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Fairfield, Conn., site of train derailment. (AP Photo)

Commutes long, slow after Conn. train derailment

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week’s train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. It took Gary Maddin of […]

2013/05/20

Candace Glover, 2013 American Idol winner. (AP Photo)

‘American Idol’ finale draws record low ratings

NEW YORK (AP) — Ratings for the “American Idol” finale plunged to a record low for the 12-year-old show. According to preliminary Nielsen Co. figures Friday, Candice Glover’s victory over Kree Harrison was watched by […]

2013/05/17

Hello muddah? Not everyone loved sleepaway camp

NEW YORK (AP) — When the school year ends a few weeks from now, millions of kids will head off to sleepaway camp for a summer filled with color wars, kayaking and bunk life. Most […]

2013/05/16

Trace Adkins, country singer, performing the national anthem, Waco, Texas. (AP Photo)

Trace Adkins picks unknown singer for TV duet

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — “Celebrity Apprentice” finalist Trace Adkins has an apprentice of his own. In the market for a duet partner, Adkins picked out an unknown singer he saw at a junior-college fundraiser to […]

2013/05/14

Bloomberg editor apologizes on information access

NEW YORK (AP) — The editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News apologized Monday for the financial news service’s practice of accessing private data on clients through the company’s information service. Journalists at Bloomberg News, until recently, had […]

2013/05/13

Tickets on sale for Lady Liberty’s July 4 opening

NEW YORK (AP) — The Statue of Liberty is reopening July 4 after Superstorm Sandy flooded the island where it stands. The statue has been closed since Sandy struck the region on Oct. 29 and […]

2013/05/09

Shinola Watch Company in Detroit (AP Photo)

Detroit adds watches to the list of stuff it makes

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit has a long history of manufacturing — cars, steel, even popcorn. Now, the city is home to a facility devoted to the production of an item not made at this scale […]

2013/05/09

NYC Council OKs sick days plan, seen as key step

NEW YORK (AP) — In a significant victory amid a push for paid sick time laws around the country, city lawmakers voted Wednesday to make businesses provide the benefit to an estimated 1 million workers […]

2013/05/08

Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Raffaele’s last words were over a cellphone to a friend: “I’m going to crash!” The car she was driving had clipped a snow bank and spun into oncoming traffic, where […]

2013/05/07

Baxter drug fails to slow Alzheimer’s in big study

DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to […]

2013/05/07

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