Michael Fischer, executive director of the California Coastal Commission, skipped his son's high school graduation last week, an event he hated to miss.
Cuban President Fidel Castro's call for Latin America to collectively repudiate its foreign debt has fallen flat.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. said its first-quarter profit fell by 12.5% from that of a year ago, to $195.3 million from $223.3 million.
Spring arrived here at 10:14 Wednesday morning, long-shut windows were opened a crack, flies buzzed against the screens, "Snowmobile for Sale" signs were blooming even if the lilacs weren't, and the talk at Jim's Cafe downtown was about sea gulls.
The dollar tumbled to its lowest levels since mid-December in light but volatile trading Friday, extending a decline that has dragged it down nearly 10% from the record heights of late February.
Finland's unemployment rate fell to 6.3% of the work force in February from 6.4% in January and was unchanged from February, 1984, the Labor Ministry said.
A sky diver fell to his death when his parachute failed to open after he jumped with two other parachutists, authorities said Saturday.
A wave of selling sent the dollar tumbling Monday to its lowest level in nearly eight months against other leading currencies, with the British pound a major beneficiary of the dollar's sharp retreat.
The estimated number of breeding ducks in North America this year is the lowest ever recorded during 31 years of surveys, according to the U.S.
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A 28-year-old who slipped and fell at her parents' home in an accident she blamed on her "mother's negligence" has won $35,000 in an out-of-court settlement, her lawyers said today.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury broke two ribs when he fell into an excavation at a palace dating from the time of his 12th-Century predecessor Thomas Becket, a church spokesman said today.
A Chinook helicopter carrying 44 offshore oil workers and a crew of three plunged suddenly into the North Sea and sank Thursday, killing at least 19 people and leaving 26 others missing and presumed dead.
It was a black day for the Black Swan Monday when Kookaburra III beat Australia III on the water and Australia IV in a protest ruling.
The nation's trade deficit narrowed to $12.1 billion in October, the third consecutive monthly decline, the Commerce Department reported today.
Cal State Northridge brought its hitting attack to Cal State Dominguez Hills on Tuesday, but the Matadors forgot their defense and pitching.