The competition may be fierce, but the Rose Bowl and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum are among the venues vying to host matches in the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament.

Bank of America Corp. will hike interest rates on as many as four million U.S. credit-card customers who carry a balance, according to The Wall Street Journal. (BAC)

Wells Fargo & Co. says it expects to post record first-quarter net income of $3 billion, or 55 cents per share. (WFC)

Leonard Armato, chairman, chief executive and commission of Association of Volleyball Professionals, has resigned his post, but will stay on as a special advisor to the tour.

Nick Adenhart, a pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, died after being injured in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday night in Fullerton after making his season debut against the Oakland Athletics.

Bank of America Corp. has begun processing its first wave of mortgage-refinance applications under the U.S. Treasury Department's "Making Home Affordable" program. (BAC)

California's export numbers released Thursday provided more grim news.

ESPN is making a run at localized versions of ESPN.com and will start with the Monday launch of ESPNChicago.com, according to media reports. (DIS)

The list of stores Starbucks Corp. is closing includes 40 in the Los Angeles area. (SBUX)

Numerous Hunter Education and Bowhunter Education courses have been scheduled throughout Region 7. Please see schedule for full details of each class. Currently spring and early summer Hunter Ed classes are scheduled for Baker, Glendive and Miles City. Bow Ed

BILLINGS — Pictograph Cave State Park will open for the 2009 season Wednesday, April 15. Park hours during April and May are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week. Construction is underway on a new 2,700-square-foot interpretive and

west of Augusta recently, causing nearly $1,000 in damage. Two signs were shot up and a construction barricade was burned on a concrete pad, damaging the concrete. "Our caretaker discovered the damage during his regular cleaning trip on April 2"

Fish, Wildlife and Parks has set a public meeting to present plans for removing PCBs from Big Spring Creek in Fergus County. The meeting will take place 7 p.m., April 15, at the FWP Office in Lewistown, 215 West Aztec

Women in the developing world are at the climate-change frontlines. From Nicaragua to Mozambique (right), women must travel further for water due to drought and ecological decline, competing with wild animals, and disrupting their family's welfare. Photo: Stig Nygaard

One lottery ticket sold in Washington, D.C. matched all 6 numbers in the Wednesday evening Powerball drawing, and is now worth $144 million to the lucky ticket-holder.Winning Ticket Announcement, Death, Jamaica, Predictions, Multiplier

Are banks back? The panic over the fate of the banking industry could be dissipating.

Wells Fargo earnings sends market surging.

Investors, shoppers, home buyers less jittery.

While high, claims fell more than expected.

Stimulus money to pay for working family children.