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It’s home (stretch) for the holidays

by ANNE D'INNOCENZIO Associated Press December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

A slow start to the seasonal shopping sprint has stores pushing incentives and deals while shoppers hold back in a holiday game of chicken.

by Mark David Smith Tribune News Service December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

A nurse’s aide had been told to take the image with a Bible quotation down.

Actavis UK raised the price of some hydrocortisone tablets more than 12,000 percent.

by STAN CHOE Associated Press December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

But despite a slight dip, markets remain near their record highs even after the Fed announced a rate hike.

by Associated Press December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

The sentence is a big win for prosecutors who took a risk pressing a case from the late 1980s.

by PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

They say that the department’s six-month trial lacks accountability.

by JOSH LEDERMAN and JULIE PACE Associated Press December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

The president also chides the media for what he calls its ‘obsession’ with the flood of hacked emails made public during the election campaign.

by ADAM ENTOUS and ELLEN NAKASHIMA The Washington Post December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

Some lawmakers had suggested that the FBI disagreed with the CIA view.

by Associated Press December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

Meanwhile, the nationwide jobless rate for the month was 4.6 percent, a nine-year low.

by PATRICK WHITTLE and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

Rex Tillerson would bring experience as CEO of ExxonMobil, the only place he has ever worked, to the job of top diplomat.