A South Dakota beef company said Monday it will close processing plants in three states because of the controversy surrounding a product that critics have dubbed "pink slime." Beef Products Inc. spokesman Rich Jochum said Monday that 650 jobs will be lost when it closes its plan …
President Barack Obama is on track to be one of the least forgiving of presidents in U.S. history — as measured by his use of presidential pardon powers, according to a political science professor who blogs about clemency exercised by presidents and governors.
Florida authorities have issued an arrest warrant and initiated a nationwide search for a county tourism official who threatened suicide and disappeared after he was alleged to have used public funds to buy a 44-foot yacht and a home with combined value of more than $1.4 million …
Federal prosecutors say a lawyer, who moonlights as a pastor, and his associate swindled a retired teacher from Harlem out of a building she had owned for 40 years. Ina McCarther, 80, told NBCNewYork.com that she had saved to buy a 37-unit building on St. Nicholas Avenue for $19 …
The idea of going into a bookstore and walking out with a tablet or other device might sound contradictory, but it could be the future for Barnes & Noble (BKS). The bookseller announced this morning a plan to spin off its digital and college divisions into a subsidiary …
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President Obama 'stingy' on pardons, says clemency expert
President Obama 'stingy' on pardons, says clemency expert
President Obama 'stingy' on pardons, says clemency expert
'Pink slime' maker to close three plants
Suicide threat: Official disappears after fraud allegations over yacht, home
Suicide threat: Official disappears after fraud allegations over yacht, home
Pastor accused of swindling 80-year-old woman out of building worth millions
Microsoft's Nook deal is a real 'game-changer'
Drug officials seize nearly 5,000 pounds of cocaine valued at more than $360 million
Murdoch: Hacking scandal cost 'hundreds of millions'