Recession hits Rust Belt towns hard

In Ohio's fading steel towns, the recession was a final cruelty piled on top of three decades of disappearing jobs.

  Job losses send disability claims soaring

Stocks slide after jobless claims rise

  The stock market pulled back Thursday as an unexpected increase in unemployment claims stirred concerns about a still-weak job market.

  GOP senator says he will oppose Bernanke

Bengals’ Henry dies day after fall from truck

  Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry has died, one day after suffering serious injuries upon falling out of the back of a pickup truck in what authorities describe as a domestic dispute with his fiancee.

PFT’s Picks: Jags won’t ruin Colts’ perfect season

Scoop: Were Barkley, Jordan models for Woods?

Tiger Woods’ “indiscretions” began with a pair of bad influences, claims one of his former mistresses.

Tidbits: Hudson worried about A-Rod, women

Air ambulances leave some with sky-high bills

In a country with dwindling health benefits and rising ranks of uninsured, where the rule is to fly first and ask questions later, some patients are finding emergency air flights may save their lives, but also contribute to medical debt they can’t pay.

Doctors airlift boy with 42 needles stuck in him

Check your Facebook privacy settings. Now!

If Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg can't figure out his social networking site's privacy settings after they were ripped open earlier this month, what hope is there for the rest of us?

Eight ancient drinks uncorked by science

Thousands flock to Aria for glitzy unveiling

  Visitors by the thousands streamed into the newest casino-resort on the Las Vegas strip early Thursday, an influx that casino officials hope will help yank Sin City from its two-year economic funk.

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