Commodity prices are falling as hopes fade for a quick resolution to Europe's debt crisis.
The price of copper plunged 5.6 percent Wednesday as investors worried that demand for basic materials would shrink if the global economy weakens. Oil fell 3.8 percent. Prices for other metals and agricultural products also dropped.
It's a sharp reversal from the previous day, when prices rose on speculation that …
Argentina is reporting that inflation rose 7.7 percent last year, though private economists say the true rate is at least double that figure.
The national statistics institute also said Friday that consumer prices increased 0.9 percent in December over the previous …
Featuring several 100-pound granite gravestones withmetaphorical etchings of Hank Williams and cynical commentary on theindustry, it has caused controversy in Nashville.
The commercial country music industry is always whistling pastthe graveyard. How else does one explain why Merle Haggard andGeorge Jones are without record deals? Recently Jones was droppedfrom MCA …
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has appointed a state judge who once served on the board of Planned Parenthood to the state Supreme Court, against the urgings of a conservative group who claimed the pick would put "another activist" on the court.
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Morgan Christen, 47, will be the second woman to serve on the state's high court. Former Gov. Tony Knowles appointed current Chief Justice Dana Fabe in 1996.
Christen was one of two judges recommended for the post by the Alaska Judicial Council, an independent citizen's commission that evaluates judicial appointments for the governor.
Palin said she had "every …
SEOUL, South Korea - Former President Bill Clinton brought twofreed U.S. journalists out of North Korea early Wednesday followingrare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, who pardoned the womensentenced to hard labor for entering the country illegally.
Euna Lee and Laura Ling were heading back to the U.S. withClinton, his spokesman Matt McKenna said, less than 24 hours afterthe former U.S. leader landed in the North Korean capital on aprivate, humanitarian trip to secure their release.
The women, dressed in short-sleeved shirts and jeans, appearedhealthy as they climbed the steps to the plane and shook hands withClinton before getting into the jet, APTN footage …
SAN FRANCISCO - The ex-boyfriend of an off-duty police officer who was shot to death after a memorial service was arrested for investigation of murder Saturday, authorities said.
Quartus Lee Hinton, 28, of Vallejo, was arrested without incident at the Vallejo marina after a daylong manhunt in the San Francisco Bay Area, Richmond police said. Hinton did not yet have an attorney late Saturday.
Authorities said witnesses had identified Hinton as the gunman who shot Officer Kaliah Harper on Friday.
Harper, a five-year veteran of the Richmond police …
