Ken Stanford

It isn't just farmers who will benefit from the sweeping farm bill that Congress has sent President Barack Obama. There's also help for rural towns, grocery stores in low-income areas and, most notably, the nation's 47 million food stamp recipients.

CVS Caremark is kicking the habit of selling tobacco products at its more than 7,600 drugstores nationwide as it focuses more on providing health care.

In a new twist to a widening tale of ethical lapses in the military, the Navy is investigating cheating allegations against about one-fifth of its trainers at a school for naval nuclear power reactor operators.

U.S. Olympic Committee sponsor AT&T has condemned a Russian law restricting gay-rights activity as Sochi prepares to host the Winter Olympics.

A formal proposal is expected within a month on using the East Hall library site as a health clinic and pharmacy for county employees and county jail inmates.

Alaska voters will decide this summer whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use in the state.

The U.S. stock market is ending higher a day after suffering its biggest loss in more than seven months.