NEW YORK – Stocks headed lower Monday but managed to hold on to most of their recent gains as investors reacted relatively calmly to oil prices that approached $60 per barrel and a 1.6 percent decline in aircraft maker Boeing. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) was down 13.96 points, …

WASHINGTON – The parent company of European aircraft maker Airbus (search) has selected Mobile, Ala., over three other Southern sites for a $600 million tanker refueling factory, The Associated Press has learned. The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (search) selected the Alabama site over three rival bids from Melbourne, …

WENATCHEE, Wash. – Democrats defending the disputed 2004 governor’s election rested their case Friday in a trial challenging the results of a race won by just 129 votes. Democratic attorneys submitted depositions and documents from counties across the state to support their claims that election errors happened everywhere. Their exhibits …

NEW YORK – Investigators declared Tuesday that they have gutted a giant Colombian drug cartel with charges against 77 people and four businesses accused of smuggling more than $50 million worth of cocaine, heroin and marijuana into the United States. Nearly 50 people had been arrested by Tuesday in New …

Apparently, those who eat in glass restaurants shouldn’t throw stones. WCBS-TV in New York City has been successfully nauseating viewers for years with its “Eat at Your Own Risk” reports on restaurants that run afoul of the city’s Health Department. But the station’s own cafeteria in Manhattan was cited for …

LOS ANGELES – DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc (DWA) on Thursday was hit with its first shareholder lawsuit since going public — a proposed class action accusing company officers of misrepresenting DVD sales for “Shrek 2.” The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court says DreamWorks Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg (search) …

Ask any couple who has been through it and they will tell you there is little as stressful as wanting a baby and not being able to have one. Infertility-related stress is known to take its toll on relationships, and now a new study shows it can also affect the …

WASHINGTON – The FBI would get expanded powers to subpoena records without the approval of a judge or grand jury in terrorism investigations under Patriot Act (search) revisions approved Tuesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Some senators who voted 11-4 to move the bill forward said they would push for …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Four Republican contenders in Ohio’s special congressional primary practically tripped over each other emphasizing family at a weekend picnic. Jean Schmidt (search), a former state lawmaker, had to leave early to attend her daughter’s dance recital. Bob McEwen (search), trying to get back to Congress after a …

LOS ANGELES – In a push to win union wages and benefits from producers, Hollywood writers are revealing one of the industry’s secrets: Television reality shows are often as carefully scripted as any sitcom or crime drama. The Writers Guild of America (search), west, is demanding that companies that produce …