Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — With their spiky, armor-plated shells, they look like miniature tanks mounting a surprise invasion on local beaches — except they have been at it for nearly a half-billion years. But the American horseshoe crab, the homely, humble distant relative of ancient...

Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some residential customers vow to continue battling Michigan's largest utilities over the freedom to not have new electricity meters installed outside their homes. State regulators this week decided to let residents opt out of "smart" meters if they pay $67 upfront and...

Updated: 6 hr ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows. An air traffic controller in the region said small planes have flown around the plumes from Pavlof...

Updated: 8 hr ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is diving into several new ventures, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of "motivational business music." Mason said Thursday on his blog that he recently spent a week in Los Angeles and recorded a collection of seven songs...

Updated: 9 hr ago

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Here are Friday's results in the class AA girls state track and field meet at Eastern Illinois: Flight No. 1 — 1, Gillian Urycki, Metamora, 17-05.75q. 2, Lauren Zick, Maple Park (Kaneland), 16-11.25q. 3, Stephany Starks, Chicago (Harper), 16-05.75. 4, Edquinette...

Updated: 9 hr ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Last year, Apple added a visually stunning option to its MacBooks: screens with ultra-high resolution. These "Retina" displays reveal four times as much detail as any Windows laptop screen ... until now. Toshiba just released a new laptop line with a Retina-level display. Does...

Updated: 9 hr ago

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Here are Friday's results in the class AA girls state track and field meet at Eastern Illinois: Flight No. 1 — 1, Gillian Urycki, Metamora, 17-05.75q. 2, Lauren Zick, Maple Park (Kaneland), 16-11.25q. 3, Stephany Starks, Chicago (Harper), 16-05.75. 4, Edquinette...

Updated: 10 hr ago

NEW YORK (AP) — It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than McDonald's, bigger than Coca-Cola. And it was all made possible by our...

Updated: 10 hr ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE J.C. Penney Co., down 78 cents at $18.01 Still reeling from its former CEO's turnaround plan, the department-store chain said that its loss in the first...

Updated: 10 hr ago

Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company. The social network's market value was more than $100 billion. Now, Facebook's stock is trading roughly 30 percent lower and has not hit its IPO price...