Retailer LL Bean keeping it in the family
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — L.L. Bean's grandson Leon Gorman is retiring as chairman after more a half-century as chairman or CEO of the outdoors retailer, but the privately held company is keeping the position in the family...
LA jeweler pleads guilty in KPMG case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of a jewelry store has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles for his role in an insider-trading case involving a former senior partner at accounting firm KPMG.
Commutes long, slow after Conn. train derailment
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City.
Report says poor are moving to nation's suburbs
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More poor people live in the nation's suburbs than in urban cities because of affordable housing, service-sector jobs and the increased use of housing vouchers, according to a study released Monday...
Angry mob pelts man thought to be sex attacker
DENVER (AP) — Residents angry that police had not warned them about sex assaults took matters into their own hands, chasing down a man they thought was the attacker, pelting him with rocks and leaving him with a bloody face in Colorado...
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