Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:11:00 GMT
(CNN) -- Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the United States have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called "scandalous and disgraceful" Friday. In addition, the rights group said, about 1.7 million women a ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:28:00 GMT
An Associated Press calculation finds that steel maker Nucor Corp. paid its CEO fell 43 percent last year as it eliminated cash bonuses for executives to help it weather the recession. Chairman, President and CEO Daniel R. DiMicco received 2009 ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:28:00 GMT
MTR Gaming Group Inc. is reporting a net loss of $24.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2009, nearly six times more than the $4.5 million loss it reported for the same period in 2008. The West Virginia-based gambling company said Friday the loss ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:57:00 GMT
With the ultimate goal being to win the franchise's first championship, Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown took advantage of a light portion of the schedule to give LeBron James a couple of games off. The Philadelphia 76ers probably wish Brown ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:14:00 GMT
By TIM PARADIS and IEVA M. AUGSTUMS AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks finished mixed after uneven reports on retail sales and consumer confidence gave investors little new insight into the economy. The Commerce Department said retail sales ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:35:00 GMT
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. said Friday it hired former Nora Therapeutics CEO Julie McHugh as its new chief operating officer. The company said McHugh will assume her new role on Monday. Endo has not had a chief operating officer since Sept. 1 ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:57:00 GMT
SACRAMENTO ? Not so long ago, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was laughing at the thought of running for lieutenant governor. Friday, he apparently decided it's not such a bad office after all, jumping into the race for the No. 2 slot on the ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:04:00 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) - The CEO of the nation's largest railroad says shipments are stronger than expected this year. In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Union Pacific's Jim Young said some key segments, including agricultural, automotive ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:07:00 GMT
Minority Leader John Boehner, left, and President Obama. Now that Eric Massa has outlived his very brief moment as a star on right-wing media, the deranged ex-Congressman is again merely a foil for attacks on the Democrats. Yesterday, the House ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:50:00 GMT
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON - A 200-year-old English race in which competitors chase round cheeses rolling down a hillside has been cancelled this year because of overcrowding concerns. Organizers say the event in Gloucestershire in southwestern ...