LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The lukewarm bidding for Chicago-based media company Tribune Co. has heated up, with Los Angeles billionaires Eli Broad and Ron Burkle submitting a last-minute bid for the owner of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times.

The late offer Thursday pits the two against Chicago billionaire real estate mogul Sam Zell, who was thought to be the favored bidder as Tribune's...

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APPLETON � No one is immune from sliding into poverty.

Just ask Michele Marino of Little Chute, who has a college degree and several years of managerial experience.

Ten years ago she was a stay-at-home mom with an attorney for a husband, four children, a beautiful home and nice cars. Then came the day police officers arrested her husband and he was sentenced to jail for white-collar...

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SAN FRANCISCO (Map , News ) -Next time your doctor orders lots of blood tests and MRIs, you will be experiencing a slice of the estimated $124 billion annually in unnecessary costs imposed on American health care providers through malpractice and other liability lawsuits. Doctors call it “defensive medicine” when they order lots of mostly unnecessary, time-consuming and expensive tests for ...

When the House Commerce Committee held its public hearings on a bill that would cap high-interest loans made by short-term lenders like payday loan companies, Chairwoman Tara Reardon's seat was empty.

Reardon, whose father-in-law, Richard Bouley, was there quietly lobbying for the payday loan industry, sat there listening, but did not say a word. He left after the first few speakers.

(PRLEAP.COM) Quality of Cardiac Care in America at Stake

- ACCF Addresses Issues; Names Larry King Honorary Campaign Chair -

New Orleans, LA � Coinciding with the 56th Annual Scientific Session (ACC.07) in New Orleans, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and The Larry King Cardiac Foundation joined together for a special press conference and luncheon to address key issues ...