CHICAGO – Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) posted a slim third-quarter profit on Thursday, as strong sales of hardcover books helped to offset costs related to a new distribution center. The company also raised its full-year earnings forecast, citing strong results so far and a lower share count due to …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Homicide bombers killed 74 worshippers at two Shiite mosques near the Iranian border Friday, while a pair of car bombs targeting a Baghdad hotel housing Western journalists killed eight Iraqis. The homicide attackers targeted the Sheik Murad mosque and the Khanaqin Grand Mosque in Khanaqin, 90 miles …
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NEW YORK – Finding airline tickets and hotels, packing all you’ll need and getting a good currency-exchange rate are just a few of the items on your checklist when planning a trip. But when traveling outside your home state — and especially if you’re traveling out of the country — …
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TRENTON, N.J. – Normally fodder for anglers and early birds, worms are now getting attention at NASA — particularly a little-known species that lives in freezing temperatures and can survive two years without food. Researchers hope the hardy wigglers can unlock the secrets of how life might survive on distant …
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CHICAGO – Nearly three in five school-age teens with Internet access have created online content, including Web pages with artwork, photos and stories — and about a fifth have their own blogs, which also allow friends and other readers to create feedback postings. Those are some of the findings from …
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Weekdays at 3 p.m. in the East and high noon in the West! The news begins anew with “Studio B”… A big victory for the maker of Vioxx (search). A jury ruled that Merck properly warned patients about the risks of the controversial painkiller and that it won’t be held …
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Michael Jackson has stirred a small controversy in the United Arab Emirates by entering the ladies room in a shopping mall. The pop star’s publicist said Jackson, who arrived in Dubai this week as the guest of a champion rally driver, did not understand the Arabic sign on the door …
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WASHINGTON – The battle that’s been brewing for months over who will become New Jersey’s next U.S. senator may well be decided by Jon Corzine (search), the man who’s got the job now. One thing has to happen first: Corzine, the Democratic candidate for governor, has to win Tuesday’s election. …
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The longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls is scheduled to go on display in a Cleveland museum next year in its first appearance in the United States. A traveling exhibition featuring the Temple Scroll, which measures 28 feet, will make its first stop at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage …
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AMSTERDAM – Microsoft said it would remove controversial copy-protection software that CDs from music publisher Sony BMG install on personal computers, deeming it a security risk to PCs running on Windows. The XCP program, developed by First4Internet in Britain and used on music CDs by Sony BMG to restrict copying …
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