Family, friends mark ex-President LBJ's centennial

Former President Lyndon B. Johnson's family and admirers remembered his civil rights and education legacy during a celebration of the 100th anniversary of his birth and the opening of his Texas ranch office to the public.

Daughters Luci Baines Johnson and Lynda Johnson Robb and dozens of others gathered at his Hill Country ranch Wednesday for a wreath-laying ceremony at his grave along the banks of the Pedernales River.

Then they filed into the newly opened ranch house office. It's a small room restored to its look in the 1960s, complete with original leather recliner chairs, a horse saddle, an old-style television set and Johnson's eyeglasses placed on his desk.

Hospital director wants transfer to continue

The leader of the new state mental hospital in Butner says plans to transfer patients there from aging Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh should move ahead.

Study: Bankruptcies soar for senior citizens

First came the health problems. Then, unable to work, Ada Noda watched the bills pile up.

MassMutual Retirement Services Offering In-Depth Support to Plan...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Aug. 26 MA-MassMutual-RetPlan SPRINGFIELD, Mass. , /PRNewswire/ -- MassMutual Retirement Services Division is reaching out to its existing 403 plan sponsor clients and their advisors to ...

Dallas County commissioners to wait for ruling on court reporters' pay

Dallas County commissioners have agreed to delay any decision about how to classify court reporters until district judges seek an opinion refuting the U.S. Department of Labor's position that they are hourly ...

Chester County's unemployment numbers jump slightly

Some 10,600 of the county's 265,500-person labor force were out of work during the month, according to statistics from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry.

Kenai seafood plant agrees to pollution fine

Published: August 28th, 2008 12:30 AM Last Modified: August 28th, 2008 01:04 AM A small Kenai seafood processor has agreed to pay a $38,000 penalty to settle allegations that it violated the federal Clean Water ...

Cleanup begins in earnest in Picher after tornado

More than three months after a tornado ravaged the Ottawa County town of Picher, contractors have arrived to begin clearing debris.

EPA Completes Water Testing Preparedness Exercise

The Environmental Protection Agency has completed a week-long exercise aimed at ensuring the safety of drinking water in four states in the event of terrorism or other emergencies.

UPI NewsTrack Business August 27, 2008

A strengthening financial sector helped boost U.S. stock indexes Wednesday as the storm-nervous crude oil rally cooled.

Public defender to take ex-prof's appeal in scam

The federal public defender for South Carolina will handle the court appeal of Al Parish, the former college professor convicted of bilking hundreds of investors out of $66 million.

SEC OKs plan that could lead to global accounting rules

Securities regulators on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to a plan that could require thousands of U.S. companies to change from U.S. accounting standards to global accounting rules that are quickly gaining favor ...