Mudslide Swallows California Highway

Rescuers threw ladders and tarps across mud up to 6 feet deep to help hundreds of trapped people from cars that got caught in a roiling river of mud along a major Southern California trucking route, a California Highway Patrol official said Friday in what he and other witnesses described…

Soldiers Staying in Afghanistan

In a reversal of policy on Afghanistan, President Barack Obama will slow the pace of withdrawing U.S. troops, prolonging the 14-year U.S. engagement there and effectively handing off the task of pulling out to his successor.

Obama was set to announce that the United States will maintain…

Wisconsin Jury Finds Gun Shop Liable In Police Shooting

In an unusual case, a jury in Wisconsin declared Tuesday that a gun store had to pay millions of dollars to Milwaukee police officers who were shot by a firearm bought at the store.

The case offered an attention-grabbing combination of factors, including a rare loss for the firearms…

Now There is One True King of Beers

Beer brewers Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMillersaid Tuesday they have agreed “in principle” on the terms of the Belgian-headquartered firm’s offer for the British-South African company.

The offer, AB InBev’s fourth, values SABMiller at $104 billion.

For over a month, Budweiser maker AB InBev had been…

Dell Buys EMC in Record Tech Deal

Dell is buying data storage company EMC in a deal valued at approximately $67 billion.
Shareholders of EMC Corp. will receive about $33.15 per share, which includes cash plus tracking stock linked to part of EMC’s economic interest in the VMware business. That’s a 19 percent premium…