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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Midday Roundup: Two men confess to making McConnell recording

Newsworthy |  Confessing misdeeds. The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., reports two men have confessed to recording a campaign meeting at Senate Minority Leader Mitch…

Second Amendment supporters in Olympia, Wash., protest proposed gun control legislation.

Midday Roundup: Senate steamrolls GOP filibuster attempt

Newsworthy |  Open for debate. A Republican plan to filibuster proposed gun-control legislation in the Senate failed Thursday as Democrats lured enough legislators across…

The Fisker Karma

Midday Roundup: Another green initiative bleeds taxpayers dry

Newsworthy |  Money wasted. Another one of President Barack Obama’s “green” initiatives is dripping red. Fisker Automotive Inc., which received $193 million in…

A Muslim pilgrim is wheeled out of the Grand mosque after the noon prayer in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Globe Trot: Saudi Arabia mulls paralysis as criminal punishment

International |  April is the Month of Microfinance and today is the day every gift to Five Talents, one of many groups majoring in microfinance…

President Barack Obama plays golf on Martha's Vineyard in 2011.

Midday Roundup: The president feels your pain

Newsworthy |  Voluntary refund. President Barack Obama pledged yesterday to return 5 percent of his salary—about $20,000—to the United States Treasury to show…

A light post rests at the dilapidated entrance to city hall in Stockton, Calif.

Cash-strapped California city goes belly-up

Cities |  A federal judge granted Stockton, Calif., Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection yesterday, making it the largest city in the country to fail financially. Now the…

New York City Councilman Daniel Halloran III

Midday Roundup: Money can’t buy love or a New York mayoral election

Newsworthy |  Not for sale. A New York state senator and a city councilman were among six arrested and charged early Tuesday in a bribery scheme designed to get one of the…

A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday.

Dollars and Sense: Traders take a breather as the rest of the world holds its breath

Money |  A breather, or a case of the nerves? We’ve seen a record run-up in the markets since the first of the year. The Dow is up about 7.5 percent from Jan. 1. But…

MAN AND MACHINE: A workman monitors a robotic ladle moving molten zinc at ArcelorMittal Steel’s hot dip galvanizing line in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio.
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Automatic employment

Business |  Manufacturers say robots and automation, far from hurting workers, can save American jobs in the face of global competition

Pinch at the pump
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Pinch at the pump

Money |  Market forces and Fed policy will likely keep gasoline prices high

Maj. Nidal Hasan

Midday Roundup: Fort Hood shooter can’t plead guilty

Newsworthy |  Mixed messages. President Barack Obama gave Israelis something to cheer about during a joint press conference this morning with Palestinian President Mahmoud…

Pope Francis is driven through the crowd in his popemobile in St. Peter's Square for his inauguration Mass at the Vatican.

Midday Roundup: Francis urges faithful to consider the least of these

Newsworthy |  Pope installed. Foreign dignitaries joined 200,000 people who gathered in St. Peter’s Square this morning for Pope Francis’ official installation. During…

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