Kevin West

China is projecting a record budget deficit this year as it gives its military another double-digit spending increase and spends heavily to prop economic growth.

Canada issued new guidelines for stem-cell research Monday, banning human embryo cloning but permitting government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions.

Northrop Grumman Corp. will move forward with its hostile bid for TRW Corp., but it will face a set of highly regarded anti-takeover laws that are a part of Ohio's legal code.

For the second year in a row, telecom provider Verizon Communications Inc. is cutting its employment rolls - eliminating the budgetary equivalent of 10,000 jobs.

Guilford Mills Inc. said Tuesday it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under a plan approved by lenders that reduces its debt, reduces existing shareholders' stake in the textile maker and completes its transition to a producer of automoti

LSU has promoted linebackers coach Will Muschamp to defensive coordinator, replacing Gary Gibbs who left the Tigers for the Dallas Cowboys.

The University of Alabama is trying to raise $100 million for improvements to athletic facilities including the football stadium, where about 10,000 seats will be added.

Lee DuBose scored 23 points and Melinda Floyd 16 as defending Class A champion Jefferson earned a return to the state final by beating Treutlen 58-43 in a semifinal Monday.

Gonorrhea has leveled off in the United States, but rates are rising in many of the cities hardest hit by the infection a finding health officials say is unacceptable.

In a courtroom fight that has had its share of odd twists and turns, Microsoft Corp. has gotten another shocker: A legal nemesis rejoined the case for the nine states seeking tougher antitrust sanctions against the computer software maker.