Panera trying new pay-what-you-want experiment
Written by JIM SALTER,Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Order a bowl of turkey chili at a St. Louis-area Panera Bread cafe and it'll cost you a penny. Or $5. Or $100. In other words, whatever you decide.
Bomb-making materials found in Colo. suspect's car
Written by ANGELA K. BROWN,Associated Press P. SOLOMON BANDA,Associated Press
DECATUR, Texas (AP) — Investigators found bomb-making materials and pants that appeared to have blood on them in the car of a man suspected of killing Colorado's prisons chief, according to documents made public Tuesday.
Jeep takes a radical new turn with Cherokee
Written by DEE-ANN DURBIN,AP Auto Writer
DETROIT (AP) — The Jeep Cherokee is back, with a surprising design that could win some new buyers but lose some old fans.
States answer help wanted ad to be drone test site
Written by ALICIA CHANG,AP Science Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's the land where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, where the space shuttle fleet rolled off the assembly line and where the first private manned rocketship climbed to space.
Study: Health overhaul to raise claims cost 32 pct
Written by RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medical claims costs — the biggest driver of health insurance premiums — will jump an average 32 percent for Americans' individual policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul, according to a study by the nation's leading group of financial risk analysts.
Obama gives Secret Service its 1st female director
Written by JULIE PACE,AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's first female director, signaling his desire to change the culture at the male-dominated service, which has been marred by scandal.
Stocks climb following jump in factory orders
Written by MATTHEW CRAFT,AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Signs that the economic recovery is gaining strength helped push the stock market higher Tuesday. An increase in home prices and orders for airplanes and other manufactured goods sent stocks up from the opening bell.
Court could avoid ruling on gay marriage ban
Written by MARK SHERMAN,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it could find a way out of the case over California's ban on same-sex marriage without issuing a major national ruling on whether America's gays have a right to marry.