After a month of personnel appointments and canine selection, last week was the Obama administration's week of revelation. ...more

March 4, 2009

Federal regulators said Thursday after a lengthy review that they could not determine how much speculators have influenced commodity prices, especially the run-up earlier this year in oil prices. ...more

September 12, 2008

General Dynamics Corp. said Tuesday that it will buy Jet Aviation for about $2.25 billion in cash, part of the defense contractor's push to expand its private civilian jet business and tap into robust demand for luxury planes overseas. ...more

August 20, 2008

John Hedrick's recent guest column, "Hometown Democracy Returns Power To Citizens" (Other Views, June 26), peddles the popular myth that the "Hometown Democracy" amendment will give power to the people. ...more

July 5, 2008

Democrat Sen. Barack Obama seized on heightened concerns about the economy Monday in North Carolina, tying Sen. John McCain to the Bush administration's recent record of soaring gasoline prices and slumping employment. ...more

June 10, 2008