprus will vote again next week on a privatization bill that the country needs to approve to secure the next batch of rescue money and avoid bankruptcy.
At a ribbon cutting this morning held at the new German Village Panera Bread, Covelli Enterprises announced a $9,000 donation to Nationwide Children's Hospital. From this morning's announcement:
Ohio-based Covelli Enterprises, the largest franchisee of Panera Bread, donated...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes was essentially flat in January, a possible sign of a softening real estate market.
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) - For months, two South Carolina electricity providers have been working to remove millions of tons of coal ash from waste pits.
L Brands has put on hold plans to open as many as six La Senza stores in the United States this year. The Columbus-based retailer, parent of chains including Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works, bought the Canadian retailer in 2006. Since then, La Senza has been overhauled and many locations were closed.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus' lawmakers will vote again next week on a crucial privatization bill that the country needs to secure the next batch of rescue money and avoid bankruptcy.
NEW YORK (AP) - Stock futures were pointing to a lower open on Friday, following a report that showed the U.S. economy grew at a slower-than-expected pace in the last three months of 2013.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - By design, Nokia's new Android smartphones will underwhelm users of high-end phones. The Nokia X line was created with emerging markets in mind, so the company emphasized keeping prices low, meaning the user interface is relatively simple.
GENEVA (AP) - Authorities in Switzerland and Austria moved Friday to block any assets that Ukraine's fugitive president Viktor Yanukovych and his son Aleksander, might have hidden in the Alpine nations, while the Swiss launched a corruption investigation against them.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Scuffles broke out Friday between demonstrators and police outside the finance ministry in central Athens, as Greece's international debt inspectors met with ministers to discuss the pace of reforms.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy grew at a 2.4 percent annual rate last quarter, sharper less than first thought, in part because consumers didn't spend as much as initially estimated.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Friday marks the end of the two-week period within which U.S. Sen. Bob Corker promised Volkswagen would announce another line at its factory in Tennessee if workers rejected representation by the United Auto Workers union.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy grew at a 2.4 percent annual rate in the October-December quarter, significantly slower than first thought, reflecting slower consumer spending than initially estimated.
Once upon a time, there was an electric car company whose stock traded at nearly 1,200 times its earnings under generous accounting rules - it actually lost $74 million in 2013 - with a CEO who could sell igloos in a desert.
KIRNI, Cyprus (AP) - Mehmet Eligon points to a yellow patch of grass on his sprawling farm to show how this year's meager rains are drying up feed for his goats, sheep and Holstein cows.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Ministers from the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council were discussing developments in Ukraine and trade with the United States during an informal meeting on Friday in the Greek capital.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Scuffles have broken out between demonstrators and police outside the finance ministry in central Athens, as Greece's international debt inspectors met with ministers to discuss the pace of fiscal reforms.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Ministers from the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council are holding an informal meeting in Athens that is due to focus on a trade agreement being negotiated between the EU and United States, but is also likely to address the Ukrainian crisis.
BRUSSELS (AP) - Official data show the unemployment rate for the 18-country eurozone was unchanged in January at a near-record 12 percent and inflation was stable.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - In the early days, you typed in a domain name address to reach a website. Then came the ability to reach websites directly through a search engine. The mobile era brought us phone apps for accessing services without either.
WASHINGTON (AP) - States that have experienced technical problems running their own health care enrollment websites are getting some help from the Obama administration.
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's not clear there is a shortage of airline pilots even though regional airlines report difficulty over the past year in finding enough pilots to hire, according to a draft report by a government watchdog obtained by The Associated Press.
In 1962, Carmen E. Scalzo, a Sicilian immigrant and entrepreneur, built a hotel in south Anaheim across the street from Disneyland, and in the ensuing decades his family's business thrived due largely to its proximity to the world's most famous theme park.
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's not clear there is a shortage of airline pilots even though regional airlines report difficulty over the past year in finding enough pilots to hire, according to a draft report by a government watchdog obtained by The Associated Press.
DAYTON - Some shoppers may be enticed by rebates offered by manufacturers on items they're considering purchasing. A rebate is an amount paid by way of reduction, return or refund on what has already been paid or contributed. It's a sales promotion which uses incentives or supplements to help sell an item.
BEAVERCREEK - The long legal battle over an EPA Superfund site here seems to be moving toward resolution as federal officials announce public hearings on final clean up plans.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A government watchdog says it's not clear there is a shortage of airline pilots even though regional airlines have reported difficulty find enough pilots to hire.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A government watchdog says it's not clear there is a shortage of airline pilots even though regional airlines have reported difficulty finding enough pilots to hire.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles cemetery has agreed to an estimated $80.5 million settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it dumped human remains from hundreds of graves.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah's Republican governor announced Thursday he wants to reject a full Medicaid expansion that would enroll more people in the government program, and instead seek federal dollars to cover the poor in private plans.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles cemetery has agreed to an estimated $80 million settlement of a lawsuit claiming it dumped human remains from hundreds of graves.
NEW YORK (AP) - Gap Inc. reported a 12.5 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit on a 3 percent decline in revenue as the clothing retailer was forced to discount heavily over the holiday shopping season to entice customers.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The World Bank has postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda over its anti-gay law that has drawn widespread criticism from Western governments, the United Nations and rights groups.
PHOENIX (AP) - As Gov. Jan Brewer approached the podium and read a carefully worded statement on her veto of a bill that would've let businesses refuse service to gays, she found herself in the familiar territory: the national spotlight.
NEW YORK (AP) - Total U.S. money market mutual fund assets rose by $19.96 billion to $2.684 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Institute.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed to an all-time high on Thursday after stocks got a boost from strong earnings from a number of U.S. companies, including the drugmaker Mylan and several retailers. The Dow Jones industrial average also advanced but remains about 2 percent below its record high of 16,576 set Dec. 31.
Key barometers in the Treasury market late Thursday, compared with late Wednesday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $100 invested:
Nationwide Children's Hospital. From this morning's announcement: