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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A judge in Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that federal police may question former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as a witness in their investigation of a kickback scandal that has engulfed the state-owned oil company Petrobras.

NEW YORK (AP) - Online stock brokerage company Scottrade says the names and addresses of about 4.6 million of its customers may have been stolen by hackers.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said Friday he won't sign another temporary government funding bill after the current one expires Dec. 11, insisting that congressional Republicans and Democrats work out a long-term budget deal with the White House.

NEW YORK (AP) - In the latest high-profile breach of a U.S. organization, hackers broke into Experian's database of information on 15 million T-Mobile customers and potential customers. But what is Experian, and why does the credit bureau keep data on a wireless carrier's customers?

NEW YORK (AP) - In the latest high-profile breach of a U.S. organization, hackers broke into Experian's database of information on 15 million T-Mobile customers and potential customers. But what is Experian, and why does the credit bureau keep data on a wireless carrier's customers?

NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has pulled out of a planned question-and-answer session with the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington next week because he was concerned about the questions he'd be asked, the group said Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.

The stock market reversed an early stumble and ended higher on Friday, led by gains in oil and gas companies. Chevron jumped 4 percent, the most in the Dow Jones industrial average. Exxon Mobil also gained 3 percent.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says he won't give Republicans controlling Congress concessions on must-pass legislation to increase the government's borrowing cap.

Google is officially 'Alphabet.'

WASHINGTON (AP) - Job gains accelerated in September in some sectors, including retail and professional services, despite a slowdown in overall job growth.

NEW YORK (AP) - General Mills is recalling 60,000 bags of its Cascadian Farm frozen green beans after one package tested positive for listeria, the second time this year the company has found the bacteria in its green beans.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Black Americans and high school graduates fared better in the U.S. job market in September, while those without high school diplomas and recent veterans lost ground.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday ruled against a motion by DuPont and said punitive damages were possible for an Ohio woman who says she got kidney cancer after drinking water contaminated by a chemical discharged from a company plant.

ZURICH (AP) - Coca-Cola became the first FIFA sponsor on Friday to call on Sepp Blatter to immediately stand down as president of world soccer's governing body.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says he won't sign another temporary government funding bill after the current one expires on Dec. 11.

ZURICH (AP) - Sepp Blatter's lawyer says FIFA president 'will not resign' despite calls from major sponsors.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Donald Trump won't be doing a question-and-answer session with the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington next week.

ZURICH (AP) - Coca-Cola became the first FIFA sponsor on Friday to call on Sepp Blatter to immediately stand down as president of world soccer's governing body.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday ruled against a motion by DuPont and said punitive damages were possible for an Ohio woman who says she got kidney cancer after drinking water contaminated by a chemical discharged from a company plant.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials on Friday expanded approval of an innovative Merck drug to treat patients with an advanced form of the most common lung cancer.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials have expanded approval of an innovative Merck drug to treat patients with an advanced form of the most common lung cancer.

HOUSTON (AP) - Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week declined by 29 to 809.

SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Chris Christie is urging residents of the Jersey shore to confront property owners who have helped block a plan to erect protective sand dunes in areas that were hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy three years ago.

A line of pacifier clips that pose a choking hazard to children are among this week's recalled consumer products. Others include women's sandals, bicycles and armchairs.

SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is urging residents to confront property owners who have helped block a plan to erect protective sand dunes in areas hit hard by Superstorm Sandy three years ago.

iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending Oct. 1, 2015:

NEW YORK (AP) - As ABC News president in 2006, David Westin appointed Charles Gibson anchor of the network's flagship "World News." Nine years later, Gibson returned the favor.

NEW YORK (AP) - Norman Rockwell's painting of a small-town American newsroom is going on the auction block to benefit the National Press Club and its affiliate.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A plan to place new restrictions on Maine's scalloping industry is the right way to ensure that the fishery keeps rebuilding, some fishermen say.

NEW YORK (AP) - As ABC News president in 2006, David Westin appointed Charles Gibson anchor of the network's flagship "World News." Nine years later, Gibson returned the favor.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire's highest court upheld a record $236 million judgment Friday against Exxon Mobil for its use of a gasoline additive that contaminated groundwater in the state.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire's highest court upheld a record $236 million judgment Friday against Exxon Mobil for its use of a gasoline additive that contaminated groundwater in the state.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Some fishermen say Maine regulators' plan to place new restrictions on the scalloping industry is the right way to ensure the fishery keeps rebuilding.

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's second-largest airline, Transaero, is in crisis after two creditors on Friday said they will file bankruptcy proceedings following the collapse of a takeover plan.

CINCINNATI (AP) - A federal court filing shows that a plea deal has been reached in the case of an accountant arrested along the Appalachian Trail six years after he was accused of embezzling $8.7 million from his Cincinnati-based employer.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Orders to U.S. factories fell in August by the largest amount in eight months, led by a drop in demand for commercial airplanes and weakness in a key category that tracks business investment spending.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The latest developments in the federal trial of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship. All times are local:

NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart has laid off 450 workers at its headquarters as the world's largest retailer attempts to become more nimble to compete with the likes of Amazon.com.

NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart has laid off 450 workers at its headquarters as the world's largest retailer attempts to become more nimble to compete with the likes of Amazon.com.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A regulatory agency says the nation's first offshore wind farm has experienced safety and welding problems and regulators are closely monitoring construction.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The nation's first offshore wind farm has experienced safety and welding problems, and regulators are closely monitoring construction, according to the regulatory agency that issued a permit for the work.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's state TV is reporting that Royal Dutch Shell and France's Total will be the first foreign companies to be allowed to operate gasoline stations inside Iran.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The latest developments in the federal trial of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship. All times are local:

WASHINGTON (AP) - US hiring slows as employers add just 142K jobs in September; unemployment rate stays 5.1 pct.

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. hiring slowed sharply last month and previous job gains were revised lower amid a broad slowdown in the global economy.

BERLIN (AP) - A German industry group says that German car exports were up 7 percent in September compared with a year earlier, while new registrations of cars at home climbed 5 percent.

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. hiring slowed sharply in September, and job gains for July and August were lower than previously thought, a sour note for a labor market that had been steadily improving.

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's second-largest airline, Transaero, is in crisis as two major banks say they will apply for bankruptcy proceedings against the company following the collapse of a takeover plan.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - A government official in Ethiopia says his country will begin exporting natural gas in three to five years following the discovery of huge reserves in the country's Somali region.

BRUSSELS (AP) - Here's the main thing the United States and the European Union's auto emissions tests have in common: holes so big that manufacturers could, so to speak, drive cars through them.

NEW YORK (AP) - Chick-fil-A is opening an outpost in New York City on Saturday, marking a high-profile milestone in its push to become a bigger national player.

NEW YORK (AP) - Chick-fil-A is opening an outpost in New York City on Saturday, marking a high-profile milestone in its push to become a bigger national player.

BERLIN (AP) - Volkswagen subsidiary Audi says customers in Germany can now go to its website to see if their vehicles are among those installed with software that the company says was used to manipulate U.S. emissions testing.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Patriot Coal's latest reorganization plan is drawing opposition from the federal government, regulators in four states, creditors and others ahead of a bankruptcy court hearing on whether it should be approved.

MADRID (AP) - Two of Spain's top media companies are facing off after a broadcasting magnate who has bankrolled Woody Allen movies asked a court to file criminal charges against the top editor of the country's leading newspaper.

NEW DELHI (AP) - As the last major economy to submit a target for a global climate pact, India is pledging to reduce the intensity of its carbon emissions and boost the share of electricity produced from sources other than fossil fuels to 40 percent by 2030.

WASHINGTON (AP) - After seven years of the political drama known as "Obamacare," you might think voters would be tired of big ideas for revamping health care. If so, the presidential candidates seem to have missed the memo.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - New federal rules proposed for pipelines that carry oil and other hazardous liquids could have prevented more than 200 accidents since 2010, including a Michigan rupture that ranks as the costliest onshore spill in U.S. history, federal officials said.

Parents of small kids are getting more love from music services.

CHICAGO (AP) - More than a decade ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helped develop a technology that ultimately was used by an independent laboratory to catch Volkswagen's elaborate cheating on car emissions tests. But EPA used the technology primarily to test trucks rather than passenger cars because such heavy equipment was a much bigger polluter.

CHICAGO (AP) - Years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helped develop technology eventually used by an independent laboratory to catch Volkswagen's elaborate cheating on car emissions. But EPA used the technology primarily testing trucks, not passenger cars, because such heavy equipment was a bigger polluter.

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Can computer coding help turn this impoverished city around? One nonprofit group thinks so, and is bringing together youths and professional programmers for Camden's first "hackathon" this weekend.

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Can computer coding help turn this impoverished city around? One nonprofit group thinks so, and is bringing together youths and professional programmers for Camden's first "hackathon" this weekend.

HONG KONG (AP) - Asian stock markets were muted on Friday as investors waited for a U.S. jobs report that could influence whether the U.S. Federal Reserve chooses October or December for its first interest rate hike in nearly a decade.

BEIJING (AP) - Shanghai prosecutors say they are charging people connected to a U.S. meat supplier's Chinese subsidiary with producing and selling fake and substandard products.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. unemployment rate - now just 5.1 percent - grabs a lot of the attention each month when the government issues its jobs data. Yet the rate doesn't come close to sketching a full picture of the job market.

NEW YORK (AP) - Toni Morrison, Patti Smith and James Ellroy were among the guests of honor as publisher Alfred A. Knopf celebrated its centennial with an all-star party at the main branch of the New York Public Library.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Federal regulators announced Thursday they are assessing a $2.6 million civil penalty against ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. for a 2013 oil spill in Arkansas.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California is dropping out of a multistate investigation to conduct its own probe into Volkswagen's admission that it rigged diesel emissions technology to pass U.S. smog tests.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Janet Jackson is canceling her Oct. 9 and Oct. 10 shows at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino to rest her vocal chords, and the Las Vegas stop on her "Unbreakable" tour will move to a new 20,000-seat arena in May.

BEIJING (AP) - China's manufacturing contracted for the third consecutive month in October in a sign of weakness in the world's second-largest economy.

The executive director of the Columbus Museum of Art discusses the museum's expansion, champions of local art and more.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Jane Fonda's ranch in northern New Mexico has finally sold after going on the market more than a year ago.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Insurance swindler and former international fugitive Martin Frankel on Thursday was ordered into a residential program for ex-convicts, his second stop since being released from federal prison last month.

TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) - Honda is recalling 143,000 Civic and Fit vehicles in the U.S. to fix a software problem that could cause the front wheels to lock up.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Banking Committee endorsed a bill Thursday to lift the four-decade-old ban on crude oil exports, the latest sign of congressional support for legislation that President Barack Obama opposes.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Jane Fonda's ranch in northern New Mexico has finally sold after going on the market more than a year ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress approved bipartisan legislation Thursday aimed at preventing premium increases that some smaller businesses were expecting next year under President Barack Obama's health care law.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Health insurers will lose about $2.5 billion because patients covered through President Barack Obama's health law last year were sicker than expected, according to government figures released late Thursday.

MAYFLOWER, Ark. (AP) - Federal regulators are assessing a $2.6 million civil penalty against ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. for a 2013 oil spill in Arkansas.

Automakers released U.S. sales of new vehicles for September on Thursday. These were the top selling vehicles, the number sold and the percent change from last September.

NEW YORK (AP) - The battle against credit card fraud is inching forward.

STOCKHOLM (AP) - As the last major economy to submit a target for a global climate pact, India is pledging to reduce the intensity of its carbon emissions and boost the share of electricity produced from sources other than fossil fuels to 40 percent by 2030.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress has approved bipartisan legislation aimed at preventing premium increases that some smaller businesses were expecting next year under President Barack Obama's health care law.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Banking Committee has endorsed a bill to lift the four-decade-old ban on crude oil exports, the latest sign of congressional support for legislation that President Barack Obama opposes.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of Volkswagen Group of America will testify before a House subcommittee Oct. 8.

WASHINGTON (AP) - New government figures indicate that health insurers will lose about $2.5 billion because patients covered through President Barack Obama's health law last year were sicker than expected.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Ben Bernanke recalls the September weekend in 2008 when regulators sought desperately but in vain to save the investment bank Lehman Brothers as a "terrible, surreal moment."

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Federal regulators said Thursday they have no problem with General Electric dismantling a Hudson River PCB cleanup plant as six years of dredging wraps up, even though government advisers had asked to keep it in place while they assess results of the $2 billion cleanup.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Plans are moving ahead to build a new Hudson River rail tunnel and make other large-scale infrastructure improvements, but the lack of a final decision on the scope of the project is stalling further advances, the federal official overseeing the project said Thursday.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Federal regulators say they have no problem with General Electric dismantling a Hudson River PCB cleanup plant as dredging wraps up, despite government advisers asking to keep it in place while they assess results of the $2 billion cleanup.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Plans are moving ahead to build a new Hudson River rail tunnel and make other large-scale infrastructure improvements, but the lack of a final decision on the scope of the project is stalling further advances, the federal official overseeing the project said Thursday.

Credit reporting agency Experian said Thursday that hackers accessed the social security numbers, birthdates and other personal information belonging to about 15 million T-Mobile wireless customers.

STOCKHOLM (AP) - As the last major economy to submit a target for a global climate pact, India is pledging to reduce the intensity of its carbon emissions and boost the share of electricity produced from sources other than fossil fuels to 40 percent by 2030.

Stocks got the fourth quarter off to a weak start on Thursday as investors looked ahead to the government's monthly jobs report.

Credit reporting agency Experian says that hackers accessed the social security numbers, birthdates and other personal information belonging to about 15 million T-Mobile wireless customers.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the new deadline for Congress to increase the government's borrowing cap has been moved up to about Nov. 5.

World headquarters for the daily fantasy site Draftpot is a bedroom in a New York City apartment a few blocks from Columbia University.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Insurance swindler and former international fugitive Martin Frankel has been ordered into a residential program in Connecticut for ex-convicts, his second stop since being released from federal prison last month.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Ben Bernanke recalls the September weekend in 2008 when regulators sought desperately but in vain to save the investment bank Lehman Brothers as a "terrible, surreal moment."

NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The first combination of breakthrough drugs that boost the immune system to fight cancer has been approved, giving maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. an early lead over competitors testing other combos in a pharmaceutical gold rush of sorts.

NEW YORK (AP) - The battle against credit card fraud is inching forward.

TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) - Shell Oil Co. will spend $55 million to clean contaminated soil at a former Los Angeles County rubber plant under an agreement with the federal government.

NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon will stop allowing the sale of Google and Apple video-streaming devices on its site as it focuses on its own Prime Instant Video streaming service.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Two former casino dealers and two friends are being accused of siphoning more than $1 million off craps tables over two years by quietly paying phantom bets at a posh Las Vegas Strip resort.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. unemployment rate - now just 5.1 percent - grabs a lot of the attention each month when the government issues its jobs data. Yet the rate doesn't come close to sketching a full picture of the job market.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A group of mostly black women filed a racial discrimination lawsuit Thursday after they were removed from a train that tours Napa Valley wineries, saying it was humiliating to be thrown off a rail car when loud and inebriated white passengers were allowed to stay.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - U.S. officials said Thursday they want tighter safety rules for pipelines carrying crude oil, gasoline and other hazardous liquids after a series of ruptures that included the costliest onshore oil spill in the nation's history in Michigan.

NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon will stop allowing its third-party sellers to sell Google and Apple video-streaming devices as it focuses on its own Prime Instant Video streaming service.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration set a new national ozone standard Thursday, tightening limits on the smog-forming pollution linked to asthma and respiratory illness.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker are expected to give a much-needed jolt to New Jersey's fledgling Internet gambling market, but observers say the market needs to expand to other jurisdictions in order to truly thrive.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - In a story Sept. 30, The Associated Press reported that production of diesel-engine Passat sedans had been halted at Volkswagen's lone U.S. plant in light of the emissions scandal facing the world's largest automaker. The company said later that production of 2016 model diesel Passats will continue, but that the vehicles will be held at the plant until a remedy for emissions is released through Volkswagen's headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The latest on a group of black women filing a lawsuit over their ejection from a Napa Valley Wine Train (All times local):

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The first combination of breakthrough drugs that boost the immune system to fight cancer has been approved, giving maker Bristol-Myers Squibb an early lead over competitors testing their own combos in a pharmaceutical gold rush of sorts.

NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Dunkin' Brands fell 10 percent Thursday after the company said it expects sales to slow from the previous quarter at its doughnut shops.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Two former craps dealers at the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas and two of their friends have been accused of siphoning more than $1 million off gambling tables over nearly two years by quietly paying phantom bets.

DENVER, Pa. (AP) - In the world of petroliana and automobilia, Kyle D. Moore's name carries a kind of mystique, his vast collection of vintage gasoline signs, gas-station pumps, gas globes, petroleum ads and other artifacts painstakingly amassed over 40 years and widely regarded as the best of its kind.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Los Angeles-based auto lender Westlake Services faces $48.35 million in cash relief and penalties for deceiving customers and falsely threatening criminal prosecution, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Two former managers of a Georgia peanut plant linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak are heading to prison, though for far less time than the ex-boss they helped convict.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The latest on the start of recreational marijuana sales in Oregon (all times local):

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Apple has filled a void on its board of directors with James Bell, the former chief financial officer for aircraft maker Boeing Co.

NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Dunkin' Brands are down 10 percent after the company said it expects sales to slow from the previous quarter at its doughnut shops.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Two former managers of a Georgia peanut plant linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak are heading to prison, though for far less time than the ex-boss they helped convict.

DENVER, Pa. (AP) - In the world of petroliana and automobilia, Kyle D. Moore's name carries a kind of mystique.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is tightening limits on the smog-forming pollution that's linked to asthma and respiratory illness - setting a new national ozone standard of 70 parts per billion.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) - About 850 public entities in Ohio will get a share of the state's $11.5 million settlement with rock salt producers accused of conspiring to drive up prices, Attorney General Mike DeWine said Thursday.

Average U.S. long-term mortgage rates eased slightly this week.

NEW YORK (AP) - Sometimes, pain hits nearly everywhere.

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - Farm equipment manufacturer Deere & Co. said Thursday it has reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers union, averting a possible strike by 10,000 employees at 12 factories in three states.

CHICAGO (AP) - Attorneys for Michael Jordan and the Jewel-Osco say they're in settlement talks about the grocery chain's alleged misuse of the basketball star's name.

MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - General Motors plans to cut $5.5 billion in manufacturing, purchasing and administrative costs during the next three years, helping to finance a big push into autonomous cars and car- and ride-sharing services.

BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union is including Thailand's actions to stamp out slave labor in the fishing industry during its investigation whether to impose sanctions on the major fish-exporting nation for failing to crack down on illegal and unregulated fishing.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - American Airlines and a union have reached a tentative agreement offering higher wages for about 14,500 customer service and gate agents.

NEW YORK (AP) - A series of tweets designed to promote the latest "Call of Duty" video game have drawn scorn on social media for their description of a fictional terrorist attack.

NEW YORK (AP) - It sounded like a sweet deal: A loan broker walked into Southern Girl Desserts offering the Los Angeles bakery a $40,000 loan that could be deposited in a bank account quickly. Already rejected for a loan from a bank, co-owner Catarah Hampshire took the offer and hired more workers to whip up peach cobblers and sweet potato cupcakes.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The latest on the start of recreational marijuana sales in Oregon (all times local):

NEW YORK (AP) - Getting a short-term small business loan is fast and easy, but they also tend to be much more expensive than traditional loans.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Thursday it will hear an appeal from Iran's central bank over a $1.75 billion judgment awarded to victims of terrorist attacks, including the 1983 bombing that killed 241 American soldiers in Lebanon.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Thursday it will hear an appeal from Iran's central bank over a $1.75 billion judgment awarded to victims of terrorist attacks, including the 1983 bombing that killed 241 American soldiers in Lebanon.

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. manufacturers expanded at their slowest pace in two years last month, held back by faltering global growth and cutbacks in oil and gas drilling.

NEW YORK (AP) - Five years after United Airlines and Continental merged, the company's new CEO declared in a public letter that the combined company has failed to live up to the expectations of both fliers and United's employees.