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Chrysler To Keep Michigan Plant Open, Add Jobs

Chrysler will add a second shift to the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant near Detroit in early 2011.

Two Florida residents have died from Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease that is rare among humans.

BP said on Friday it will establish a $100 million fund to help drilling rig workers in the Gulf of Mexico who are unemployed.

Spending too much on a degree from universities such as Harvard and Yale is a waste of money, a new book asserts.

Arizona on Thursday appealed a judge's decision to block key parts of the state's crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Four crew members were killed in a U.S. Air Force cargo plane that crashed on Wednesday.

Foreclosures rose in 3 of every four large U.S. metro areas in this year's first half.

The tide of lawsuits unleashed by BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico breaks into an Idaho courtroom on Thursday.

Amazon launched a cheaper, wireless-only Kindle on Wednesday.

It could be years before some Gulf of Mexico beaches recover fully from BP's massive oil spill.

Toyota said on Thursday it would recall 412,000 high-end passenger cars in the United States to fix steering problems.

Shares of BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion jumped early on Wednesday.

Nearly all women in the United States are involved in household finance decisions and one-fourth of them are in control.

A day after BP said it would sell $30 billion in assets to pay for its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the focus shifted to what is for sale.

Officials in Oakland have approved two tax rates on pot sales in their city, already a hub of the state's medicinal marijuana scene.