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Thousands of WalMart Employees Pushing for CEOs to Step Down
A deli manager at a Walmart store has started an online petition calling for the resignations of the retailer's chairman and chief executive officer in ... Full story
Hospitals in NC Sued 40,000 Patients for Unpaid Bills
Hospitals in North Carolina are taking debt-collection to a whole new level.Certain North Carolina hospitals sued 40,000 patients for unpaid bills between 2005 and 2010, ... Full story
Nearly Half of All People Lie About Money to Their Significant Other
Nearly half of all people have lied to their significant other about money, according to a new "Financial Infidelity" survey of 23,000 online users by ... Full story
Facebook to make another big purchase
Microsoft, which just bought patents from AOL for $1 billion, is now turning around and selling most of them to Facebook for $550 million.Microsoft and ... Full story
16 Ways Marijuana Affects The United States Economy
In honor of 4/20, we had hoped to give you 420 reasons to celebrate. Then we randomly got lazy. So here are, like, 16 reasons ... Full story
Mega Millions Jackpot Has States Worried Over Taxes From Possible Winners
People queuing up for Mega Millions tickets aren't the only ones salivating over the record $540 million jackpot that could be won Friday – some ... Full story
MF Global Customers Given Offers
Some big financial firms have offered to buy the claims of thousands of MF Global customers, whose money went missing after the brokerage firm collapsed ... Full story
Why Health Care Costs Could Cost More Than You Make
Health insurance will cost more than the median income of an American household by 2037 -- and that's the best-case scenario, two doctors contend in ... Full story
Starbucks looking to heat up the competition
U.S.-based Starbucks Corp is planning to strengthen its presence in Europe and grab market share from Switzerland's Nestle in the area of instant coffee, its ... Full story
Drug use high in surprising profession
More than 1,500 coal miners have tested positive for drug use since Kentucky began screenings six years ago, a state attorney told lawmakers on Wednesday, ... Full story
Top Executive at Olympus Corp found hung, apparent suicide
A top executive of Japan's scandal-ridden Olympus Corp was found hung to death outside his apartment in suburban Delhi in a likely suicide, police said ... Full story
Jobless Claims Highest It's Been in Four Years
WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell to the lowest point in almost four years last week, the latest signal that the ... Full story
Poll Shows Only 6 Percent of College Students Want to Work for the Government
The public sector, the part of the economy experiencing cuts at every level, may soon be facing a staffing crisis of sorts.Just 6 percent of ... Full story
Billion dollar stadium will saddle Minnesota taxpayers
Here's one way a Republican presidential candidate might gain more votes in Tuesday's Minnesota caucuses: Promise citizens they won't have to pay for the Minnesota ... Full story
Construction Spending in the United States Surges
U.S. construction spending surged to a near 1-1/2 year high in November as investment in public and private projects rose solidly, cementing expectations of strong ... Full story
Greece threatens to ditch the euro if bailout finalization fails
ATHENS, Greece — Greece's government warned Tuesday that the debt-crippled country will have to ditch the euro if it fails to finalize the details of ... Full story
Starbucks to raise prices
Are you one of those people who constantly grumbles about $4 lattes? Brace yourself: Starbucks, patient zero of that particular fiduciary epidemic, just announced that ... Full story
Federal Reserve to make monetary policy projections public
The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Tuesday it will begin issuing later this month policymaker forecasts for its benchmark interest rate and when officials expect ... Full story
Top Travel Stories of 2011
Top 5 Travel Stories of 20111. Passenger PR DisastersSo many examples, so little time. We begin with Jack the Cat. The feline escaped his carrier ... Full story
Obama Discusses Simplifying Credit Card Agreements
The Obama administration announced a proposal today aimed at simplifying credit card agreements for consumers, but it remains to be seen whether the plan has ... Full story
Best Actors for Least Amount of Money
The Twilight movies are more than a cultural sensation, they're a financial phenomenon. The latest, Breaking Dawn, has ranked No. 1 at the U.S. box ... Full story
Occupy the Highway Marchers Arrive in The Nation's Capital
WASHINGTON - About two dozen Occupy Wall Street participants are expected to arrive in the nation's capital after a two-week, 240-mile march from New York.The ... Full story
Unemployment fell in April in most metro areas
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The best month for private-sector hiring in five years and a pickup in summer jobs helped lower unemployment ...
US auto sales cooled in May due to shortages
DETROIT (AP) -- U.S. auto sales cooled off in May as buyers dealt with shortages on dealer lots, higher gas prices ...
May manufacturing activity cooled to 20-month low
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. manufacturing activity expanded in May at the slowest pace in 20 months, the latest sign that a ...
Construction spending weak despite small uptick
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Builders began work on more home-remodeling projects in April. But the increase barely lifted overall construction spending above ...
Sealed Air to buy Diversey Holdings for $2.9B
NEW YORK (AP) -- Packaging company Sealed Air Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to buy privately-held Diversey Holdings Inc. for ...
Report questions official Haiti quake death toll
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Far fewer people died or were left homeless by last year's devastating earthquake than claimed by Haitian ...
Fiat willing to buy Canada's Chrysler stock
TORONTO (AP) -- The chief executive officer of Chrysler and Fiat said Monday he and Canadian authorities have begun talking about ...
Renault taps Nissan executive as new COO
PARIS (AP) -- French automaker Renault says it has named a top executive of Nissan Americas as its chief operating officer ...
Fortis to buy Vermont power company for $470M
The Canadian utility Fortis Inc. said on Monday that it will purchase electricity distributor Central Vermont Public Service Corp. for about $470 million to get ...
Berlusconi suffers setback in local vote
ROME (AP) -- Premier Silvio Berlusconi acknowledged Monday that his center-right party suffered defeats in his political stronghold of Milan and ...
'Hangover' lingers with record $105.8M weekend
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hollywood has hustled up a hangover for the record books. "The Hangover Part II" set a new ...
Libyan rebels: No oil production until fields safe
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Airline fuel bills today are anything but peanuts
NEW YORK (AP) -- To fly someone from New York to Los Angeles and back, airlines spend close to $330 these ...
Why safe corporate bonds aren't so smart anymore
NEW YORK (AP) -- The safest corporate debt isn't looking so smart anymore. Companies deemed good for the money are raising ...
Tech mogul pays bright minds not to go to college
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Instead of paying attention in high school, Nick Cammarata preferred to read books on whatever interested him. ...
Venezuelans protest US sanctions against oil co.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Thousands of government supporters jammed into a plaza Sunday to protest U.S. sanctions against Venezuela's state oil ...
Greenpeace activists climb Greenland oil rig
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Three Greenpeace activists on Sunday climbed up an oil rig off Greenland's coast in an attempt to stop ...
Australia takes on tobacco giants over packaging
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia faces a smoking hot battle against big tobacco companies over a plan to remove their last ...
Lockheed Martin hit by cyber attack
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hackers launched a "significant and tenacious" cyber attack on Lockheed Martin, a major defense contractor holding highly sensitive ...
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Maryland school board proposes new suspention rules
BALTIMORE - Maryland's school board is proposing that officials only be allowed to suspend students for more than 10 days if they believe that is ... Full story
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Bill To End Indefinite Detention Voted Against
A judge may have found unconstitutional the law that allows people to be held indefinitely without trial by the military, but the House of Representatives ... Full story
Arrest made in Miss. highway killings
By the CNN Wire Staff updated 9:25 AM EDT, Fri May 18, 2012 Suspect James D. Willie, 28, of Sardis, Mississippi, was arrested Tuesday on an unrelated ...
Jurors to get John Edwards case
STORY HIGHLIGHTS John Edwards is charged with falsifying documents, taking illegal contributions, conspiracy He broke the law by taking big donations to hide his mistress, prosecutors say Just ...
Van Halen postpones summer tour
By Ed Payne, CNN updated 4:52 AM EDT, Fri May 18, 2012 David Lee Roth walks offstage with the rest of the band (L-R) Alex Van Halen, ...
McCoy agrees to five-year extension with Eagles
LeSean McCoy set Eagles records last season with 17 rushing touchdowns and 20 total scores. Ronald Martinez/Getty Images PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- LeSean McCoy ran his way onto ...
Flesh-eating infections: Scores per year
The necrotizing fasciitis cases of Lana Kuykendall, left, and especially Aimee Copeland have garnered unusual media attention. STORY HIGHLIGHTS "Oh, how tragic, another case!" says co-founder of ...
Horses beaten, 'sored' to win shows
An undercover investigation led to charges against Tennessee Walking Horse trainer Jackie McConnell and three associates. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Defense attorney has no comment on specific charges against ...
Attorney says no charges against Bears' Marshall
NEW YORK (AP) -- The lawyer for Brandon Marshall says no charges will be brought against the Chicago Bears wide receiver for an altercation outside ...
Reports: Jets' Ellis to plea guilty to misdemeanor
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- New York Jets defensive lineman Kenrick Ellis reportedly has reached a plea agreement in a Virginia court that will reduce ...
Michael McCann: Vilma v. Goodell is more than just a defamation lawsuit
In a report, commissioner Roger Goodell alleged that Jonathan Vilma "offered $10,000 cash to any player who knocked [opposing QB Brett] Favre out of the ...
