AP Source: New management plans Chrysler price cut DETROIT — Coming to your local Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep dealer: Tractor-trailers full of cars and trucks with lower sticker prices. The big discounts are part of new CEO Sergio Marchionne’s attempt to revive the Detroit company the way he did Italian automaker Fiat.
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AP Source: Price cuts big part of game plan as Fiat tries to rescue troubled Chrysler
Idaho Falls projects biggest stimulus winners BOISE, Idaho — The region surrounding Idaho Falls, with its energy laboratory and hazardous waste clean-up project, has been the biggest recipient of federal stimulus money. According to the latest reporting figures, the ZIP code that includes the Idaho National Laboratory received more than $427 million, accounting for about a third
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Idaho Falls area is state’s biggest recipient of federal stimulus funding
more images more images Stimulus saved, created 650,000 jobs, gov’t claims WASHINGTON — Nearly 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan, the government said Friday, and the White House declared the nation on track to meet the president’s goal of 3.5 million by the end of next year.
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Stimulus has saved, created 650,000 jobs so far, federal report says _ ‘on target’ for goals
Investigators seek clues in S. Calif. midair crash SAN DIEGO — The nighttime collision of a Coast Guard aircraft on a rescue mission and a Marine helicopter left nine people feared dead at sea Friday as investigators tried to solve the mystery of how the aircrews failed to see each other in a heavily used military
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Officials seek clues in S. Calif. midair crash as search continues for 9 missing servicemen
Wait for steel delays repair work on Bay Bridge OAKLAND, Calif. — Crews trying to repair the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ran into problems Friday, stopping work as they waited for new steel plates needed to strengthen the troubled span. The bridge will likely stay closed through the weekend, and it was unclear if it would reopen
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Wait for steel delays repair work on San Francisco Bay bridge; Monday opening unsure
more images more images Haiti’s president turns to Cabinet for new PM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s president turned Friday to a member of his former prime minister’s freshly dissolved Cabinet to replace her, a day after she was abruptly removed by the Senate in a vote that reflects the country’s deep political divisions. Jean-Max Bellerive, the minister of planning
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Haiti’s Preval nominates Cabinet member to replace prime minister ousted by Senate
UN security guard from Miami hailed as hero MIAMI — A United Nations security guard from Miami who died fighting the Taliban during an attack on a hotel in Afghanistan is being hailed as a hero by top U.N. staff. Twenty-seven-year-old Louis Maxwell was killed during the gunfight Wednesday at the hotel in Kabul filled with U.N.
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UN security guard from Miami who died in Afghanistan attack by Taliban hailed as hero
Professor, wife indicted on fraud, money charges TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A University of Florida professor and his wife have been arrested and accused of receiving fraudulent government contracts from NASA and other government agencies and moving the funds to their personal bank accounts, authorities said. A federal grand jury charged 60-year-old Samim Anghaie and his 55-year-old wife
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University of Florida professor, wife indicted on wire fraud and money laundering charges
L-3 Communications’ Vertex gets $24.6M Navy deal WASHINGTON — L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.’s Vertex Aerospace received a $24.6 million contract boost from the Navy for maintenance for the several aircraft, the Pentagon said late Friday. Services will be provided on the F-16, F-18, H-60 and E-2C aircraft at the Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nev
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L-3 Communications’ Vertex gets $24.6 million Navy deal for maintenance on several aircraft
No change for Oregon video lottery retailer payout SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Lottery Commission has voted unanimously to maintain compensation rates for video lottery retailers despite claims by education advocates that schools should get a bigger share. The commissioners followed a recommendation by Lottery Director Dale Penn, who said reducing payouts to bars that host video
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Oregon commission approves 5-year video lottery retailer contracts without change in payouts
Northrop Grumman gets $26.6M Navy deal WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman Corp. received a $26.6 million contract from Navy to build and deliver four radar systems used on ships, the Pentagon said late Friday. The radar systems provides the capability to detect and track low-flying, high-speed, small radar cross section anti-ship missile targets, according to the government notice
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Northrop Grumman gets $26.6 million Navy deal to build 4 radar systems for ships
Guide on BBC children’s show killed by elephant LONDON — The BBC says that a British guide working on a children’s television show in Tanzania was killed after being charged by an elephant. The British broadcaster says that 38-year-old Anton Turner had been working as an expedition guide for the show “Serious Explorers,” which follows David Livingstone’s
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Guide on BBC kid’s show killed by charging elephant in Tanzania, children unhurt
Slain mosque leader’s followers deny FBI claims DETROIT — A Detroit mosque is dismissing as “utterly preposterous” the government’s allegations that its slain leader was part of a radical Islamic group. The FBI says agents killed Luqman Ameen Abdullah after he fired on them Wednesday as they tried to arrest him on several charges, including conspiracy to
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Slain imam’s Detroit mosque denies he was a radical, calls FBI’s claims ‘preposterous’
Bay Bridge likely closed through weekend SAN FRANCISCO — State transportation officials say the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will likely stay closed through the weekend and are unsure if it will open in time for Monday’s morning commute. Construction crews on Friday continued a third full day of emergency repairs, but had to stop work while waiting
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San Francisco Bay Bridge likely to remain closed through weekend; Monday opening unsure
New Orleans mayor wants cuts, fees for budget hole NEW ORLEANS — As New Orleans struggles to keep its recovery from Hurricane Katrina on track, it’s facing one of its largest ever budget deficits, $68 million, and the prospect of higher fees for residents and forced furloughs for many city workers to address it. Mayor Ray Nagin
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With New Orleans facing $68 million budget hole, mayor proposes worker furloughs, fees
more images more images Arts agencies to get highest funding in 16 years WASHINGTON — The National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities are expected to receive their highest levels of funding in 16 years from a bill President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law by this weekend.
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Bill heading to Obama would boost federal arts, cultural funding to highest level in 16 years
Flat incomes, weak consumer spending raise concern WASHINGTON — Flat incomes suggest more weakness ahead in consumer spending, reinforcing concerns about a ho-hum holiday shopping season and a sluggish economic recovery. “This recovery is going to be very weak. Consumers are in no position or mood to spend
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Consumer spending tumbles while incomes stagnate, reinforce concerns about economic recovery
Ending free transit for Illinois seniors derailed CHICAGO — Illinois senior citizens can continue riding for free on mass transit, but the perk means other commuters could see their fares increase. Officials and lawmakers had talked about limiting the freebie to low-income seniors to lessen the burden on cash-strapped mass transit systems in the Chicago area, but
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Effort to end free mass-transit rides for Illinois seniors gets derailed at state Capitol
Doc: Cambodia’s ‘jungle woman’ sick, mentally ill PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A woman dubbed the “jungle woman” after emerging naked and unable to speak from the wilds of northeastern Cambodia two years ago is sick and apparently suffering from mental illness, a doctor said Friday. Hing Phan Sokhunthea, chief of Rattanakiri province hospital, said the woman, believed
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Doctor says Cambodia’s ‘jungle woman’ is sick and apparently mentally ill
Dozens of House members scrutinized, report shows WASHINGTON — Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work. Seven of the lawmakers — four not previously known — serve on a
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Dozens of House members under scrutiny, from early review to full probe, ethics report shows
Arkansas prepares for Powerball launch with party LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Powerball’s launch in Arkansas may feel more like New Year’s Eve than Halloween with a party in Little Rock marking the start of ticket sales Saturday night. The party in the city’s River Market district will feature a countdown and a giant ball dropping at 10:15
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Arkansas to launch Powerball lottery with New Year’s Eve-like party on Halloween
Stocks swoon as worries about the economy return NEW YORK — Grim signals about consumer spending ripped through the markets Friday, sending stocks tumbling as investors raced for safe havens. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index and the Nasdaq composite index ended with losses for October, breaking a streak of seven straight months of gains. The Dow
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Stocks slump a day after euphoric rise and are flat for the month; Dow plunges 250
Prosecutors won’t charge cops in LA May Day melee LOS ANGELES — Criminal charges won’t be filed against 30 Los Angeles police officers who fired rubber bullets and pummeled demonstrators with batons at a pro-immigration rally two years ago, prosecutors said Friday. The district attorney’s office called the May Day melee an “unfortunate and preventable situation” prompted
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Pprosecutors: No charges to be filed against LA police officers in May Day melee
Canwest’s National Post newspaper to stay alive TORONTO — A judge Friday allowed Canada’s insolvent media giant Canwest Global Communications to transfer the National Post into one of its divisions that is not under bankruptcy protection to stave off folding the unprofitable daily newspaper. Judge Sarah Pepall said the National Post can be moved into the Canwest
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Canada’s insolvent Canwest gets court OK for move it says will save National Post newspaper
Sector Snap: Airlines fall amid market sell-off NEW YORK — Airline stocks sputtered Friday amid a broader market downturn, despite a dip in oil prices. Major stock indexes tumbled more than 2 percent in afternoon trading on a government report that said consumer spending dropped last month. The Dow Jones industrials gave back all of Thursday’s 200-point
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Airline stocks fall amid broader market sell-off, despite sliding oil prices
NFL’s Goodell to testify on Vikings suspensions WASHINGTON — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is returning to Capitol Hill next week, this time to testify about the case of two professional football players whose suspensions for violating the league’s anti-doping policy were blocked by the courts. Goodell and DeMaurice Smith, head of the NFL players union, are among
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NFL’s Goodell, player union’s Smith, to testify before Congress on Vikings suspension case
Millions spent on small border stations justified WASHINGTON — An internal Obama administration review supports its rationale for upgrading little-used border checkpoints rather than the busiest crossings. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ordered the review out of concerns that too much economic recovery money was being spent on small northern border crossings, while larger facilities that see
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Internal gov’t review: Millions spent on small border crossings is practical and thoughtful
FBI: No crime in Puerto Rico tank explosion SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The FBI says there’s no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in last week’s explosion at a Puerto Rico fuel depot. The FBI special-agent-in-charge in the island said a vapor leak caused the blast at the Caribbean Petroleum Corp.
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FBI says last week’s blast at Puerto Rico fuel storage site was accident, caused by vapor leak
4th typhoon in month lashes sodden Philippines MANILA, Philippines — The fourth typhoon to lash the Philippines in a month brought pounding rain and winds to the eastern coast early Saturday as it barreled toward Manila along the same path as an earlier storm that left the capital still partially submerged. Thousands were evacuated from their homes
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Thousands evacuated in Philippines as 4th typhoon in month hits, spins toward flooded capital
Grave thefts: An age-old problem that won’t die PHILADELPHIA — It’s that time of year when even cemetery guards are more easily spooked, on alert for signs of one of the oldest, most ghoulish and most persistent of crimes: grave robberies. Mostly, it’s kids doing pranks or thieves looking for valuables, metals or marble. Occasionally, it’s the
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Age-old problem of grave robbery gives cemetery officials more creeps around Halloween