13 charged in $19M Central Oregon bank fraud - AP - 20 minutes ago
The collapse of a Bend real estate development company has resulted in charges against 13 people in what prosecutors say is the largest Oregon fraud case to emerge from the national real estate boom and bust.

Pa. residents sue gas driller over polluted wells - AP - 43 minutes ago
Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too.

Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote - AP - 45 minutes ago
Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care - AP - 50 minutes ago
Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care -- and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

Publisher says buyer emerges for Ariz. paper - AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
The publisher of the East Valley Tribune in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa said Friday that a buyer has made an offer that would keep the paper and its Web site in business.

More ethics rules issued for NC treasurer workers - AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
State Treasurer Janet Cowell unveiled new rules Friday banning employees from taking gifts from companies that do substantial business with the agency and setting a limit on charitable solicitations.

Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations - AP - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night.