WASHINGTON — A big coalition of business groups says there must be give-and-take in the negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff” of massive tax increases and spending cuts. But raising tax … more

INDIANAPOLIS — A former chief executive of National Lampoon and two co-conspirators face possible life sentences Friday after being convicted of swindling investors out of about $200 … more

BEIJING — The world’s tallest woman has died in eastern China. She was 39. Chinese state media say Yao Defen died on Nov. 13 at her home in China’s eastern province of Anhui. Guinness … more

LONGMONT, Colo. — Jess Parrish's foray into ice carving started with a very different kind of medium: wood. A case of mononucleosis kept Parrish, then 12, at home — and largely confined to … more

HELENA, Mont. — Montana's minimum wage workers get a small pay raise on New Year's Day when an automatic cost-of-living increase takes effect. Kaylee Feight, who works at a Helena Quiznos, said … more

DENVER — After the annual late-summer harvest on his farm in the eastern reaches of Colorado, Greg Brophy has a few friends over, breaks out the handguns and semi-automatic rifles and mows down … more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer, an influential Democrat and member of the party's leadership, said Tuesday he would back President Barack Obama's choice of Chuck Hagel to head the Pentagon despite … more

SAN DIEGO — A Marine Corps spokesman says a bucket of cleaning solution fell from a military helicopter and smashed through the roof of a San Diego business, but nobody was hurt. The accident … more

WASHINGTON— Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, at times emotional and fierce, insisted on Wednesday that the department is moving swiftly and aggressively to strengthen security at U.S. … more