CHICAGO - Media giant Tribune Co. on Friday posted a 35 percent drop in fourth-quarter net earnings from a year earlier, when results were boosted by a $100 million profit from selling its stake in The Golf Channel.But in addition

WASHINGTON The federal government is a step closer to approving a plan to turn weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for nuclear power plants.Staffers at the Nuclear Regulatory...

HARTFORD, Conn. Connecticut's attorney general is asking the U-S Supreme Court to clear the way for New England's first execution in 45 years to take place hours from...

HOWELL, Mich. A Michigan man who's auctioning Ku Klux Klan paraphernalia tomorrow says he's just selling "a part of history."But it's a history some residents in Howell want...

HOUSTON The general who commands U-S forces in Iraq predicts that (m) millions of Iraqis will vote this weekend in the face of likely bloodshed.General John Abizaid...

A proposed grocery store for downtown Flint and a new Brazilian Steak House are among two of the projects being worked on for the heart of the city.

The effort to consolidate the Grand Blanc city and township governments is now in the hands of the State Boundary Commission.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Gubernatorial candidate Sen. Jon S. Corzine continued to tighten his grip on key Democratic Party strongholds Friday, the same day two published reports said acting Gov. Richard J. Codey would skip a run for a full

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - "Jesse" James Leija knows he's in hostile territory.

MADISON, N.J. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted priority review for a new antibiotic developed by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals that the company said Friday is the first in a new class of antibiotics submitted for regulatory approval.

TRENTON, N.J. - Aerospace and high-tech manufacturer Honeywell International posted a 3 percent increase in fourth-quarter profits Friday, citing stronger sales fueled in part by increased air travel.

As in the new Dennis Quaid movie "In Good Company," younger bosses are increasingly supervising older employees, with managers just as likely to be recent b-school grads as they are baby boomers.

When Waltham-based Authoria surveyed human resources executives at big firms, they learned the top two headaches in 2004 were keeping talent and finding ways to reduce benefits costs. Also: Some employees find it harder to keep the faith.

Working part time after a leave, keeping in touch with a mentor - these bridge-building efforts, dubbed "on-ramps," are quietly changing what it means to leave a job, for a few weeks or even years.

To help find your match with the right boss as well as the right job, says the Job Doc, develop a list of the characteristics you seek in a boss. Also: In some cases, experience matters more than degree... Colleague's

A 55-year old architect who for 16 years managed a firm he founded is now self-employed, working part time as an architectural consultant and part time making high-end furniture.

Firefighters and their canine search partners will gather tomorrow to honor a Montebello Fire Department rescue dog who died just days after working tirelessly at the La Conchita mudslide.

A Glendale man accused of keeping track of his ex- girlfriend by attaching a cell phone equipped with a satellite-enabled tracking system to her car was sentenced today to 16 months in prison.

Six years ago, Chris Rock joked that the Academy Awards looked like the "million white man march" for its traditional under-representation of blacks.

PHILADELPHIA - FBI agents fanned out across Philadelphia on Friday arresting alleged members of a street gang that prosecutors said used kidnapping and murder to expand its drug trafficking territory in eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.