Waldemar Przybylski, a native of Poland, has been convicted of illegally importing laborers from Eastern Europe to work in his floor cleaning business, authorities said Thursday.
The new federal office in charge of airline security announced Thursday that 15 airports will be the first group to have government employees conduct passenger and baggage screening.
For the third time, and probably again in vain, the House on Thursday approved a $150 billion Republican economic stimulus package based on business and individual tax cuts.
Nearly two weeks after a 7-year-old girl disappeared from her bed, police again searched the home of a neighbor they have called a potential suspect in the case.
Bob Jones University, the fundamentalist Christian school that dropped a ban on interracial dating after a visit by then-candidate George W. Bush drew attention to the policy, is recruiting minorities and says it wants to shake its racist image.
A key gauge of the number of Americans losing their jobs fell to its lowest level in six months, a sign that the country may be pulling out of a recession.
Baseball's failed attempt to fold two franchises, and ownership changes in Boston, Florida and Montreal were only a prelude, according to commissioner Bud Selig.
About half of all deaths from heart disease happen before the patient can even get to a hospital, the government reported in a study health officials called alarming.
Citing stronger-than-anticipated January sales, catalog retailer Lands' End Inc. said Thursday it expects higher earnings for its fiscal year ended Feb. 1 than previously projected.
