When to pay for 'free' shipping
First they wanted free. Now they want fast. As shoppers turn to the convenience of cyberstores, they crave shipping that can keep up with their demands.
First they wanted free. Now they want fast. As shoppers turn to the convenience of cyberstores, they crave shipping that can keep up with their demands.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State health officials have agreed to pay the federal government nearly $7 million to settle allegations that they artificially decreased food stamp error rates to collect bonuses.
SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The last holdout on South Carolina's Grand Strand may soon ban beach tents.
The company expects to find a solution soon, but critics say government regulators have failed to properly investigate the troubled industrial site.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Hartford and its minor league baseball team are celebrating opening day at the city's new 6,000-seat stadium, albeit a year late and millions of dollars over budget.
U.S. stocks edged higher in early trading Thursday as investors sized up earnings from several major banks and new data on inflation. Financial stocks led the gainers, followed by technology companies. Utilities were down the most. Trading was light ahead…
MILAN (AP) — The takeover of AC Milan was completed Thursday, with Silvio Berlusconi selling the club to a Chinese consortium after 31 years in charge.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level slid last month, pulled down by plummeting energy prices.
LONDON (AP) — After three seasons of zooming through space and time, Peter Capaldi is preparing to hang up his sonic screwdriver and depart "Doctor Who."
NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup reported a first quarter profit that beat analysts' expectation Thursday. Like its competitors, Citi benefited from higher trading revenue and interest rates.
On a recommendation from the Division I Football Oversight Committee, the NCAA Division I Council could conduct a final vote this week on a 72-hour, mid-December early signing period for high school seniors that would coincide with the midyear junior…
CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mixed Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Lottery is displaying alerts on its retail terminals to be on the lookout for a Wisconsin man suspected of threatening to carry out attacks in a manifesto sent to the White House.
NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase reported first-quarter earnings that easily beat analysts' estimates Thursday, helped by a steady climb in interest rates from a year earlier as well as gains in investment banking.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, which is evidence of a stable job market and greater security for workers.
Wells Fargo's first-quarter profit was essentially flat from a year earlier as new customers continue to stay away from the bank following its sales practice scandal.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When William Hardy walks the streets of New Orleans, near the underpass where he calls home, images often pop into his head as he watches cars zoom by or sees his friends chilling outside their local…
WASHINGTON — Maybe we should muzzle the wag-the-dog talk.
Benedict Cumberbatch is in talks to star in 'The Man in the Rockefeller Suit'
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Weston Richburg had signed just about everything he could on Saturday for Jayro Ponce — posters, shirts, caps. But there was at least one area he had not, one that Jayro himself requested.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Members of the Minnesota Ballpark Authority are considering whether to bar their family and friends from using its publicly-owned suite at Target Field.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Portrait Gallery is putting up a photograph of American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, often referred to as "The First Lady of Song."
THURSDAY, April 13, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Just like people, ticks get more active as the weather gets warmer. So be sure to take steps to protect yourself against picking up an eight-legged hitchhiker when you're outdoors.
THURSDAY, April 13, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Workaholism, it seems, is the new black.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the rate on 30-year fixed-rate home loans declined to 4.08 percent this week from 4.10 percent last week. That brought the rate under its previous 2017 low of 4.09 percent reached on Jan. 19.