More ethics rules issued for NC treasurer workers - AP - 6 minutes ago
State Treasurer Janet Cowell unveiled new rules Friday banning employees from taking gifts from companies that do substantial business with the agency and setting a limit on charitable solicitations.

Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations - AP - 9 minutes ago
For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night.

Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote - AP - 35 minutes ago
Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care - AP - 36 minutes ago
Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care -- and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

UConn: Merger with Hartford Hospital not feasible - AP - 37 minutes ago
University of Connecticut officials say a plan to merge the UConn Health Center in Farmington with Hartford Hospital is unlikely to win official approval.

Ex-Vivendi CEO: I made mistakes but never misled - AP - 38 minutes ago
Former Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier told a jury Friday he made mistakes in his troubled bid to turn the French water company into a global media giant, but he never misled shareholders about the risks.

Monsanto aims to stop leaks at Idaho mine dump - AP - 45 minutes ago
Monsanto Co. is installing a water management system at an Idaho phosphate mine the company depends on to make its Roundup weedkiller to stop the leakage of selenium and heavy metals into a tributary of the Blackfoot River.