Personal-Bankruptcy Filings Fall
Consumer bankruptcy filings declined in October for the fourth-straight month as households cut their use of credit by choice and by force.
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His Sound Effects Enriched Radio Show
Tom Keith, who died Sunday at age 64, was known to millions of public-radio listeners as the source of gunshots, helicopter “thwops” and singing walruses on “A Prairie Home Companion.”
Dorothy Rodham, Hillary Clinton’s Mother, Dies at 92
Dorothy Rodham overcame a childhood of neglect and raised Hillary Rodham Clinton, former First Lady, presidential candidate and currently Secretary of State.
Corruption Trial Opens
A federal prosecutor characterized Brooklyn assemblyman William Boyland Jr. as “a politician on the take” during a trial on charges he took bribes from a hospital executive in exchange for political favors.
Riding the North Dakota Oil Boom
A surge in crude-oil production in North Dakota is fueling a railroad boom in one of the nation’s most remote regions.
Facebook’s Uphill Battle for Big-Brand Advertisers
Facebook is under pressure to grow its advertising on a grand scale. But big brands have found they can reach a target audience at a steep discount through what’s akin to word-of-mouth campaigns that spring from free Facebook pages.
Micro Meth Labs Run Riot
Police departments across the U.S. are struggling with a sharp increase in methamphetamine-production cases, as small but dangerous ‘labs’—amounting to a two-liter soda bottle and a trip to the drugstore—proliferate.
Painkiller Deaths Nearly Quadruple in a Decade
The number of deaths annually from overdoses of prescription painkillers nearly quadrupled in a decade, according to a U.S. report examining the public-health effect of powerful new drugs and dispensing practices that have made them relatively easy to obtain.
GOP Candidates Talk Subsidies in Iowa
Five Republican candidates appeared at an Iowa forum where they
FDA Tests Pet Food Amid Owner Illnesses
The FDA has begun a nationwide effort to test pet food for salmonella contamination amid evidence it Is sickening pet owners.
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