Harley-Davidson Motor Co. and its union leaders reached a proposed labor agreement on Friday that could keep manufacturing operations and hundreds of jobs in Wisconsin.The proposal still needs to be ratified by union workers and approved by the motorcycle company's board. Workers are expected...

A small plane stalled and nose-dived into a manufactured house near an Oregon airport, but the pilot and the homeowner survived.Neighbors told The Oregonian the pilot had cuts and a bloody face Friday but was able to walk away. His name was not immediately available.Carl and Betty Mason told...

The first known U.S. outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation's meat supply.Three people in Maine and New York became ill this summer after eating ground beef traced back to a Cargill plant in Wyalusing,...

The National Retail Federation trade group spent $590,000 in the second quarter lobbying federal officials on a variety of issues, from apparel tariffs to consumer product safety.That was less than the $500,000 it spent in 2009's second quarter and well under the $740,000 it spent in the first...

A helicopter landed upside-down on a California highway in Salinas Friday, slowing Labor Day weekend traffic for part of the morning but causing only minor injuries to the pilot.The Bell 47 helicopter, owned by Gomes Farm Air Service, Inc. and used to spray crops, crashed onto Highway 101...

A New Hampshire woman is seeking more than $24 million in damages from the maker of a prescription drug she took to ease shoulder pain, but suffered a reaction so severe that she is now blind and scarred by internal and external burns.A federal jury began deliberations Friday after a 14-day...

Republican Rep. Roy Blunt campaigns for Senate in a blue RV plastered with the message: "The choice is clear. Roy will fight for jobs."Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, his Democratic rival, says the poor economy is evidence Blunt already has failed in that fight. "I think we're living with...

Another oil rig exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, spreading a mile-long (1.6 kilometer-long) oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico west of the site of BP's massive spill. All 13 crew members were rescued.Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about 100 feet...

Another oil rig exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, spreading a mile-long oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico west of the site of BP's massive spill. All 13 crew members were rescued.Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about 100 feet wide, was spotted near...

Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?New researcher suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.The small study from California's Los Angeles County found that only 61 percent of home...

Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?New researcher suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.The small study from California's Los Angeles County found that only 61 percent of home...

Asimo the robot is making new friends in Austria.Researchers are seeking feedback from visitors of a technology fair to help them make Asimo, Honda's battery-operated robot that looks like a 4-foot (1.3-meter) child in a space suit, more communicative.Through an interactive game with...

A woman has sued American Airlines, saying she was traumatized when the plane she was on ran off the runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, passenger Jewel Thomas said she has suffered severe mental and emotional problems because of...