Newly insured to deepen primary care doctor gap

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Getting face time with the family doctor could soon become even harder. A shortfall of primary care physicians in some parts of the country is expected to worsen as millions of newly insured Americans gain coverage next year when the...

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Southwest cancels 57 flights after computer glitch

CHICAGO — Southwest Airlines expects some lingering delays Saturday morning after a system-wide computer failure caused it to ground 250 flights for nearly three hours late Friday night. Full service was restored just after 2 a.m. EDT Saturday, but...

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Small farmers turn to creative projects to survive

DEL REY, Calif. — Farmer David Mas Masumoto knows his small peach orchard can't compete with the giant agribusinesses that dominate the nation's produce aisles. So as he walks through his central California grove at harvest time, showing his two workers...

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No word from China on leaker's possible return

WASHINGTON — Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who says he revealed that the National Security Agency collects Americans' phone records and Internet data from U.S. communication companies, now faces charges of espionage and theft of government...

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Voters in Mass. city weigh in on Wynn casino plan

EVERETT, Mass. — Voters in Everett headed to the polls Saturday in the state's first binding referendum on a casino plan since the expanded gambling law was enacted. The outcome will determine whether Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn's proposal to...

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Tokyo court backs Apple against Samsung on patent

TOKYO — Apple Inc. has won a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. in a Japanese court, one of dozens of legal battles around the world between the technology giants. The Tokyo District Court issued a partial verdict Friday in...

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Some immigrants excluded from health care overhaul

PHOENIX — President Barack Obama has championed two sweeping policy changes that could transform how people live in the United States: affordable health care for all and a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants illegally in the country. But...

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Chelsea extends deal with Adidas for 10 more years

LONDON — Chelsea and kit manufacturer Adidas have agreed on a contract extension that will see the German brand supply the English Premier League club for 10 more years. Chelsea says in a statement on Friday it is "the biggest deal to date Chelsea has...

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BP calls for independent probe of claims lawyer

NEW ORLEANS — BP is calling for an independent investigation into a lawyer working for the administrator reviewing claims arising from the Gulf oil spill who has been accused of collecting portions of settlement payments from a New Orleans law firm to...

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New England better on primary care than most of US

PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Ronald Pitkin, 84, remembers the day in the early 1960s when his brother Belmont got a gash in his leg while the two were cutting firewood. They went to the office of the town physician, Dr. Frank Corson. Corson worked alone, and Pitkin...

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Ben Bernanke: Bond buys could end next year

The Federal Reserve ended weeks of speculation yesterday as it said there would be no immediate changes to the central bank's bond-buying program, but it left open the door for a future slowdown in the purchases that have helped keep interest rates low....

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AP buys stake in live video service Bambuser

NEW YORK — The Associated Press said Thursday that it has bought a minority stake in the live video service Bambuser, boosting its ability to acquire and distribute video collected by people who have witnessed news events. Financial terms were not disclosed....

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Weekly US jobless aid applications rise to 354K

WASHINGTON — Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose by 18,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 354,000. Despite the gain, the level remains consistent with moderate job growth. The Labor Department said Thursday that the less volatile four-week...

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Mass. jobless rate up, but more jobs gained in May

BOSTON — Preliminary estimates show Massachusetts gained 3,500 jobs in May, but revised figures show a steeper loss of jobs in the previous month than originally thought. Meanwhile, the state office of Labor and Workforce Development says the Massachusetts...

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France threatens Google with privacy fines

PARIS — France is giving Google three months to be more upfront about the data it collects from users — or be fined. Other European countries aren't far behind. Now it's up to Google to decide whether the relatively small fines are enough of an incentive...

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Miss. AG Hood say he'll subpoena Google on drugs

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi's attorney general says he still thinks Google has given inadequate responses to allegations that it's not doing enough to prevent illegal online sales of drugs without prescriptions, and says he's sending out subpoenas for...

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Clark and Thunell join board of Blackstone company

NEW YORK — The Blackstone Group LP said Wednesday that General Wesley Clark and Lars Thunell have joined the board of its newly formed power development company Fisterra Energy. Clark is former NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and Thunell is...

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Alcatel-Lucent plans overhaul, big cost cuts

PARIS — Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent launched a major effort Wednesday to boost its fortunes by shedding businesses and jobs as part of a deep cost cutting program. Shares rose nearly 5 percent on the announcement, as investors...

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Icahn changes tack, seeks $16B Dell stock buyback

NEW YORK — Activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday proposed a $16 billion share buyback in his latest effort to thwart Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell's effort to take the struggling computer maker private. Icahn, now the company's second-largest shareholder...

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Men's Wearhouse ousts founder, pitchman Zimmer

NEW YORK — Apparently, Men's Wearhouse Inc. doesn't like the way its founder looks anymore. In terse release issued Wednesday, Men's Wearhouse said it has fired the face of the company and its executive chairman, George Zimmer, who appeared in many...

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