Authorities say an illegal immigrant was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was attacked with rocks in southern Arizona.
Border Patrol spokesman Omar Candelaria says the shooting occurred Monday after the agent and his dog encountered the man in an area known as "D" Hill just outside Douglas.
Authorities say the …
Trustee Scott Berg won a four-way race for village president ofLake in the Hills Tuesday, capturing 45 percent of the vote.
Berg, an electrical contractor, was trailed by Trustee JimKennedy, with 31 percent, Helen Jost, a former trustee, with 19percent and Michael Gluth, a newcomer to village politics, 4 percent.
"The voters have chosen someone who wants to represent them,"Berg said. Berg said he would set up a long-term plan for growthand promised a smooth transition to a new administration.Three new trustees also were elected: Paul Mulcahy, RobertSpooner and Leslie Ann Signa.The issues of airport expansion and a two-year term for villageboard members …
SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks Corp.'s fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped nearly 29 percent on stronger sales of its coffee in its cafes and at other retailers.
The company, based in Seattle, reported Thursday that it earned $358.5 million, or 47 cents per share. That's up from $278.9 million, or 37 cents per share, last year. After adjusting for one-time gains and an extra week in the prior quarter, the company earned 37 cents compared with 32 cents last year.
Revenue rose 7 percent to $3 billion, with some benefit from foreign exchange rates. Revenue jumped 15 percent after adjusting for the extra week last year.
The results beat Wall Street's expectations and shares jumped …
China has overtaken the United States as the world's largest energy consumer, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. China immediately questioned the report, claiming its calculations were "unreliable."
The Paris-based agency said China's 2009 consumption of energy sources ranging from oil and coal to wind and solar power was equal to 2.265 billion tons of oil, compared to 2.169 billion tons used that year by the United States.
The shift is historic, coming years ahead of forecasts. In climate change talks, China has long pointed fingers at the energy consumption patterns of developed nations and is sure to feel uncomfortable with the …
ANAHEIM, Calif. Fantasyland - OK, Disneyland - is just down thestreet. So this would seem to be the appropriate setting for thebaseball winter meetings, where wish lists usually get detoured intothe land of reality.
It is hard to gauge what a few days in the California sunshinewill bring, but it will not produce the gold rush of last December,when the Los Angeles Dodgers spent $105 million on pitcher KevinBrown.
In the past, the winter meetings have been flesh markets for freeagents. But the paltry crop of available players this offseason wouldbe hard-pressed to find roles in B movies.
Opinions vary about what will happen during the next few days,from …
Founded as Black Women in Publishings 25 years ago, Black Americans in Publishing (BAIP) supports the advancement of black professionals employed in the industry and nurtures those seeking entry. The founders (see listing at left, below picture) were imaginative black women who bonded in the late 1970s to get their due in all sectors a vibrant but exclusionary industry. In 1979, these pacesetters entered pathways to upward mobility in publishing marked "White Males Only," but they persisted in forging ahead and built a ladder for those wishing to follow in their footsteps.
Today too few blacks in the industry reap the financial or career benefits of the increasing black consumer …
The mother of the world's longest-living octuplets is being deluged with offers for book deals, TV shows and other business proposals, but has not decided what she might do other than care for her children, her newly hired spokeswoman said Monday.
Hundreds of requests have been made since Nadya Suleman gave birth to six boys and two girls a week ago, said Joann Killeen, president of Killeen Furtney Group, a public relations company.
"She's the most sought after mom in the world right now," Killeen said. "Everyone wants to talk to her."
But Suleman, who remained hospitalized with her children Monday at Kaiser Permanente's …
