LOS ANGELES-- Members of the Writers Guild of America were planning a return to work Wednesday after voting to end their strike on its 100th day, allowing Hollywood to jump-start stalled production of numerous TV sitcoms and dramas. ''It will be all hands on deck for the writing staff,'' said Chris...

DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. reported a $38.7 billion loss for 2007 on Tuesday, the largest annual loss ever for an automotive company, and said it is making a new round of buyout offers to U.S. hourly workers in hopes of replacing some of them with lower-paid help. The earnings report and buyout...

WASHINGTON -- Democrat Barack Obama looked to continue his winning streak in three mid-Atlantic presidential primaries Tuesday, while rival Hillary Rodham Clinton turned her attention to a future round of contests. Republican John McCain sought to rebound from two weekend losses to Mike Huckabee and...

Eleven states had a flu outbreak during the past few months and the La Mirada area has been elevated to a “high” status as of last week for the incidence of influenza, according to Marsha H. Schreiber, director of Student Health Services. “There have been twenty cases of influenza in the past...

Residents in five Southern states tried to salvage what they could from homes reduced to piles of debris on Wednesday, a day after the deadliest cluster of tornadoes in more than two decades tore through the region, snapping trees and crumpling homes. At least 59 people were killed. Rescue crews,...

The second week, a second chance. Last semester grades may not have been so good, here is the chance to try again. Chapel makeups may have cost too much last time, start off this year by attending some chapels. This is the time to approach daily life with a new outlook, an outlook committed to doing...

Authorities searching for at least six people missing in an explosion that engulfed a sugar refinery in flames as about 100 people worked inside said Friday they expect to find some plant workers dead. Savannah-Chatham County Police Chief Michael Berkow told families of missing workers that rescue...

LAFAYETTE, Tenn. -- County Mayor Shelvy Linville could only shake his head at the horrific toll left by a deadly series of tornadoes that pounded across the South. ''It really is unbelievable that Mother Nature can create that much devastation,'' he said Wednesday evening at his Macon...

WASHINGTON-- A split decision written across a vast electoral map has locked Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in a protracted struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination, while John McCain goes forward as the clear favorite of the Republican race. McCain, whose campaign once verged...

LOS ANGELES-- Members of the striking Writers Guild of America will gather Saturday in Los Angeles and New York to be briefed on a possible contract with Hollywood studios. If writers are pleased with what they hear, the meetings could be a major step toward a resolution of the three-month-old strike. Guild...