Verizon beat market predictions with a 2.8 percent rise in net income in the third quarter, as the company continued to juggle gains in its wireless business against losses in traditional phone customers.
The possibility that the Detroit Tigers' Kenny Rogers slapped pine tar on his pitching hand to put a little more mustard on his breaking balls in the World Series shows once again how cheating scandals have become an epidemic in America. Just open Pandora's box:
Picking the right health plan is like looking at houses whose windows are blackened and whose doors lack knobs: You can't tell what they're like inside. Yet this is open season, the time of year when millions of Americans must choose their health coverage for the next 12 months-usually with little idea of the quality of the plan they select.
AP - The American death toll for October climbed past 100, a grim milestone reached as a top White House envoy turned up unexpectedly in Baghdad on Monday to smooth over a rough patch in U.S.-Iraqi ties. At least 80 people were killed across Iraq, 33 in a Sadr City bombing targeting workers.
AP - KFC Corp. said Monday it will start using zero trans fat soybean oil for its Original Recipe and Extra Crispy fried chicken, Potato Wedges and other menu items.