Tina Pic finished seventh today in the fourth and final stage of the Geelong Tour in Australia. Her finish on the 114 km ride out and back to Lara, Australia was only good enough to place her 17th
The Phoenix Civic Plaza is no more. City politicos and members of the downtown business community gathered - with much fanfare - Thursday morning in front of Symphony Hall to unveil the tourism magnet's new name: Phoenix Convention Center.
Environmental scientists and a Northwest congressman sounded off Thursday in anticipation of a congressional field hearing Friday in Medford on salvage logging.
Aggressive marketing and a nationwide travel surge have helped push Illinois tourism to record levels, state officials said Thursday as they outlined plans that include more efforts to attract minority travelers.
A federal judge is set to decide tomorrow whether a patent lawsuit against the company that makes Blackberries should go forward. Worst case, if you're a user, is that the judge could shut down sales and service of Blackberries in
Analysts in London have spotted a curious development: A plan to launch a new oil exchange in Teheran. They say the Iranians are trying to develop a financial weapon. From London, Stephen Beard reports.
The White House has been trying to put to rest the controversy over a company from Dubai taking over operation of some US ports. With all the oil money, you might think the Middle East would be a big source
The Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo begins selling Lenovo-branded computers outside of China today. Lenovo is the world's third-largest computer maker after Dell and Hewlett-Packard. Will the Lenovo brand fly with American consumers? Bob Moon has the story.
US family incomes fell in 2004 while median household incomes edged up, according to a new Federal Reserve study. The Fed noted that American families have been strongly influenced by a decline in the overall median amount of wages. Curt
After regulators accused mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae of manipulating earnings to meet Wall Street expectations, the company commissioned a review of itself. The report says Fannie Mae has cleaned house, and that no one responsible for the fraud remains
Today, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Gadola signed a consent order making permanent the February 14, 2006 temporary order requiring recall of a list containing the names of public school employees who were alleged to have been convicted of a
United States Attorney Karin J. Immergut announced today that a federal grand jury in Eugene, Oregon, has returned two separate 14-count indictments charging Nathan Fraser Block and Joyanna L. Zacher in the May 21, 2001, arson at Jefferson Poplar Farm
The death of a 45-year-old physician turned real estate entrepreneur in Wednesday's horrific pileup on the Stevenson Expressway has FBI agents looking into his dealings.
