Oil industry behemoth Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday its third-quarter earnings rose to $10.49 billion, the second-largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly traded U.S. company. Its shares rose to a 52-week high. more
The median price of a new home plunged in September by the largest amount in more than 35 years, even as the pace of sales rebounded for a second month. more
President Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to give Republican candidates a pre-election platform for asserting they're tough on illegal immigration. more
A high school principal has decreed that Captain Underpants has no place in an institution of learning. Three 17-year-old girls were told to leave Long Beach High School on Wednesday after they showed up on Superhero Day costumed as the subject of the best-selling children's books. more
Exxon Mobil Corp. says its profit rose to $10.49 billion in the third quarter, making it the second largest quarterly profit ever for a publicly traded U.S. company. more
Oil industry behemoth Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday its third-quarter earnings rose to $10.49 billion, the second-largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly traded U.S. company. Its shares rose to a 52-week high. more
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., one of the nation's biggest drugmakers, said Thursday that its third-quarter earnings plunged 65 percent because two key drugs struggled with generic competition and results a year-ago were swelled by a one-time gain. It raised earnings guidance for the year. more
Raytheon Co. on Thursday said its third-quarter profit rose 41 percent, beating Wall Street expectations as the defense contractor enjoyed higher sales at its integrated defense systems and aircraft units. more
Breakfast food maker Kellogg Co. said Thursday its third-quarter net income grew 3 percent as its sales rose 8 percent, including gains in brands such as Eggo and Morningstar Farms. more
The father of the baby boy Madonna is trying to adopt said he is afraid criticism of the adoption will persuade the singer to drop her efforts and he urged her Thursday not to get angry. more
"Rambo" is preparing to return from retirement in Thailand early next year, and Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington will also come here next month to play a drug lord in the upcoming film "American Gangster," a Thai film official said Thursday. more
With just two days to go, promoters said Thursday that they have canceled Mariah Carey's concert in Hong Kong due to a poor response and what they characterized as "unreasonable demands" from the U.S. pop singer. more
Naomi Campbell returned to a police station Thursday after allegedly being involved in an altercation the day before, police and news reports said. more
A Brazilian doctor and his wife have been indicted on manslaughter charges stemming from the death of a 24-year-old woman during a liposuction surgery in a condominium basement. more
A cardiologist will study the hearts of student-athletes at Ohio State University, hoping to discover the warning signs that could help predict heart attacks in young athletes. more
A controversial new study offers the strongest evidence yet that screening smokers for lung cancer with computerized chest scans can save lives, much as mammograms do for women with breast cancer. more
An influential government advisory panel recommended on Wednesday that Americans 60 and older get vaccinated against shingles, an excruciatingly painful rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. more
AT&T Inc. is introducing a home monitoring service that includes live video surveillance on a computer or cell phone, as well as lighting controls and detection sensors for motion, temperature changes and flooding. more
It's about as glamorous as wearing an old-style TV set on your head, but the dome-shaped headgear from Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. isn't meant to be fashionable. It's designed to show images in a 360-degree view _ synched with the motion of the wearer's head to deliver the illusion of being someplace else: a cityscape at night, for example, or outer space. more
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