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Business Highlights
___ Rising sales point to better year for housing NEW YORK (AP) The housing market is flashing signs of health ahead of the spring-buying season. Sales of previously occupied homes are at their highest level since May 2010. More first-time
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Nascar Makes Smooth Transition to Fuel Injection
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Jack Roush once was the most hands-on team owner in the NASCAR garage. It wouldn't be odd to walk into the garage on a race weekend and see Roush under the hood, fiddling with a carburetor.
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Fusion Center in Tennessee Draws Trends on Crime
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Since opening five years ago, the Tennessee Fusion Center has become the state's centralized database for criminal information and records that aids analysts in discerning patterns in criminal activity throughout the state. Fusion centers like the one
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Immigration Chief Seeks to Reassure Silicon Valley
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) The Obama administration's top immigration official says he wants to keep more foreign-born high-tech entrepreneurs in the U.S. But to make that happen, he said he needs those entrepreneurs to turn their creativity to immigration itself.
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Feb. 21 The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee on politicking and social welfare groups: Voters have a right to know who tries to sway elections and influence politicians with their
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Mont. Radio Operator Hams it up From His Home
LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) There are not many hobbies where you can relay messages for emergency personnel during an unfolding disaster one day, talk to astronauts on the International Space Station another, then talk to your buddies in Morse code at
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Ohio Health System Invites Employee Inventions
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The inventions range from a high-tech 3-D joint scanner to a low-tech yet highly sanitary toilet-seat lifter, and the inventors range from a top-flight surgeon to a part-time shuttle-bus driver. But in the end, the result is
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NY Court Decision Bolsters Anti-Fracking Movement
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) A New York court decision has bolstered a movement among towns determined to prevent the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas within their borders. A state Supreme Court justice on Tuesday upheld the town of
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Cable Cos. Shut Down Interactive ad Venture
NEW YORK (AP) The country's largest cable TV companies are shutting down the bulk of a venture that let viewers interact with TV ads, laying off 120 employees. Four-year-old Canoe Ventures in New York made it possible for viewers of
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Groups Challenge Shell Oil'S Arctic Air Permit
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Environmental and Alaska Native groups will try to keep Shell Oil out of Arctic waters this summer by appealing an air permit that was granted by the Environmental Protection Agency. The nine groups have sued in the
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Wheat Growers Co-Op in Dakotas Buys SD Company
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) A farmer cooperative in the James River Valley in North Dakota and South Dakota has bought a precision agronomy company based in the South Dakota city of Watertown. The Aberdeen-based Wheat Growers co-op did not give the
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Techbits Package
NY group: Online journalists censored, attacked NEW YORK (AP) A global coalition against censorship is needed to protect online journalists and bloggers who are being targeted by repressive governments, a leading advocacy group said Tuesday. At least 46 journalists died
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Charger, Dodge'S Large Sedan, Impresses
Forget about retro, nostalgia stuff. The 2012 Dodge Charger is an impressive, large, rear-wheel drive sedan for today's buyers who want to stand out from the crowd. Revamped for 2012, the expressively styled, four-door Charger can look like a snarl
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Immigration Director in Silicon Valley For Summit
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) The Obama administration's top immigration official is looking to enlist the private sector's help in looking for ways to keep foreign-born, high-tech entrepreneurs in the U.S. Members of Silicon Valley's startup community will meet Wednesday with
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GM Appoints Veteran Engineer to Head Research
DETROIT (AP) General Motors says veteran engineer Jon Lauckner will head the company's research and development efforts. Lauckner will become the automaker's chief technology officer starting April 1. He'll also continue to lead GM Ventures, which invests money in technology
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Summary Box: Microsoft Files Complaint on Motorola
THE COMPLAINT: Microsoft has filed a formal complaint in the European Union against Motorola Mobility, saying its aggressive enforcement of patent rights breaks competition rules. IN TRANSITION: Motorola is in the process of being taken over by Google for $12.5
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Bc-Business News Preview
Editors: Among the stories for Wednesday from The Associated Press: TOP STORIES GREECE-FINANCIAL CRISIS ATHENS, Greece Greece scrambles to adopt a batch of emergency laws that will further cut incomes and government spending, a day after securing a new bailout
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Microsoft Lodges EU Complaint Against Motorola
BRUSSELS (AP) Microsoft on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the European Union's competition regulator against Motorola Mobility, saying the company's aggressive enforcement of patent rights against rivals breaks competition rules. The complaint follows a similar step by Apple against
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Latest Pennsylvania Business
US-GAS-DRILLING-MARCELLUS-PIPELINE-PENNSYLVANIA Cabot, Williams announce new Marcellus pipeline ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) A natural gas driller and a pipeline company are proposing to build a new pipeline to carry natural gas from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale region to the New York and New
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Ark. Lawmakers Move Closer Toward Budget Bill
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas lawmakers moved closer Wednesday toward drafting the state's budget for the coming year, but the top Republican in the House said he and Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe still remained far from an agreement as they
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Peugeot in Alliance Talks With GM
PARIS (AP) PSA Peugeot Citroen is in talks over a possible alliance with Detroit-based General Motors, a deal that could dwarf France's leading car maker's existing partnerships with BMW, Mitsubishi Motors and Toyota. Peugeot Citroen shares surged on news of
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Tuesday'S Scores
BOYS' BASKETBALL Albion 58, Marshall 39 Allen Park Inter-City Baptist 71, Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 50 Alma 61, Freeland 53 Almont 59, Harper Woods 47 Alpena 57, Standish-Sterling 56 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 48, Dearborn Divine Child 41 Ann Arbor
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Ties to Knicks' Lin Peck at Taiwan Bookishness
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) In achievement-oriented Taiwan, where studying seems to be the preferred pastime activity among young people, the outdoor complex of basketball courts near National Taiwan University is normally a pretty lonely place, more used to hosting raindrops and
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AP News in Brief at 11:58 P.M. Est
Santorum: Obama is ill-intentioned power grabber who undermines churches, promotes false fears PHOENIX (AP) A surging Rick Santorum is making increasingly harsh remarks about President Barack Obama, questioning not just the president's competence but his motives and even his Christian
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 P.M. Est
One more big case: High court adds affirmative action in college entry to election-year slate WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court is setting an election-season review of racial preference in college admissions, agreeing Tuesday to consider new limits on the contentious
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