Mexico says new data reflect economic recovery

MEXICO CITY — Rising oil prices and increased exports are slowly dragging Mexico’s economy out of a...

Texas high court to rehear Exxon sabotage case

DALLAS — The Texas Supreme Court will again hear arguments in a 15-year legal battle over accusations that...

Russia’s Gorbachev considers political comeback

MOSCOW — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious...

Natural gas plunges 12 percent this month

NEW YORK — Natural gas prices have dropped by more than 12 percent in the past month as the country continues...

With fuel demand week, refineries shutting down

WILMINGTON, Del. — Refineries from New Mexico to New Jersey are under severe economic pressure because of...

Gotta love it

BUY: AVEDA LIP GLAZE Finding the right lipstick or gloss is like playing Goldilocks. The coloring is either too...

Channel Cafe: On (Fort) Point

Channel Cafe doesn’t feel like Boston. With its painted-brick and rock walls, impossibly high ceiling, mismatched...

Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens

NEW YORK — The stock market ended a down week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising...

Shell denies asking for delay in drilling plan

WASHINGTON — The president of Shell Oil Co. says the company did not ask a federal agency to delay a decision...

Go ’Rogue’ in brief: Alaska, campaign, family, oil

WASHINGTON - Not a speed reader? Want to get through Sarah Palin’s new book in a flash? A look at Palin’s...

Crude prices follow world markets downward

NEW YORK — A global sell off on equity markets dragged down crude prices by 3 percent today, the first decline...

Free spirits

I tsk and I tsk - and still the starlets misbehave. A certain Ms. Lohan reportedly pulled a I-should-get-this-stuff-for-free...

China holds, mistreats US man on secrets charges

BEIJING — Sometime into his long detention by China’s feared state security agents, American...

Artist Jeanne-Claude dies; co-created ’The Gates’

NEW YORK — Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large...

Oil falls on mixed news about consumer demand

NEW YORK — Oil prices fell today as the government said American petroleum demand tumbled to its lowest level...