GOP makes early stumbles in races for post-Perry Texas
AUSTIN — For Republicans eager to lead Texas after Gov. Rick Perry finally steps aside in 2014, there’s one easy way to describe their campaign blunders so far: Oops.Attorney General Greg Abbott, the...
View ArticleTexas has to find caretaker, strategist in new AD
AUSTIN — After 32 years, Texas men’s athletic director DeLoss Dodds will call it quits next year, and the school is already looking for his replacement.University President Bill Powers said he’s...
View ArticleLegendary Vietnam general dies at 102
HANOI, Vietnam — Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, the brilliant and ruthless commander who led the outgunned Vietnamese to victory first over the French and then the Americans, died Friday. The last of the...
View ArticleStocks soar on views U.S. default threat easing
NEW YORK — You can almost hear Wall Street exhaling.The Dow Jones industrial average soared more than 300 points Thursday after Republican leaders and President Barack Obama took what investors saw as...
View ArticleParker: The extremes of the GOP are like the "Godfather" brothers
In trying to understand the Republican Party’s internal battles, it helps to think of Michael and Sonny.Corleone, that is.On one side we have Sonny — the hot-headed, impulsive,...
View ArticleDow closes at record high as Fed meeting begins
NEW YORK — Investors drove the Dow Jones industrial average to an all-time high Tuesday on expectations the Federal Reserve will keep its economic stimulus program in place.The Dow rose 111.42 points,...
View ArticleHollywood targeted to give health-care law a boost by working it into shows
LOS ANGELES — The health care overhaul might get a Hollywood rewrite.read more
View ArticlePotential Perry 2.0 Iowa return far quieter
DES MOINES, Iowa — This time, there were no satellite TV trucks, media throngs or fawning Republicans awaiting his arrival.As he weighs whether to run for president again, Texas Gov. Rick Perry...
View ArticleSon of Mexican cartel leader arrested at US border
SAN DIEGO — The son of one of the world’s most-wanted drug lords was arrested at an Arizona border crossing to face drug-trafficking charges in the United States, authorities said Friday.Serafin...
View ArticleRecord crowds over weekend, but spending declined
NEW YORK — Did stores shoot themselves in the foot?Target, Macy's and other retailers offered holiday discounts in early November and opened stores on Thanksgiving Day. It was an effort to attract...
View ArticleRecord crowds over weekend, but spending declined
Record crowds, but spending declined NEW YORK — Did stores shoot themselves in the foot?Target, Macy’s and other retailers offered holiday discounts in early November and opened stores on Thanksgiving...
View ArticleStockman faces long odds against incumbent Cornyn
AUSTIN — Eccentric and extremely conservative, U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman made a big splash when he entered Texas’ 2014 U.S. Senate race, stunning the political world with a last-minute challenge against...
View ArticleContrast for parties in 2016 presidential race
WASHINGTON — For Democrats and Republicans, the early stages of the 2016 presidential contest are worlds apart.Many Democrats already view Hillary Rodham Clinton as a quasi-incumbent, someone who could...
View ArticleStock market's slow start may bode ill for 2014
NEW YORK — The stock market’s sluggish start in 2014 may not be what investors expected after last year’s strong finish.As of Wednesday, the fifth trading day of the year, the Standard & Poor’s 500...
View ArticleMassive Target breach could have lasting effects
NEW YORK — Fallout from Target’s pre-Christmas security breach is likely to affect the company’s sales and profits well into the new year.The company disclosed on Friday that the massive data theft was...
View ArticleMassive Target breach could have lasting effects on company's sales, profits...
NEW YORK (AP) — Fallout from Target’s pre-Christmas security breach is likely to affect the company’s sales and profits well into the new year.The company disclosed on Friday that the massive data...
View ArticleFear of slowing growth pushes down global markets
Fear is back in the market.Investors are worried about slower economic growth in China, a gloomier outlook for U.S. corporate profits and an end to easy money policies in the United States and Europe....
View ArticleMinimum wage bills being pushed in at least 30 states
ALBANY, N.Y. — Minimum-wage increase proposals are getting the maximum push from Democrats in statehouses in more than half of U.S. states, highlighting the politically potent income inequality issue...
View ArticleAfter tough January, stock market extends slide
For investors, February is starting off even rougher than January.U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 320 points after reports of sluggish U.S growth...
View ArticleGlobal stocks slide as tensions build in Ukraine
NEW YORK — Russia’s military advance into Ukraine rattled global markets Monday.U.S. stocks fell the most in a month and the price of crude oil rose sharply as traders feared Russian exports could be...
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