Arizona Sen. John McCain says a huge open pit mine project proposed for the eastern slope of the Santa Rita Mountains, south of Tucson, can be good for the economy and unemployed Arizonans.

Francie Broderick sat before a group of lawmakers at the Missouri Capitol and laid out the problem: Hundreds of mentally ill residents are being denied treatment, and many will end up in emergency rooms, costing the state millions of dollars in unpaid bills.

C-SPAN cameras haven’t been allowed into the White House to record the final negotiations on health care overhaul, but details are starting to filter out. A look at what’s likely to be in the final package, and what’s likely out:

President Hugo Chavez announced a 25-percent increase in Venezuela’s minimum wage Friday to try to blunt the effects of soaring inflation, and defended his handling of an energy crisis and other domestic problems.

Regulators shut down banks in Illinois, Minnesota and Utah on Friday, bringing to four the number of bank failures so far in 2010, following 140 closures last year amid the weak economy and mounting loan defaults.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management processed fewer oil and gas drilling permits in Wyoming last year than in any year since 2003, the agency’s Wyoming office reports.

Banks aren’t lending money the way they used to, but for high-tech companies there’s good news: Their spending on information technology shows…

Consumers cope with jobs woes

Here’s a recession bargain: the space shuttle. NASA has slashed the price of these 1970s era spaceships from $42 million to $28.8 million apiece.

Interest rates fell for a second day in the bond market as rising loan losses at JPMorgan Chase & Co. helped pull investors into Treasurys.